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Alcohol Service in World Cup Cities

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Sean Cooley
Mon, Dec 29, 2025 3:24 PM

Hello Everyone,

Our friends in Philadelphia are working to understand how other host cities are approaching alcohol sales during the World Cup, both on match days specifically and throughout the tournament in general. They want to know whether cities are implementing relaxed processes, extended hours, 24-hour sales, or other special provisions.

They have created a preliminary comparison chart, which I have attached. However, they are uncertain about the data source or accuracy, so if your city appears on the chart, we'd like to confirm the policy shown for your city. If you are not on the chart, we'd also like to know your policy, and I can add you to the chart and circulate it once I have enough responses.

Thanks,

Sean

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Hello Everyone, Our friends in Philadelphia are working to understand how other host cities are approaching alcohol sales during the World Cup, both on match days specifically and throughout the tournament in general. They want to know whether cities are implementing relaxed processes, extended hours, 24-hour sales, or other special provisions. They have created a preliminary comparison chart, which I have attached. However, they are uncertain about the data source or accuracy, so if your city appears on the chart, we'd like to confirm the policy shown for your city. If you are not on the chart, we'd also like to know your policy, and I can add you to the chart and circulate it once I have enough responses. Thanks, Sean [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Sean Cooley (he/him) Associate Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 D: (202) 742-1914 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA’s upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming.