To be fair, it was well advertised that the road would be shut.

And judging from the number of photos I've seen it seems that plenty was going on.

And finally, the fireworks were well advertised to start at 9pm, in the papers and on websites, so I guess 10pm isn't too bad. We all know nothing starts on time in this part of the world!

But the general disorganisation of things like crowd control and facilities seems to be par for the course for these types of events in Qatar.