A beer ban in stadiums is just one of the changes World Cup fans face in Qatar.
Fans and beers have been a common sight at previous World Cup tournaments, like this 2014 scene from Brasilia, Brazil. But in Qatar, officials revoked a plan to allow regular spectators to drink beers on stadium grounds.Fans and beers have been a common sight at previous World Cup tournaments, like this 2014 scene from Brasilia, Brazil. But in Qatar, officials revoked a plan to allow regular spectators to drink beers on stadium grounds.But that was then.
And while past World Cups have brought a heaping of argy-bargy — scenes of rival crowds yelling or even singing obscenities at one another — open conflicts can bring big problems in Qatar. "Advocates say that LGBTQ people in Qatar are subjected to conversion therapy, harassment by authorities and imprisonment," asSuch reports have fueled outrage, and authorities will be under scrutiny for how they handle LGBTQ fans and symbols.
If a pregnant fan goes to Qatar for the World Cup, they should be prepared to show a marriage certificate if they need prenatal care there, the State Department said.
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