Qatar officials threaten to smash cameras as fans share footage of ‘hell’ fan village at World Cup

Qatar is already managing the damage as fans begin uploading footage of the hellish conditions awaiting in fan villages ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

With less than two days until the opening ceremony and the game between the hosts and Ecuador, the fan villages still look like construction sites.

Footage and images show rubble, torn turf and industrial machinery still present in the Rawdat Al Jahhaniya fan village, which will be home to thousands of fans from England and Wales for the World Cup.

Promised facilities such as a fitness center, theater and tennis court are also not available, he says The protector.

A Qatari official and security guard threaten to smash a camera belonging to an accredited media team. Qatar officials later apologized for the incident

Torn turf in a fan village in Qatar that looks more like construction sites just hours before the tournament kicks off

In the cabins, small air conditioning units are unable to cool the room during the day and rattle too loudly at night to be useful.

‘This is what £185 [$330AUD] one night puts you in the Qatar World Cup fan village. Good luck getting some rest. The sound of the air conditioning [that doesn’t keep the container cool during the day] helps drown out the rest of the noise,” a fan posted along with video footage on TikTok.

It’s the latest black eye for the tournament that has already sparked complaints about cracks and holes in the stadium grounds and a last-minute backflip to ban beer from stadiums that has enraged fans.

The latest footage and footage of the property awaits fans who have spent thousands, leading many to compare the village to a detention center.

“Looks more like a quarantine camp,” one fan posted.

“Bros paid money to go into quarantine,” said another.

“It’s a bit like a Swedish prison,” added another.

“I have been to work sites in the middle of nowhere with better conditions and they paid me,” one worker wrote.

Small beds and paper thin walls greet those who chose to stay in the tented accommodation in the fan villages for the Qatar World Cup

Others are already comparing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the infamous Fyre Festival

2022 World Cup is the new Fyre festival which was a failed luxury music festival founded by con artist Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule.

Guests were promised A-list entertainment and luxury accommodations on a deserted island, but none of it was delivered.

“It’s taken them 5 years, but they’ve finally completed the FYRE festival villas,” one fan joked.

“You have a porta cabin what more could you want?” said another, tongue firmly in cheek.

‘And what did you expect? In what is essentially a desert,” another posted.

While some fans are disappointed, other visitors are already on the wrong side of Qatar’s security.

Danish international correspondent Rasmus Tantholdt posted footage online of him being harassed by Qatari officials and security.

He posted: “We have now received an apology from Qatar International Media Office and Qatar Supreme Committee. This is what happened when we were broadcasting live’.

During the video, Tantholdt switches between English and Danish as an official puts his hand over the camera lens.

“Sir, you invited the whole world to come here, why can’t we film? It’s a public place,” he asks.

‘This is our accreditation, we can film wherever we want. No, no, we don’t need permits.’

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As the requests to continue turn into threats, he says, “Do you want to break the camera?” Okay, let’s break the camera. You threaten us by smashing the camera’.

The times also posted bills for the fan accommodation from two contractors who were on site and paid to put it all together.

‘It’s been hell. The air conditioning in the cabin barely works and sounds like a (fighter jet) taking off. Even if you have it on all the time during the day, it’s still 27C. You can’t have it on at night because it’s so noisy,” someone said.

“They’re rock hard, so you might as well sleep on the floor,” he said. “I’ve never been so uncomfortable anywhere. We’ve been here 10 days now and it’s a nightmare. It might be okay if you want to struggle for a night or two, but any longer would be terrible.”

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