A look at the stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Among the many controversies surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar are the stadiums themselves.

When FIFA awarded Qatar with the 2022 World Cup back in 2010, soccer’s governing body decided to hold a tournament in a country the size of Connecticut with virtually no stadium infrastructure.

That set off a mad dash to build eight world-class stadiums, and to do so, Qatar utilized an abusive “kafala” system with migrant workers that bordered on modern-day slavery. On top of that, a Guardian investigation estimated that 6,751 migrant workers died amid the dangerous conditions in Qatar.

So while we take a look at the eight stadiums that will host World Cup games in Qatar, let’s not forget the staggering human cost that went into building them.