Those fans who want to drink a cold beer while watching their favorite football (soccer) team play in one of Rio de Janeiro’s stadiums will now be able to thank the new bill approved at Rio’s legislative assembly on Wednesday authorizing the sale of beer at stadiums.
Sports fans may soon be able to drink beer during games at places such as Maracanã Stadium, photo by Alexandre Macieira/Riotur.
Beer and other alcoholic beverages have been prohibited from being sold inside stadiums since 2008 after an agreement was made between the federal prosecutor’s office and CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) with the objective of curbing fan violence during games.
“We have to stop with the hypocrisy,” said Representative Wanderson Nogueira, one of the authors of the bill during the voting session on Wednesday.
“Around the stadiums there is (illegal) sale and consumption of beer and fans may enter the arena already drunk. During the World Cup which took place in our country and beer was sold there was no significant (violence) factor pegged to the sale of beer.” According to Nogueira the losers with the prohibition of beer sale at stadiums are the football clubs, which are facing economic crisis and are not getting these revenues.
During the 2014 World Cup one of the requirements imposed on the country by FIFA was that beer was sold in all stadiums holding the Games. No major incident of violence where alcohol was a major contributing factor was reported during the month-long event.
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Those fans "who want to drink a cold beer while watching their
favorite football team play in one of Rio de Janeiro’s stadiums will now be able to thank the new bill approved at Rio’s legislative
assembly on Wednesday authorizing the sale of beer at stadiums," according to Lisa Alves of the RIO TIMES. Beer and other alcoholic beverages "have been prohibited from being
sold inside stadiums" since '08, with the objective of curbing fan violence during games.
with the objective of curbing fan violence during games. - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/rios-stadiums-may-be-allowed-once-again-to-sell-beer/#sthash.PeTrvggh.dpuf
with the objective of curbing fan violence during games. - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/rios-stadiums-may-be-allowed-once-again-to-sell-beer/#sthash.PeTrvggh.dpuf
Representative Wanderson
Nogueira, one of the authors of the bill, said, "We have to stop with the hypocrisy. Around the stadiums there is (illegal) sale and consumption of beer
and fans may enter the arena already drunk. During the World Cup which
took place in our country and beer was sold there was no significant
(violence) factor pegged to the sale of beer." According to Nogueira, "the
losers with the prohibition of beer sale at stadiums are the football clubs, which are facing economic crisis and are not getting these revenues." During the 2014 World Cup "one of the requirements imposed on the country by FIFA
was that beer was sold in all stadiums holding the Games." No major
incident of violence "where alcohol was a major contributing factor was
reported during the month-long event" (
RIO TIMES, 9/24).
with the objective of curbing fan violence during games. - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/rios-stadiums-may-be-allowed-once-again-to-sell-beer/#sthash.PeTrvggh.dpuf
