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No booze at World Cup games – unless you spend £19k on a box​


Martyn Ziegler
, Chief Sports Reporter

Friday September 09 2022, 5.00pm, The Times

Champagne and spirits will be served in hospitality boxes at the World Cup in Qatar despite a ban on beer sales inside the stadiums.

Those able to afford the suites — and the cheapest available for a match will set you back a cool $22,450 (about £19,380) — will not be affected by the restrictions on alcohol inside venues. The rank and file will only be able to buy beer at outlets within the stadium compounds but not inside the grounds.

The advertising for the hospitality suites promises a “selection of drinks available according to custom and preference; soft drinks, beers, champagne, sommelier-selected wines, and premium spirits,” and that these will be available “before, during and after matches”.

Those in the suites will also enjoy a “curated five-course sampling menu, and an extensive selection of complementing dishes elegantly served”.


The hospitality company MATCH paid Fifa $150 million for the rights for Qatar, and will also hand over a share of the profits.

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The arrangements for alcohol sales at the World Cup were finally confirmed only 11 weeks before the start of the tournament. One aspect of those is that supporters who go to the official fan park in Doha will not be able to buy beer there until after 6.30pm — and that will be restricted to the official Fifa brand, Budweiser.

That means a long wait for thirsty England fans in Qatar, with their opening match, against Iran on November 21, kicking off at 1pm. Their only other option would be an expensive one — going to one of the limited number of hotels which do serve alcohol.
Qatari organisers want the fan zone to be family-friendly during the day, which means no booze at those times.
 

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Money counter acts all sin :)

Rome wasn’t built in a day but it certainly cleansed a lot of sin
 

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No beer? It doesn't matter anyway, no one's f***ing going.

Farce of a tournament played in the middle of the desert in a country that doesn't really care about the game, all just for money.

I don't think I've ever looked forward to an international tournament as little as this.
 

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It’s a Muslim country. Not the most surprising news. I’m sure they will sell it in the hotels.
 

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I cannot care at all about this. I will certainly will not be going to watch any games. will not watch any televised games and will try to avoid any newspaper reports. For many reasons this is the worst world sporting event ever.

Everybody with any morals should boycott it.
 

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No one is going, mostly it will be corporate people and even half of them won't be bothered to go that far. I will watch it, because quite frankly why shouldn't I, but I wouldn't go there if you paid me.
 

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Maybe the FA should grow a pair & say “Sorry, we‘ve had a bereavement here & we are therefore unable to attend as we need to catch up with our domestic programme“
I wonder how many players would choose the World Cup over the Premier league?
 

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rebus said:
It’s a Muslim country. Not the most surprising news. I’m sure they will sell it in the hotels.
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There are very few hotels, so many will have to fly in and out at great expense, absolute farce, but they paid the most, and that's all that matters.
The actual football is just the vehicle used to ring millions for a few in FIFA.
 

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Zeeco said:
There are very few hotels, so many will have to fly in and out at great expense, absolute farce, but they paid the most, and that's all that matters.
The actual football is just the vehicle used to ring millions for a few in FIFA.
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Just go in a corporate box for £20,000 and they don’t mind crack on! Makes me laugh sell their soul for a few ££££
 

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.....with all those sand storms.... supporters will be choking for a pint.
 

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I shall listen to it on the radio.
More annoyed that I will watch us on November the 12/13/14 subject to TV and that's it till boxing Day
 

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Hopefully FIFA will choke on it ?? probably the least looked forward to sporting event in history….a farce from start to finish….never mind the many hundreds (or probably more as we will never know the full truth) of poor souls who have died building their soon to be half empty never to be used again stadiums….what a fkin legacy this will leave ?
 

