Wetherspoons will make a major change at 784 pubs next week just in time for the Olympics. The popular pub chain says its 801 pubs across the country will be screening the 2024 Paris Olympics, which starts on Friday, July 26. Wetherspoons, which has 801 pubs across the country, confirmed that only a handful of their boozers would not televise the Games due to not having screens.
A spokesman for the boozer said: "Wetherspoons pubs will be showing the Olympics. "So wherever your local is, you won't miss out on the events in Paris." The full list of 17 Wetherspoons pubs that don't have screens and won't be showing any games includes The Albert and The Lion, Blackpool, The Commercial Rooms, Bristol and The Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds.
READ MORE Jay Slater's mum says 'how' and 'has questions' as body found after 29 days Other pubs named include The Thomas Ingoldsby, Canterbury, The Counting House, Glasgow, Star Light, Hounslow, The Acorn Inn, Lichfield , The Barrel Vault, St Pancras International station, London and Wetherspoons, Victoria station, London as well as Wetherspoons, Manchester. The Watchman, New Malden is also listed alongside The Britannia Inn, Plymouth and The Kingfisher, Poynton as well as The Sussex, Rhyl, The Railway Inn, Rushden, The Castle Hotel, Ruthin and also The Man in the Wall, Wimborne. There will be 45,000 police officers on duty throughout the 16 days of competition, and a separate deployment of British police will make up a delegation of more than 2.