Brazil will allow sale of alcoholic beverages at World Cup

by LeBéninois Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:02 pm

The FIFA president, Joseph Blatter is already in Brazil for a meeting with president Dilma Rousseff.

They will try to iron out a confused scenario. FIFA has a commercial agreement with Budweiser. So, Bud is sold at FIFA World Cup games. However, in order to put a damper on hooligan violence at soccer games, Brazil has long prohibited the sale of any alcoholic beverages in its stadiums. When Brazil presented itself as a candidate for the 2014 World Cup it agreed to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages during the games known as Agreement #8.

The problem is that the law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages in Brazilian stadiums has to be changed by Congress. In order to make the change, Brazil has drawn up specific legislation for the World Cup, which is known as the General law of the World Cup.

There was confusion about the General Law in the Chamber of Deputies meeting when the executive branch told Congress that Agreement #8 did not exist. Party leaders under pressure than changed the wording in the General Law to prohibit the sale of alcohol.

Then, deputy Vicente Candido, the man responsible for the wording of the General Law revealed that there had been a misunderstanding, that there was an Agreement #8 and that he would change the wording in the General Law allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages in Brazilian stadiums during the World Cup.

The General Law still has to go to a vote.

there will be alcohol sold in the stadium in 2014 . what do you guys thinks about it ?