They denounce flannel business and road chaos at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium

The image of the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium, closed and with the suspension seals that authorities from the Benito Juárez mayor’s office placed on Saturday for non-compliance with civil protection regulations, creates a precedent for the residents of the Nápoles neighborhood and surrounding areas. The tons of waste produced by a soccer match, the cars parked in double rows and people who demand up to 300 pesos in exchange for reserving a spot on the street produce collective unrest that is increasing due to the number of events scheduled on the calendar. .

In five months, the Atlante, Cruz Azul and América teams have played 25 matches at the venue, which is equivalent to almost two for each weekend. Added to this, in the same period, were at least six shows and bullfights with more than 45 thousand people in the Bullring. I understand the position of those who are fans, but above economic interest the safety of the people must besays Lina Belaunzurán, a resident of the district for more than 40 years. The flanneleros are not even from here, they come from other neighborhoods with the complicity of the police.

Since last Saturday, people who travel the circuit between both buildings leave a building with their usual haste, stop at food establishments, greet one or more familiar faces and pick up the clothes hanging on their rooftops before they pass by. the garbage truck. Match days are something elsewarns Mr. Fermín, a chewing gum and cigarette seller who is waiting for the Metrobús to pass on Insurgentes Avenue. Like América did on Monday, Atlante confirmed yesterday that it will change venues when it faces Dorados in the quarterfinals of the Expansion League, on November 10 at the Hidalgo stadium.

The mayor of Benito Juárez, Luis Mendoza, released a video yesterday on social networks in which he indicated that It is up to companies to correct all irregularities detected so that activities can return to normal as soon as possible. in the enclosures. The inhabitants of the Nochebuena and Ciudad de los Deportes neighborhoods agree that some of the attendees urinate and defecate on the sidewalks, others throw garbage and the flanneleros park cars in the driveways of homes.

Residents even modify their daily activities because they prefer not to go out or anticipate leaving or returning to their homes to avoid chaos in vehicular traffic. They propose to the authorities the installation of mobile toilets, in addition to including, along with the cost of the event ticket, the value of a parking space in a duly established location in the surrounding area such as the World Trade Center.

More than feeling affected, American fans celebrate moving away from a sports complex that they do not feel belongs to. Cuauhtémoc is a better stadium than Azul, that should be our home nowsays José Villanueva Ponce, a fan of the Coapa club and reluctant to the idea of ​​sharing the home ground with the Potros and the leader Cruz Azul while the remodeling work at the Azteca is completed heading into the 2026 World Cup. Given the urgency of organizing the match, The Águilas board reached an agreement with Puebla to play there against Pachuca on the penultimate round of the League.

Atypical phenomenon

The news produced an atypical phenomenon in thousands of people who follow the current two-time champion. Getting to Azul is impossible: there is no parking, the flanneleros charge what they want to avoid scratching the car and it is still a stadium of another category, old and not very functional.says Gustavo Adolfo Rivera, driver and resident of the Santa Úrsula Coapa neighborhood, where the love of America is visible on the walls of several houses. It is better to play in Puebla than on any other court in Mexico City. Better to leave here to another state than to borrow the Olympic stadium from the Pumas.

Crowded ticket offices in Puebla

The América team arrived yesterday in the capital of Puebla by land from the Coapa facilities. When ticket sales began at the box office, hundreds of people lined up outside Cuauhtémoc with a limit of 10 tickets per person – paying with a single card – and prices ranging from 150 pesos, in the upper part, to 550 in the stand closest to the benches. Since renovation work began at the Azteca in June, the team led by Brazilian André Jardine has registered attendance of less than 11,000 spectators – 10,236 against Atlas, date 8 – at the Ciudad de los Deportes, even in their debut as champions.

We thought that after the results we have had we would be full every 15 days in a smaller stadium like this one, but the fans have not respondeddeclared the club’s sports president, Santiago Baños, to TUDN in October. According to several Americanists, the solution is to look for another house. In Toluca, Puebla and even Guadalajara we feel more local and we almost always play with a full stadiumadds Luis Ochoa, who, like thousands of users in social media groups, has celebrated the closing of the old Azul stadium to look for a different venue.

Cruz Azul, also the host at the venue near the Plaza de Toros and a team that will seek to break the record for points in the League (43 in 19 days), is still evaluating where it will play its next and last match of the regular phase at home against Tigres , next Saturday at 9 p.m. América is going through a similar situation in the quarterfinals of the women’s tournament, having not defined where it will clash with Guadalajara on November 11. The first leg was scheduled three days before in Akron.

The league is another tournamentwarns the Águilas side, Israel Reyes, about the 40 units of La Maquina in first place; Even if you score 50 points, the championship is what determines who was the best in the tournament. Any court suits us well, we don’t think about where we would have preferred to play.