We won’t open Ibrox for Seville beam-back! Sevco wash their hands of loyal bears
Stewart Robertson has ruled out opening Ibrox up for a beam-back of the Europa League Final.
While supporters demand that fan-zones are set up across Seville, at Glasgow Green, George Square and other venues the Ibrox Managing Director knows better than most just how toxic his customers are.
Charging £10 per head and getting a temporary alcohol licence could turn Ibrox into a money-making venture but amusing the bears as they watch big screens without fighting among themselves is a huge risk.
In 2008 the old club opened Ibrox to screen the match with Zenit St Petersburg with horrific consequences.
Numerous fans ran on the pitch in a state of undress with more arrests made at the beam-back than at any football match that season. Fortunately, the riots across Manchester allowed a compliant media to deflect away from the incidents at Ibrox.
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Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson gives his message to supporters travelling to Seville – and admits it’s “unlikely” they’ll open Ibrox for fans to watch the game on big screens there. pic.twitter.com/uJlSgJuJqs
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It’s very unlikely as most of the staff we’d need to run such a beam back are going to be in Seville so I don’t think that will happen.
As much as we understand the desire of fans to be in one place together to watch it, I don’t think that’s going to be physically possible.
It is highly unlikely that the minimum wage outside contractors that operate the turnstiles and work as matchday stewards are being flown to Seville and provided with hotel accommodation for the match.