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 tomorrow in Rosario against Independiente 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 has already been thought out and planned. Yesterday we had a good test related to the 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 sector 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 spaces are distributed and where the fans will be arriving from as well.

Although both terraces have a total authorized capacity of 12,000 people, we understand that the organizers have released fewer tickets for sale. But it should also be clarified that tomorrow, right up until match time, tickets will be sold in the city. And as I was saying, Unión will fill the North Terrace, and Unión supporters will also, in this case, fill the assigned seating section.

Unlike the last match, which was against El Precario, 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 of the matches, which above all concerns us here in Santa Fe, is Colón, where we did have to make a modification, or really a proposal from the mass events directorate. There was some concern because we noticed that a great many 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 more people entered through the South Terrace than through the North Terrace. And the bulk of the operation had always been concentrated on the north side. So we are not going to weaken the north side because we understand it is working well, but obviously what will be changed is the entry to the South Terrace.

How is it being changed? The entrance will be expanded. People will enter through the same gate, through the auxiliary field. Instead of there being 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 playing field of the auxiliary pitch. 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 holding area, and there will be, as at every stadium, a frisk for security purposes, 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, and where there will be more people, is in the UTEDYC staff, because it has to do with a greater number of entry checks. Where before they worked with four turnstiles, they will now work with ten. We understand that with that, entry through Gate 6 should become smoother and more normal, as I was saying, and that opening Gate 6 and Gate 7 through an internal sector 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-supporter category, right? We understand that this was obviously a situation that needed to be reviewed and reconsidered, because as I was saying, the hard, concrete fact is that in the last match we had more entries through the South Terrace than the North Terrace. We had been more focused on the North Terrace.

So that is why, as always, it is about observing and rethinking, and it is also true that in the last match people were still entering until 40 minutes into the first half. So it is something to look at and think about, but also for the people, since 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 that 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 rival, 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 of course that would be stretching an estimate where there is no concrete data.

We authorized, as I was saying when we started the interview, both terraces, one for each side: the North Terrace for Unión, the South Terrace 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 match day at the stadium up until kickoff. So I understand that if more people go, they will easily be able to buy them. They will be able to buy them. That is the expectation of the private company.

Sure. The rival 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 the security operation we set up and the sections we authorized.

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