Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup by promising that its nine new open-air soccer stadiums would be air-conditioned. Now the Qataris have announced another cool twist to their hospitality — an artificial cloud to hover above the stadium and provide shade.

Dr. Saud Abdul Ghani said the artificial cloud will move by remote control, made of 100 percent light carbonic materials, fuelled by four solar-powered engines and it will fly high to protect direct and indirect sun rays to control temperatures at the open playgrounds.

I think this is only the first of some of the most amazingly ridiculous things to come out of Qatar 2022 World Cup. Clearly, they have money, and clearly they are going to spend it. The question is; are these “artificial clouds” going to become a regular thing??