The 6500 Stadium

Context

where the unknown
will be known forever

This is a stadium named after those who built stadiums.

It opened its doors on the 18th of December —
the International Day of Migrant Workers’ rights…
and the final of the World Cup in Qatar.

A World Cup built by migrant workers.
Tens of thousands of

Indian,
Nepalese,
Bangladeshi,
Pakistani,
Sri Lankan

gave their able hands to the cup.
It cost 6500 of them their lives to build the stadiums and
infrastructure on time.

This stadium is where the names and stories of the
unknown will be known forever —
This is The 6500 Stadium

capacity

6500 seats.
One for each worker who died building
the World Cup.

launch

It opened its doors on
the 18th of December ’22.
The International Day of Migrant Workers Rights,
and the final match of the World Cup.

names

Each seat is dedicated to a migrant worker that
passed away in Qatar.
Through data compiled from news sources and public
statistics — the seats bear the known names,
nationalities and stories of the World Cup workers.

unknown

Ramulu Maraveni

unknown

Gangaram Mandal

unknown

Suraj Bishwakarma

unknown

Shankar Yadav

unknown

Mohammad Kaochar Khan

unknown

Purna Bahadur Sonar

unknown

Tej Narayan Tharu

unknown

Bhupendra Magar

unknown

Ramsis Mukhiya

unknown

Madhu Bollapally

unknown

Mohammad Shahid Miah

unknown

Ghal Singh Rai

unknown

Mohammad Suman Miah

unknown

Yam Bahadur Rana

unknown

Tul Bahadur Gharti

unknown

Sujan Miah

unknown

Manjur Kha Pathan

unknown

Rupchandra Rumba

unknown

Mahalal Rajbansi

where the unknown
will be known forever

This digital stadium will not be deconstructed after
the end of the World Cup.
It will remain here, as a sigil commemorating these
strong men and women forever.

source: The Guardian, Feb 2021, “Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded”