🏟️ Father’s Day walk to the ground? Bundesliga clubs’ alcohol limits

🏟️ Father’s Day walk to the ground? Bundesliga clubs’ alcohol limits

Today is a public holiday in Germany — and of course it goes back to Ascension Day. By tradition, though, many people are once again out and about today on Father’s Day hikes, roaming around with beer and handcarts — and not just fathers either, so the name of the outing is often a bit misleading.

Despite the rather mediocre spring weather across the country, there will surely be quite a few cold drinks consumed in many places. But what if today were actually a Bundesliga matchday?

If we go along with this theoretical thought experiment, the obvious question is whether the tradition of hiking on Ascension Day could also be observed with a walk to and from the stadium.

Of course that’s possible, but it really depends on how much beer you plan to consume before entry. That’s because there are stadiums in Germany with alcohol limits. According to a report by ‘Bild’, five clubs in the first division and eight in the second division have them.

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According to the report, spectators in Frankfurt, Schalke, Hanover, Paderborn, Bochum, Bielefeld, Fürth and Münster may have up to 1.6 per mille. At first glance, that’s obviously quite a lot. As the article explains, the figure is based on road traffic regulations. From 1.6 per mille onward, a person is considered absolutely unfit to drive. At the same time, that is also the highest permitted level in the stadiums.

Alcohol consumption is regulated most strictly in Nuremberg. According to ‘Bild’, entry to the Max-Morlock-Stadion can be denied from 0.8 per mille. Hertha and Stuttgart allow a maximum of 1.0 per mille, while the limit is 1.1 in Leipzig, Freiburg and Gladbach.

At many other clubs — such as Bayern, Dortmund, HSV or Werder — there is no fixed limit at all. But that does not mean you can be as drunk as you want: there, security staff decide on a case-by-case basis, ‘Bild’ explains.

Checks are usually carried out at random. Fans who attract attention have to take a breath test or, if there are clear signs of intoxication, are turned away directly or removed from the stadium.

What do you think about the blood alcohol limits? Are they perhaps set a little too high here and there? Or should there be none at all? Feel free to write it in the comments!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.