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Boston has welcomed hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from around the globe who have descended upon the city for the World Cup. However, its bars and liquor stores were apparently not prepared for the ones who’ve arrived from Scotland, as the “Tartan Army” has been credited with exhausting the beer supply at a number of establishments in Beantown.

The city of Boston will not actually host any games during the World Cup, as the venue that’s been branded “Boston Stadium” for the tournament is located in Foxborough, which is situated around 30 miles south of the city.

However, the capital of Massachusetts is serving as a central hub for fans rooting for one of the eight different teams that will be playing at least one group stage game at what is normally known as “Gillette Stadium.” That includes Scotland, which opened up its first World Cup since 1998 with a win over Haiti last week and will be hoping to get another victory against Morocco on Friday.

Scottish fans have made their mark on the city since they began to arrive ahead of the tournament, and businesses that specialize in the sale of alcoholic beverages have been caught off guard by how thirsty they are.

Scottish fans are wiping out the beer supply at bars and liquor stores in Boston

A number of flights that ferried Scottish fans to the United States for the World Cup ran out of beer before they landed, and that set the tone for what was slated to unfolded whent those supporters touched down.

According to The Boston Globe, Hennessy’s Bar, a watering hole located in the shadow of City Hall, credited the Tartan Army for drinking all of the beer they had on hand for the weekend, with the owner saying their supply was exhausted on Sunday night after tripling the amount of revenue they raked in on St. Patrick’s Day.

That came a day after Federal Wine & Spirits, a package store in the Financial District, ran out of all of the Budweiser and Corona it had stocked, and a refrigerator ended up breaking due to the heat that came with the front door constantly opening and closing due to the endless stream of customers.

The outlet spoke with an Irish bar in Providence that was able to meet the demand while making $2,000 more than it normally does on a typical day, as the capital of Rhode Island also emerged as a prime destination for soccer fans thanks to its proximity to Foxborough (which is just 20 miles north).

That includes the ones from Scotland who commissioned a massive fleet of school buses to save money on transportation costs, and one man said they dropped $16,000 on beer (the bulk of which seemed to be the beloved local delicacy that is Narragansett) for the occasion.

@gbhnews More than a thousand supporters of Scotland’s national soccer team packed into a fleet of dozens of school buses for a 45-minute trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Gillette Stadium to watch their squad compete in the FIFA World Cup for the first time in nearly three decades, GBH News’ Jeremy Siegel reports. The unlikely transportation method began as a novel way to save money as local officials and FIFA organizers have come under mounting criticism over steep prices for trains and buses to the international sporting event. ⚽️🍻 Learn more about the Tartan Army’s adventure by visiting the GBH News website. ♬ original sound – gbhnews – gbhnews

Source: BroBible