Lusail Boulevard

This guide to Lusail Boulevard in Doha returns to November 24, 2022, four days into the World Cup, when a mile of new restaurants, fountains and towers built for sixty thousand visitors stood almost empty. It follows visitors and journalists who walked the strip that week, including one arrival from San Francisco who rode the near-empty metro, and the plans that had shaped the boulevard since 2005. A journalist covering the tournament compared the scene to a Christopher Nolan film set.