Security plan for Unión in Copa Argentina and Colón in Primera Nacional | OneFootball

Fernando Peverengo gave details on how the security operations will be carried out both for the Copa Argentina match that Unión will play in Rosario against Independiente tomorrow starting at 8 p.m., and for the match Colón will have to play at home against Mitre de Santiago del Estero next Sunday at 6 p.m.

Unión, which is playing in the Copa Argentina, as you rightly said, against Independiente at Newell’s stadium. It’s an operation that is already mapped out, it’s planned. Yesterday we had a good test related to the Copa Argentina.

It’s going to be an operation similar to the one carried out yesterday, now thinking about Unión. Unión will be assigned the north section of the stadium. In other words, the two standing sections were assigned, one for each club.

One, the north, for Unión. The south, for Independiente. It has to do with how the space is distributed and where the supporters will also be arriving from.

Although both standing sections have a total authorized capacity of 12,000 people, we understand that the organizers have put fewer tickets on sale. But it should also be clarified that tomorrow, up until match time, tickets will be sold locally. And as I was saying, Unión will fill the North Stand, and Unión supporters will also fill

the assigned seating section in this case. Unlike the last match, which was against Precuario, Unión will enter through Gate 5 and will be in the Tata Martino stand, which is the west stand. That is specifically what concerns Unión.

And the second of the matches, which we are dealing with here in Santa Fe above all, is Colón, where we did have to make a modification, really a proposal from the mass events directorate. A certain concern, because we noticed that a huge number of people had been gathering in the South Stand.

We had an operation planned, and in the last match an unusual situation was recorded, at least for us based on the figures we had been handling, where the South Stand had more people than the North Stand. And the bulk of the operation had always been arranged in the north section. So we are not going to weaken the north section because we understand that it is working well, but obviously the South Stand entrance is being modified.

How is it being modified? The entrance is going to be wider. People will enter through the same gate, they will come in through the auxiliary field. Instead of having four checkpoints, there will be ten checkpoints staffed by UTEDYC personnel.

And in addition, once they pass the checkpoints, they will be closer to the gate leading to the auxiliary field’s playing area. Once they pass the checkpoints, both doors will already be open. People will now be able to enter through Gate 6 and Gate 7. But before that, as I said, there will be a containment area, and there will be, as at every stadium, a pat-down, because that is how security is ensured, and then validation with the membership card so they can enter the stadium.

There is a redistribution, that is what we are trying to say, because the operation itself remains the same; what is being reformulated, where there will be more people, is in the UTEDYC staff, because it has to do with a greater number of entry checks. Where previously they worked with four turnstiles, they will now work with ten. We understand that with this, entry through Gate 6 should become smoother and more normal, as I was saying, and with Gate 6 and Gate 7 being opened through an internal sector, we understand that this will be a necessary and fair measure.

The club tells us that in recent times, every time there is a new member, they are automatically assigned to the South Stand. In other words, a new member in the standing-supporter category, right? We understand that this was obviously a situation that had to be reviewed, reconsidered, because, as I was saying, the hard, concrete fact is that in the last match we had more entries, the South Stand took in more people than the North. We had been more focused on the North.

So that is why, as always, it is a matter of looking, rethinking, and it is also true that in the last match people finished entering 40 minutes into the first half. So it is a situation to look at and think about, but also, for the people, stadiums always open two hours in advance. So if people go a little earlier, that will always help.

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The truth is that sales opened today, but the organizers’ expectation is that, from what I understand, they released 3,000 standing tickets for Unión, 6,000 for Independiente, and 1,500 and 1,000. That is the expectation they have; they are the ones who have those figures. In the last match, Unión played as the away team, it was a different stage, a different opponent, surely a different setting. There were practically, if I’m not mistaken, 2,300 or 2,400 people from Santa Fe. We understand that more people may go, but obviously that is stretching an estimate where there is no concrete data.

We enabled, as I was saying when we began the interview, both standing sections, one for each side, the North for Unión, the South for Independiente. The standing sections have a total capacity of 12,000 people.

Tickets will be sold on the day at the stadium. What we did ask of the organizers, as we have always been doing, is that tickets be sold on match day at the stadium up until kickoff time. So I understand that if more people show up, they will easily be able to be sold. They will be able to be sold. That is an expectation held by the private company.

Sure. The opponent changes, the stage changes, and then there will be greater expectations. The truth is I wouldn’t know how to tell you why they released that number of tickets for sale. What I can explain is why we set up the operation we did and which areas we enabled.

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