A view of some of the facilities at the Katara Sports Village. The village will open on the first day of Eid Al Adha.
DOHA: An exclusive “sports village” will open in Katara on the first day of Eid Al Adha.
The facility is located at the Amusement City in Katara and is spread over 60,000 square metre, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, director general of Katara Cultural Village said at a press conference yesterday.
The sports village will offer about 29 games with play areas for paintball, football, basketball and tennis.
The village has been designed to entertain children, youngsters, elders and family members of
all ages. “Katara aims to develop the thinking and culture of the people and the sports village will focus on promoting physical fitness that will reflect positively on people’s thinking,” said Al Sulaiti.
He said the project was part of was futuristic strategy of Katara that will bring in major changes in the coming months.
Dr Malika Ashraim, public relations officer at Katara sports village said it has a wide range of entertainment facilities catering to people of different age groups ranging from five to 80 years.
The village will be open from Tuesday to Sunday every week from 4pm to 10pm.
Tickets are priced at QR50, QR90 and QR120, depending on the type and number of games a visitor plays, according to Al Sharq. Pets will not be allowed in the premises and smoking is prohibited. Katara also has plans to open commercial complexes in the near future.
Katara recently unveiled its five-year strategy which has its focus on the new generation “to give them the best opportunity to show their creativity,” in all areas. There are new partnerships with Unesco, Kennedy Art Centre in Washington and the Qatar Foundation to benefit from their experience in organising educational programmers and projects targetting the youth in high school and university.
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