AFC Wrexham players are stuck in the elevator at the promotion ceremony

At Wilder promotion ceremony in Las Vegas

Football professionals are stuck in the elevator for an hour

The AFC Wrexham has risen for the third time in a row. However, the celebrations in Las Vegas were not without incident.

With a sinfully expensive party in Las Vegas, the AFC Wrexham celebrated the promotion to the championship, the second highest division in English club football. As the British tabloid “The Sun” reports, citing insiders, the owners of the club, the two Hollywood stars Rob Mcelhenney and Ryan Reynolds, are said to have spent 500,000 British pounds (the equivalent of almost 600,000 euros) for the celebration in the American Casino City. However, there was a bizarre incident.

What happened? On Thursday, the players are said to have been flown to Las Vegas – by private jet, as it is said. The celebrations would then have started with a pool party. According to a source, the professionals then returned to the Bellagio Hotel to get ready. Your next goal: the Hakkasan Nightclub.

At first they did not come to the club. Because the players who had drunk all day all day are said to have scored around on the way to the fourth floor and have been up and down. The problem: As a result, the elevator came to a stop.

For an hour, the footballers had to remain in the elevator. They were saved by the fire brigade at the end, writes “The Sun”.

After all, afterwards there was every reason for the promotion heroes. Rob Mcelhenney and Ryan Reynolds are said to have paid the players the best table in the club.

The two actors had taken over the AFC Wrexham 2020 and announced it with the documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham”. Wrexham played in the 5th division before taking over. In 2023, the return to professional football with the promotion to the fourth -class League Two. In the following two years, the team marched to two more. The big goal is the Premier League.