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Ben Foster hints at eye-watering cost of Wrexham promotion party in Las Vegas

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Published 11:45 2 Jun 2023 GMT+1

Ben Foster hints at eye-watering cost of Wrexham promotion party in Las Vegas

Wrexham goalkeeper Ben Foster has revealed his estimation for how much was spent organising the League Two club's trip to Las Vegas.

Dan Hargraves

Dan Hargraves

Ben Foster has revealed how much he believes was spent on Wrexham's promotion trip to Las Vegas by owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

The Hollywood duo gifted Wrexham players with a trip to Sin City last month after sealing automatic promotion back to the Football League after a 15-year hiatus.

Alongside Notts County, Phil Parkinson's side produced one of the most entertaining title races seen in National League history with both teams surpassing 100 points despite only one guaranteed promotion spot being available. County since have also secured their place in League Two after winning the play-offs.

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Former Manchester United and Watford goalkeeper Foster came out of retirement to rejoin Wrexham, having played for the North Wales club as a youngster on loan in 2005 with the Red Dragons.

Although he was only required for eight matches, the ex-England international made a crucial contribution, most notably saving a last-minute penalty against promotion rivals Notts County to ensure that Wrexham would secure a vital win en route to promotion.

The 40-year-old attended the Vegas trip and, speaking on The Fellas podcast, revealed what his estimation of the total cost.

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"I went on the Vegas trip, it was hard work mate honestly," Foster said. 'The way that Rob McElhenney and Ryan (Reynolds) put it on for us, laid it on for us, was just like nothing I've ever seen.

"We got there and it was just straight to the shower, straight get changed, go to Hakkasan for dinner and then we're going to Hakkasan nightclub straight afterwards. All expenses paid.

"Got to be £500,000, had to be at least half a million genuinely it had to be because they just looked after everything."

The goalkeeper added that the players of the League Two club were given luxury treatment and, when describing the team's first night at the Hakkasan night club, revealed: "We walk in and whatever's playing, the music shuts off and they start playing a Wrexham song.

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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney forked out for Wrexham's trip to Vegas. (Image: Alamy)
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney forked out for Wrexham's trip to Vegas. (Image: Alamy)

"We've got a massive closed-off VIP area, and there are Wrexham drapes falling from the ceiling, poppers going off everywhere with confetti, glitter. There's a screen and it's showing like Paul Mullin scoring goals and stuff like that!

"It's 1am and they've stopped the music and they're putting this stuff on, and every one of us is just going 'What on earth's going on here?!'"

Wrexham have announced that negotiations will take place over whether Foster will return for the 2023/24 season having come out of retirement to return to the Racecourse Ground as recently as March.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy, @eoghanoconnell6/Instagram and Ben Foster - The Cycling GK/YouTube

Topics: Ben Foster, Wrexham, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds

Dan Hargraves
Dan Hargraves

Dan is a freelance sports journalist currently in his final year studying Football Journalism at the University of Derby. Currently working for SPORTBible and Reach PLC, he has also worked for Snack Media amongst others. His proudest work thus far came at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where he was a live blogger for the Commonwealth Games Federation, providing sports coverage on the tournament's official website to over a billion people.

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