Joy for Euro 2024 England fans after Germans build ‘beer super highway’ to keep booze flowing in stadium
THE beer will be flowing long and smooth for England supporters at their opening Euros tie — in pipes three miles long.
The high-tech German stadium at Gelsenkirchen has a cellar which is linked to taps by an ingenious “beer superhighway” rather than kegs.
It accelerates the supply of the 50,000-plus litres of lager expected to be sold during the Serbia clash on June 16.
And many of the 62,000 fans at the Veltins-Arena will be extra-thirsty as there are only two pubs within a 30-minute walk.
Gary Davies, 50, from Preston, will be there to cheer on skipper Harry Kane and the lads, and his mouth is already watering.
He said: “The beer pipeline is German engineering at its finest — and their beer’s not bad either.
“There’ll be no better way to watch our boys than with a perfectly chilled pilsner in my hand.”
The ground is named after German brewer Veltins but has had to change its name for the Euros to the AufSchalke to avoid upsetting the tournament’s beer sponsor Bitburger.
Officials wanted to ban booze for the Serbia clash but police said: “It has now been agreed beer will be offered in the stadium.”
England played there in the 2006 World Cup — getting knocked out in the quarter-finals on penalties by Portugal after Wayne Rooney got sent off.