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Voice from the Braemar said:
Hopefully FIFA will choke on it ?? probably the least looked forward to sporting event in history….a farce from start to finish….never mind the many hundreds (or probably more as we will never know the full truth) of poor souls who have died building their soon to be half empty never to be used again stadiums….what a fkin legacy this will leave ?
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I noted on another thread a couple of years ago my friend from India who's uncle died whilst working on building the stadiums. The Qataris recorded his death as 'suicide' which was utter bullshit. He was at the time 42 with 3 young kids. As you quite right noted hundreds died building their stadiums and people should never forget the human tragedy of many who have suffered so the Qataris could host a World Cup.
 

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upnorthbee said:
Does anyone know anyone going?
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I know a couple who have purchased tickets for all of the England games including the final…
The way it works is - you pay for the games upfront and then get credited if England don’t reach the final…
They obviously have enough cap points to qualify for a ticket for the final…
I guess every country sells their tickets the same way?
 

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Since I’ll be watching from home/pub I expect that the answer to World Cup Beer is yes ??
 

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Brentford Bob said:
We should cancel it out of respect to HRH, and play the Premier league games instead.


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That would work, if it wasn't for the many PL players who play for other countries who are unlikely to want to pull out out of respect for our Queen. (Who is HM, rather than HRH by the way.)
 

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Won't be watching 1 second of this corrupt WC. Any players or countries with a shred of decency or moral compass should have boycotted it.

In fact any country that isn't 100% fully democratic shouldn't be allowed to bid for any major sporting event.
 

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Sheerwater Bee said:
Won't be watching 1 second of this corrupt WC. Any players or countries with a shred of decency or moral compass should have boycotted it.

In fact any country that isn't 100% fully democratic shouldn't be allowed to bid for any major sporting event.
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Good sentiment but are any countries 100% democratic?
 

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Sheerwater Bee said:
Of course. Might not like the outcome of some elections, but in general they're democratic.

It's up to people whether they believe the sh*te they listen to and read now we have the WWW.
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Well I don't need the internet to know that Britain has an unelected, monarchy and house of lords and govt advisors and agencies. Maybe I should stop reading.
 

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Chipshop Bee said:
Well I don't need the internet to know that Britain has an unelected, monarchy and house of lords and govt advisors and agencies. Maybe I should stop reading.
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We vote for MP's. They make the laws. We don't like the laws, we kick them out next time around.

I'm not getting into a political argument over what you deem to be democratic.
 

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Banana said:
What do you mean by "democratic"? And as Churchill said "Democracy is the worst system in the world...........apart from all the rest"

Anyway, these thread is about ?
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Here's a suggested answer to the question. New Zealand is second in this ranking and UK 18th.

Democracy Index - Wikipedia

Congratulations to all our Norwegian readers. I suspect you would also be close to top of any World table about ? prices too:)
 
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SydneySwansBee said:
Here's a suggested answer to the question. New Zealand is second in this ranking and UK 18th.

Democracy Index - Wikipedia

Congratulations to all our Norwegian readers. I suspect you would also be close to top of any World table about ? prices too:)
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Very interesting table. I'd agree with those scores if, they were out of 30 or 40.
 

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Banana said:
What do you mean by "democratic"? And as Churchill said "Democracy is the worst system in the world...........apart from all the rest"

Anyway, these thread is about ?
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No vote is needed to determine that Bud is terrible. Not everything requires democratic processes.
 

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AB said:
No vote is needed to determine that Bud is terrible. Not everything requires democratic processes.
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I had a Budweiser for the first time in about 20 years a few months ago and, I have to be honest, it wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered!

Carling on the other hand :sick:
 

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LostBee said:
I had a Budweiser for the first time in about 20 years a few months ago and, I have to be honest, it wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered!

Carling on the other hand :sick:
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Quite like Bud on draught
 

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LostBee said:
I had a Budweiser for the first time in about 20 years a few months ago and, I have to be honest, it wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered!

Carling on the other hand :sick:
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Well, it tastes of very little so it isn’t objectionable, unlike eg most Brewdog beers.
 
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