Qatar designed an Aspire Command Center security review center, this unit has the possibility of monitoring the eight stadiums in Qatar, to review that each circumstance that occurs within the stadium and its surroundings can be controlled.
Hamad Ahmed Al-Mohannadi, director of the Aspire Command Center, spoke to life&style about the high technology that Qatar offers for these massive events.
“We know that we have a huge volume of tourists and conflicts between people can occur, so with more than 10,000 cameras we can review what is happening in real time,” said the director of this instance.
The stadiums have a capacity of more than 45,000 attendees, but the cameras they have can zoom in to capture the faces of those present.
“Supporters displaying violent or belligerent attitudes will not be allowed in the stadium, and as soon as they are on their way to the entrances they will be denied access,” Al-Mohannadi said.
Located in the vicinity of the Aspire Tower, the tallest building in the emirate, and next to the Khalifa International Stadium, it is the most modern control center in the Middle East.
As it is an event that occurs simultaneously in a single city, unprecedented for a World Cup, friction between fans is a latent possibility.
“Although we sought to avoid the coincidence of schedules between rival groups through this monitoring system, we can send police personnel to contain or facilitate access in areas that require it,” Al-Mohannadi said. Although not everything is about security, with this system you can control and supply inputs to each sports unit.
With this kind of “Big Brother” practically all the faces of the stadium will be seen from this security unit. Let’s count that the nationals do not repeat any episode that involves security or the intervention of diplomatic instances as we have already seen in other World Cups.