Can ordinary fans buy alcohol in the stadium? In Qatar the sale of alcohol is restricted to a few luxury hotels and is expensive at £10-£15 for beer or wine. During the 2019 Club World Cup, for instance, the Qataris experimented with a “wet fan zone”, with beer, wine and cider on sale for about £5 – a similar plan is likely to be in place for the 2022 World Cup. The hope from organisers is that fans will understand that they are in a conservative country and moderate their behaviour. The sight of England fans conducting an impromptu beer snake along Doha’s Corniche is unlikely to go down well.

Source: The Guardian November 18, 2021 19:55 UTC