The last-minute decision to ban beer sales immediately outside stadiums at the Qatar World Cup came directly from the emirate’s royal family. For years, it had maintained a deliberately vague position on alcohol at the event.
DOHA, Qatar—When Qatar made its unlikely pitch to host the World Cup in a tiny Muslim Gulf state, officials laid out their plan in extraordinary detail, including climate-controlled stadiumsand elaborate transportation networks.
However, according to people familiar with the bid, Qatar remained intentionally vague about how it would handle one aspect of the world’s largest sporting event: beer.
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