“You can have no fun”
No alcohol at the 2034 World Cup allowed
13.02.2025 – 10:36 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Alcohol was still allowed in certain areas at the World Cup in Qatar. It should now be different in Saudi Arabia.
At the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia there will probably be a complete ban on alcohol. This was confirmed by the Saudi Arabian ambassador in the United Kingdom, Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Al Saud, the English radio station “LBC”. “At the moment we don’t allow alcohol,” he said in an interview with the broadcaster.
Accordingly, alcohol will not be allowed in hotels, restaurants or stadiums. “You can have a lot of fun even without alcohol,” said the ambassador. “It is not a hundred percent necessary and if you want to drink after you have left, you can do that, but at the moment we don’t have alcohol,” he said. “Like our weather, the country is dry.”
The ambassador said: “Everyone has their own culture to welcome the guests in the country to welcome the guests in the country. change someone else. “
When asked whether it was also possible to visit the tournament safely, the ambassador confirmed that the question was also possible: “We will welcome everyone in Saudi Arabia.” It is not just a Saudi Arab event, but a world event. “On the whole, we will welcome everyone who wants to come,” said the ambassador.
At the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, alcohol was allowed at least in certain marked zones.