With the riches of Qatar’s natural gas reserves, the nation reportedly spent $A9.7 billion on constructing the shiny new stadiums, with another $53.5 billion on a driverless metro system to serve them.
An aerial view of Al Bayt Stadium, which is designed to look like a Bedouin tent.Credit:Getty
Overall, Qatar reportedly outlaid up to $340 billion in total infrastructure — dwarfing the expenditure of both Brazil (2014) and Russia (2018), who…