The case summarized Mayor of Bodø, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (H), risks exclusion after being stopped with wine in the stands during a football match between Bodø/Glimt and Røde Stjerne. Ingebrigtsen was in the VIP area Aspmyra Sportsbar, where food and drinks are served before, during and after Bodø/Glimt’s home games. Serving alcohol at Norwegian football matches is a hotly debated topic, and it is not permitted to serve or enjoy alcohol outside in the stand itself. The Conservative Party wants to extend the rules on serving alcohol, while others, such as KrF, are against this. It is too early to say what consequences the incident will have for Ingebrigtsen, but breaking the rules could in the worst case lead to exclusion from Aspmyra Sportsbar. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – That’s right. It was a regrettable oversight on my part, but no alcohol was consumed in the stands, says mayor of Bodø, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (H). At the match between Bodø/Glimt and Røde Stjerne, Ingebrigtsen was in the VIP area Aspmyra Sportsbar. Food and drink are served here before, during and after Bodø/Glimt’s home games. The rules for the guests are clear: Nevertheless, the mayor was stopped after he had brought wine into the stands. – I simply forgot about it. I shouldn’t have taken it out with me. – How was it averted? – Someone quickly came and said that I was not allowed to take it out. So it seemed like the pour control was working fine. Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (left) at Aspmyra Sportsbar, together with Bård Ludvig Thorheim (back) and Erna Solberg, among others, during the match between Glimt and Bohemians from Prague in 2023. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB Thinks it has worked well Bodø/Glimt has had arrangements at Aspmyra Sportsbar for many years. According to Glimt’s information officer, Simen Pedersen, it has worked very well. – We have had virtually no problems with the arrangement we have, he says. In connection with each home match, the club sends out the guidelines for the use of the sports bar to the guests. – For extra busy matches, such as the European matches, with many new guests, we also have guards in to keep an extra eye on the guests, says Pedersen. – I think most people are familiar with the rules. We often have liquor control at our matches, so luckily we haven’t received any comments. Neither for alcohol that is brought out into the stands or other things. Not even in other Norwegian football stadiums has the serving of alcohol led to major challenges until now. Aspmyra is filled up by both children and adults when Bodø/Glimt have home games. Photo: Mats Torbergsen / NTB8 Debated topic – Many of the clubs in the elite series and the OBOS league have some form of alcohol service in connection with the stadium, and have had it for many years. The feedback we get from the clubs is that this is positive for both the club and the supporters, writes Marianne Solheim in Norsk Toppfotball in an e-mail. But alcohol at Norwegian football matches is a subject that is constantly discussed. Alcohol service at Norwegian football matches Eliteserien: Brann: VIP, pub Viking. VIP, tent, pub (opening a new, large pub shortly) Sarpsborg 08: VIP HamKam: VIP offers on selected matches Tromsø: VIP + Pub Strømsgodset VIP Kristiansund: VIP + Pub Sandefjord: VIP Rosenborg: VIP (not during the break, not after match) Haugesund: (from 2024) Lillestrøm: VIP Bodø/Glimt: VIP + VIP after match Molde: VIP + so-called players lounge a couple of times after match in the restaurant. Fredrikstad: VIP + pub Odd: VIP + pub. YMCA is the only club in the elite series without serving alcohol. OBOS: Stabæk: VIP + Tent Vålerenga: VIP + Pub Ålesund: VIP Source: Norsk Toppfotball. Marianne Solheim in Norwegian top soccer emphasizes that the clubs that have a pub solution do not allow people to bring alcohol into the stands. In 2020, the football association changed the rules for serving alcohol. It has long been permitted to serve alcohol in VIP areas. It is now also possible to sell alcohol inside the arena, but it is not allowed to serve or enjoy alcohol outside in the grandstand itself. Høyre wants to expand even more, so that it will be possible to have a beer in the stands during the match. Bård Ludvig Thorheim (H) – We are in favor of having alcohol served at the stadium if the municipality and the club so wish. I think it’s unfair that you can enjoy a beer in the VIP areas, but not in the stands. – I think football and serving alcohol can be combined. If you drink too much, you’re not allowed to be there. We also have cultural events, such as theatre, where alcohol is served and children are present. Both the club and the municipality can put a stop to it if they feel that things are getting out of control. Others think it’s a very bad idea. Including KrF. Linda Helén Haukland (KrF) – It is enshrined in the constitution that the best interests of the child must be at the center where children are involved. At a football match, it does not belong to bring beer and wine into the stands, all the while this should be something the whole family can participate in Must wait and see Mayor Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen in Bodø does not want to throw himself into the debate about serving alcohol at football matches. – I don’t have any strong opinions about it, but I don’t have any objections either. Alcohol serving could well have been opened up, but as I said, I have no strong opinions there. It mostly goes to coffee when I’m at the matches. It is too early to say what consequences the incident at Aspmyra will have for Ingebrigtsen, according to Simen Pedersen in Bodø/Glimt. – We do not want anyone to bring alcohol into the stands. As it is written in our guidelines, breaking the rules can in the worst case lead to exclusion from Aspmyra sports bar, but I will have to come back to that at a later time. – Does that mean that you will look into the case? – I don’t have a good answer to that right now. Published 03/09/2024, at 21.08
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The mayor of Bodø, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, brought wine to the stands at Aspmyra. Can be banned – news Nordland
