Security plans 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, just as you said, against Independiente at Newell’s stadium. It’s an operation that has already been thought out, it’s planned. Yesterday we had a good test related to Copa Argentina.

It will be an operation similar to the one carried out yesterday, now with Unión in mind. Unión will be assigned the north section of the stadium. In other words, the two standing terraces were assigned, one for each club.

One, the north end, for Unión. The south end, for Independiente. It has to do with how the space is distributed and where the fans will arrive from as well.

Although both terraces together 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 kickoff, tickets will be sold locally. And as I was saying, Unión will fill the North Terrace, and Unión fans will also.

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

And the second match, which is mainly the one we have here in Santa Fe, is Colón, where we did have to make a change, or really a proposal from the mass events directorate. There was a certain concern because we noticed that a huge number of people had been entering through the South Terrace.

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

How is it being modified? The entry will be broader. People will go in through the same gate, they will enter 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 checks, 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 is done at every stadium, a frisking, because that is part of security, and then validation with the membership card so they can enter the stadium.

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

The club has told us that lately, every time there is a new member, they are automatically assigned to the South Terrace. In other words, a new member in the standing-fan category, right? We understand that obviously this was 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 admissions, more people entered through the South Terrace than the North. We had been more focused on the North.

So that’s why, as always, it’s about looking, rethinking, and it is also true that in the last match people were still entering 40 minutes into the first half. So it is a situation to look at, to think about, but also for the public, 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 tickets went on sale today, but the organizers’ expectation is—they released, as I understand it, 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 handling that. In the last match, Unión played away, it was a different stage, a different opponent, surely a different setting. Practically, if I’m not mistaken, 2,300 to 2,400 people went from Santa Fe. We understand that more people may go, but obviously that would just be stretching an estimate where there is no concrete data.

We authorized, as I was saying at the start of the interview, both standing terraces, one for each side: the North for Unión, the South for Independiente. The terraces have a total capacity of 12,000 people.

Tickets will be sold on the day at the stadium. What we did ask the organizers, as we always do, is that tickets be sold on the day of the match at the stadium, up until kickoff. So I understand that if more people come, they will be able to be sold without any problem. They will be able to be sold. That is the expectation the private company has.

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. What I can explain is why we organized the operation the way we did and what area we authorized.

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