Atlante, without a stadium, plays today in the Puma Quarry

The Cosío family, owner of the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium and the Plaza de Toros México, yesterday did not reach an agreement with the Benito Juárez mayor’s office to lift the suspension on both properties, after a non-compliance with civil protection was found, so Atlante was forced to reschedule a match while América and Cruz Azul do not know where they will play this week.

Given the unexpected measure by the mayor’s office, Atlante was the most affected club, as it was scheduled to play yesterday at 5 pm against Jaiba Brava. After there was no solution between the owners of the enclosure and the demarcation authorities, the Iron Foals They had to look for an alternative headquarters.

Thus, they announced that the last match of the regular phase of the Expansión Mx league will be played today at 10 in the morning behind closed doors at the Cantera de los Pumas facilities. The duel between Atlante and Jaiba Brava is key to defining the league positions of the Liga Expansión Mx, so it was urgent to dispute it.

Atlante made it clear that the owners of the venue are responsible for solving this conflict, since as a club they had complied with all the guidelines to play this season in the property in the Nochebuena neighborhood.

It is important to highlight that, before the start of the current season, our club obtained all the necessary permits to hold home games at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, by complying in a timely manner with all the requirements imposed by the Benito Juárez mayor’s office for this purposesaid the team.

The club is completely unaware of the closure of the property, which took place on Saturday night, and it is the absolute responsibility of the administration to resolve this conflict with the corresponding authorities.he added.

América and Cruz Azul have also been affected, since until the closing of this edition they had not announced whether they would reschedule the duels agreed to take place in that stadium this week.

The Águilas suspended the sale of tickets via the Internet for the match to be played on Wednesday against Pachuca at 7 pm, corresponding to matchday 16 of the Liga Mx, but did not issue an official statement.

Cruz Azul also did not announce whether Saturday’s match against Tigres at 9 p.m., as part of date 17 of the tournament, was still on.

The suspension of the buildings for massive events began on Saturday night when the head of the Benito Juárez mayor’s office, Luis Mendoza, appeared outside the stadium during the match between Cruz Azul and Santos to announce the suspension of the venue’s activities, as well as well as the Plaza de Toros, where the show was taking place at that time Coco in concert: a party to remember.

The mayor indicated that the suspension was due to There was overselling of tickets and, consequently, the capacity was exceeded, risking the safety of attendees..

At that time, Víctor Velázquez, president of Cruz Azul, distanced himself from the conflict by maintaining that the Cosío family should address the situation. The one who rents us must solve the problem, if they have two events, one in the stadium and another in the Bullring, then they must solvehe declared to the Mediotiempo portal. The League, in turn, limited itself to pointing out that it will be attentive to the decisions of the mayor’s authorities. We will do everything possible so that this situation does not affect the development of the Liga Mx, and normality is maintained in the activity of the clubs, fans and the continuity of the tournament.he noted in a brief statement.

Although Mayor Mendoza assured that the capital government was aware of the closure of both buildings, the measure was carried out just hours after the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Mexico City itself announced that it would deploy a security operation with more of 800 troops for the meeting between The Machine and the Warriors.

Although the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium has a capacity for 36 thousand people, yesterday it only had an attendance of 24 thousand fans for the Cruz Azul match against Santos, which was played at 9 pm, according to the Liga Mx .

The organizers of the event Coco in concert: a party to rememberscheduled for 7 p.m., they did not reveal the official number of attendees; However, according to images published on social networks, only half of the bullring was occupied, whose capacity is between 40,000 and 50,000 people, depending on the setup of the stands.

It is not the first time that events have been held almost simultaneously: just on October 12, the América Femenil match against Pachuca was played at 5 in the afternoon in the stadium and at the end the match was held in the Plaza de Toros. Concert by the group Fuerza Regida.

For next weekend, a band music concert and a rodeo show are announced, as well as the game of The Machine against Tigres, almost in the same period.