“The smoke-free stadium has been a major concern for us for a long time. Smoking is a huge health hazard, so I see it as our job to protect visitors to our stadium and our employees from harmful (passive) smoke, “says Matthias Schipflinger, the managing director of the stadium operator Olympiaworld.
How do the fans react?
The match WSG Tirol against WAC is the baptism of fire for the new regulation on Saturday. It is questionable how the stadium operator actually wants to control or sanction the ban. And it is also open how the followers will react to it.
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