Qatar to ban alcoholic beer sales at World Cup stadiums
DOHA, Qatar — World Cup organizers will ban the sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight stadiums used for the soccer tournament, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.Non-alcoholic beer will still be available for fans at the 64 matches, the person said.Budweiser’s parent company, AB InBev ABI, +1.43% BUD, -0.05%, pays tens of millions of dollars at each World Cup for exclusive rights to sell beer. The company’s partnership with FIFA started at the 1986 tournament.
When Qatar launched its bid to host the World Cup, the country agreed to respect FIFA’s commercial partners, and again when signing contracts after winning the vote in 2010.
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