FIFA confirms no alcohol to be sold at Qatar World Cup stadiums

[demmiblue]

Just two days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, soccer’s world governing body FIFA confirmed that no alcohol will be sold at the eight stadiums which will host the tournament’s 64 matches.

“Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages on the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues, removing sales points of beer from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022 stadium perimeter,” said the FIFA statement.

The Muslim country is considered to be very conservative and tightly regulates alcohol sales and usage.

In September, Qatar had said it would permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during the match.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/football/qatar-world-cup-beer-stadium-spt-intl/index.html

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Unreal

Total cluster.

[dembotoz]

2. lots of local bars and clubs hosting world cup events locally..they should be dry too

ya know....

to get a better feel for what it is like at the stadium....

seems the beer sponsor was (is) bud....so less of a loss...

[Casady1]

3. Fifa really effed up

They should have never put the cup in this country.

[CentralMass]

4. $$ talks, and greases a lot of palms.

[BlackSkimmer]

6. FIFA is corrupt as hell.

A ban on alcohol is the least of the problems with Qatar.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Must Have Been One Heck Of A Bribe!

Nothing better explains this pending disaster.
Hotel rooms that are a tent, cot, & portajohn. For a world event?

[In It to Win It]

7. That sounds like it will suck... for the people that attend these things to party and not watch

sports

[gratuitous]

8. NFL, are you watching this?

Wouldn't Qatar be just the best place to site a Super Bowl?

If Qatar was trying to think of a way to keep the dirty foreigners out, they couldn't have hit on a better strategy.