Overview
- Guests in executive rooms overlooking Bloomfield Road are instructed to close curtains for the match window, with reports citing either one hour or 90 minutes before kickoff through full time.
- The hotel warns of penalties up to about €2,800 for violations, but coverage cites no confirmed cases of fines actually being issued.
- The venue says the measure aligns with English Football League and Football Association requirements that spectators hold valid tickets and with the Sporting Events Act’s alcohol restrictions.
- Visitors say the restriction was not flagged during booking and appears mainly on the hotel’s website, even though the pitch-view rooms carry higher matchday rates.
- Monitoring reportedly includes staff ‘spotters’ and shuttered restaurant areas, while two guests who posted a viral TikTok said they watched with curtains open and were not fined.