FIFA Confirms Ban On Alcohol Sales At Qatar World Cup Stadiums

FIFA has announced that Sales of Alcohol will not be allowed at Qatar’s World Cup stadium.

The announcement comes two days before Sunday’s kickoff of the World Cup, the first to be held in a conservative Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol, the consumption of which is banned in public.

“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 perimeters,” a FIFA spokesperson made this known in a statement.