Budweiser's parent company pays tens of millions of dollars at each World Cup for exclusive rights to sell beer. But this year in Qatar, the sale of all alcohol has been banned.
Cans of Budweiser beer are seen in a concession stand in a file photo. — The sale of all alcohol at the eight stadiums used for soccer's World Cup tournament in Qatar has been banned, the sport's international governing bodyon Friday, just two days before the games begin. The organization said in a statement that the decision to ban alcohol sales came"following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA.
Budweiser's parent company, AB InBev, 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.
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