FIFA Bans Booze Sales At Qatar World Cup Stadiums

In an unexpected last-minute twist … booze sales at World Cup stadiums in Qatar have actually now been prohibited.

FIFA revealed the news early Friday early morning — stating in spite of preliminary arrangements in between the soccer org. and the host nation to offer beer and alcohol where the champion football will decrease, they have actually now reversed course.

Qatar — a nation where the sale of alcohol is extremely limited — had actually wanted to enable Budweiser to offer its boozy items at video games … albeit in less noticeable and less available areas.

But, in the middle of late pressure to prohibit it totally, FIFA discussed there’s now been a modification of strategies.

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

Budweiser — which apparently paid $75 million to be the beer sponsor of the W.C. — didn’t precisely respond well to the news.

“Well, this is awkward,” the business stated in a now-deleted tweet.

FIFA did state, nevertheless, that the sale of Bud’s non-alcoholic Bud Zero item will still be permitted — so, little success there?