Bernabéu concert noise case shelved as promoters face fines and row may end at TSJM | OneFootball

The Provincial Court has shelved the criminal case over concert noise at the Santiago Bernabéu, shifting the row towards promoters and administrative penalties.

According to El Periódico Mediterráneo, judges dismissed Real Madrid Estadio and its sole administrator, José Sánchez Periáñez. The order says the club only leased the ground, did not run the shows, and so lacked control over the noise.

Focus now falls on organisers’ compliance. Madrid City Council has issued 24 fines worth 2.6 million euros, all against event promoters.

Riff Producciones, promoter of Manuel Carrasco’s concerts, says the ruling supports keeping the dispute administrative and that the events were duly authorised. Lawyer Jesús Coca cites criminal law’s principle of minimum intervention.

He says Riff held a Community of Madrid permit for those shows and invokes legitimate reliance on the authorities, while also disputing the council’s readings against an already noisy baseline.

Riff’s first hearing is on 16 June. With cases split across roughly 10 or 12 administrative courts, its lawyer expects differing outcomes and anticipates an eventual TSJM reckoning.

The courts will decide liability and rules for future events. Neighbours plan a Supreme Court appeal against the archive, while Florentino Pérez said concerts would return very soon and city and region have floated a deal with residents or an ad hoc legal tweak allowing looser authorisations.

Source: El Periódico Mediterráneo