{"id":11342,"date":"2022-11-18T15:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/fifa-confirms-no-alcohol-to-be-sold-at-qatar-world-cup-stadiums"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:41:30","slug":"fifa-confirms-no-alcohol-to-be-sold-at-qatar-world-cup-stadiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/fifa-confirms-no-alcohol-to-be-sold-at-qatar-world-cup-stadiums","title":{"rendered":"FIFA confirms no alcohol to be sold at Qatar World Cup stadiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Just two days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, soccer\u2019s world governing body FIFA confirmed that no alcohol will be sold at the eight stadiums which will host the tournament\u2019s 64 matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing 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\u2019s FIFA World Cup 2022 stadium perimeter,\u201d said the FIFA statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim country is considered to be very conservative and tightly regulates alcohol sales and usage.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no impact to the sale of Bud Zero which will remain available at all Qatar\u2019s World Cup stadiums,\u201d added the FIFA statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHost country authorities and FIFA will continue to ensure that the stadiums and surrounding areas provide an enjoyable, respectful and pleasant experience for all fans.\u201dBudweiser was to sell beer within the ticketed perimeter surrounding each of the eight stadiums before and after each game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Just two days before the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, soccer\u2019s world governing body FIFA confirmed that no alcohol will be sold at the eight stadiums which will host the tournament\u2019s 64 matches. \u201cFollowing discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[242,243,233],"class_list":["post-11342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eritrea","tag-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIFA confirms no alcohol to be sold at Qatar World Cup stadiums - Eritrea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/fifa-confirms-no-alcohol-to-be-sold-at-qatar-world-cup-stadiums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA confirms no alcohol to be sold at Qatar World Cup stadiums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. 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