Photo by John McCreary/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Philadelphia Flyers fans tailgate before the Stadium Series game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 23, 2019 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

UPDATE: The Ontario government dropped their 2019 budget on April 11, 2019. Find more information about what it included here.

TORONTO — Sports fans in Ontario will soon be able to have a drink and tailgate before a game.

The government will announce in its budget this week that it will legalize the practice often seen in parking lots at sporting events in the United States.

Premier Doug Ford's executive director of strategic communications tweeted that the change means the government is treating adults like adults.