This is not the first time that a video has gone viral where suspicious movements can be seen in the concrete structures of the stands at La Bombonera, the Boca Juniors stadium, where one of the most passionate fans in the world spends entire games bouncing. and exerting pressure that does not please the spectators in the stands below.
They are scary images, and many people wonder if perhaps it is a problem of aluminosis or some other disease of the mega-construction, and they are incredulous as to why they have not yet sealed the most popular stadium in the Argentine capital.
What danger do these movements imply?
The question about the security of the Alberto J. Armando Stadium – this is the real name of the building – has appeared in the media recurrently for years, every time someone discovers this situation. However, this is a very normal effect. In fact, in 2017, in statements in the Argentine newspaper The Nationthe architect Pablo Abbatángelo, grandson of the president of Boca Juniors who promoted the construction of La Bombonera, has already reassured the fans:
“One of the properties of reinforced concrete structures is precisely that flexibility that allows them to move without fracturing. In particular, the Boca stadium, whose structural design was the work of engineer José Luis Delpini, pioneer of reinforced concrete structures in the world, demonstrates this. But all stadiums are designed to have these movements, and that is why they have expansion joints. “It is something normal and healthy,” he explained.
La Bombonera, legendary stadium of Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Although the voices of the experts corroborate that the stadium is safe, there are still thousands of fans who would not risk anything and would prefer to see a field that did not shake or dislodge with the chants and jumps of the fans.
Abbatángelo adds that “In 1985, when I was in charge of repair work due to lack of maintenance, tests were carried out in the stadium where the crowd loads were greatly exceeded, adding what is called ‘goal effect’ to this jumping crowd. . The deformations were well below the limits admitted by the safety coefficients of the Municipality of Buenos Aires.”
The spectators of La Bombonera can rest assured, therefore, although they would be even more so if these resistance tests were carried out periodically.
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