Imagine if a bar in Australia was charging $146 for 5 bottles of beer and two chilly mini-burgers.
And what if I stated there have been solely two bathrooms for 1600 individuals, with large line ups. And they ran out of beer inside a few hours.
Doesn’t sound enjoyable proper?
There can be outrage, individuals would flood social media with complaints and the bar can be pressured to apologise.
Welcome to Qatar 2022, the place you could find a standard World Cup expertise, but it surely comes at a value.
Beers – and find out how to get one – has been a giant matter this World Cup. Just days earlier than the match started, Qatar backflipped and banned beer from the stadiums.
It’s on the market on the fan pageant, however solely after 6.30pm. It means followers need to look to Doha’s restricted licenced bars to quench their thirst.
Not that these Welsh followers minded paying this a lot, as they celebrated the nation’s first look on the World Cup in 64 years. Rather than complain, they drank the bar dry inside a couple of hours.
The followers paid 79 kilos — about $146 — to get right into a downtown Intercontinental in Doha, with 5 drinks and a few meals included.
That works out to be about $29 per a bottle of beer.
The eight-hour celebration on the luxurious resort was organised by a Welsh supporters’ group, with followers taking up six bars within the resort.
Even when these mini-burgers have been served up, it didn’t imply to dampen spirits.
A tasty burger.Source: SuppliedThe two mini-burgers and wedges.Source: Supplied
To be honest, followers might use a drink voucher for the burgers to only have one other drink. Many went with the second possibility.
One Welsh fan stated the duvet value was value it simply to have a spot secured to have a good time with different followers.
“It is what it’s actually,” Ieuan stated. “We’d quite pay this than stroll round struggling to seek out someplace to have a drink.
“We’re staying on a cruise ship the place the drinks are about the identical value, so it’s simply good to get off that at this time.”
The line-up to get in began at 1.30pm on Monday, that means followers had loads of time to fill earlier than the Wales sport towards the United States at 10pm that evening.
The line-up to get into the luxurious resort.Source: Supplied
When the England-Iran sport began at 4pm, a refrain of boos met God Save the King earlier than a chant of “England is stuffed with s**t”.
Interest within the England sport appeared to wane among the many Welsh followers because the Three Lions raced away with a 6-2 victory.
But Iran scoring a late comfort aim did obtain a giant cheer.
For the document the Wales-United States sport ended 1-1, with a late Gareth Bale aim saving Wales from a nightmare begin.
Wales play Iran up subsequent and must win to maintain their World Cup desires alive. Then Wales and England face one another within the remaining group sport.
About 3000 Wales followers are in Qatar for the World Cup, with the flight simply six hours in comparison with the 14-hour journey Australians have made.
British cops are additionally in Qatar to behave as “morality police” to stop any points with England and Wales followers with native police.
Some of those officers have been available on the Intercontinental, however have been extra available to reply any considerations from the Welsh followers.
Lots has been written in regards to the fan expertise in Qatar, however in the event you didn’t understand how a lot these followers have been paying it might have simply been a scene from some other earlier World Cup.
