Qatar’s Khalifa Stadium is located in the Aspire Zone of the city of Doha, which is home to world-leading sports training and performance facilities. Its reputation as a centre for sports excellence led it to be chosen as the venue of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, one of the world’s most anticipated annual sporting events. As a result, the stadium – originally built in the 1970s – would need to be expanded, upgraded and renovated in order to make it one of the most cutting-edge sports events locales in the world. The Aspire Zone Foundation awarded the Khalifa Stadium project jointly to BESIX and Midmac, one of its long-term partners, in 2014.