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Cruz Azul's stadium and Plaza México are closed

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By Edgardo Avelar

Given that the administrators of the Azul Stadium (Sports City), headquarters of the Blue Cross and Plaza México failed to comply with the appropriate Civil Protection regulations for scheduling two massive events on the same day this Saturday, November 2, the mayor of Benito Juárez Luis Mendoza decided to suspend all public events until further notice.

The official appeared at the Plaza de Toros México at 10 p.m. to place the closing seals in this bullfighting venue, after overcrowding was detected in said venue on the occasion of the broadcast of the movie Coco at a public charity event

The mayor of Benito Juárez, Luis Mendoza, assures that for security reasons he will close the event at the Plaza de toros México and once the Cruz Azul vs Santos match is over, the stadium will be closed.
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“We are going to suspend, wait for people to leave the Bullring first and when the game ends, the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium. Everything for the well-being of the neighbors of all the families who come to any event and show of this type that do not comply with civil protection issues,” said the mayor moments before placing the first seal.

He later said that: “My obligation in this mayor’s office of Benito Juárez will have to do with order. “I am here, you have seen it on social networks, I have been checking all the events on time, we are making this decision, and we are going to establish order, so that the venues give security to the families and all those attending.”

The Cruz Azul house suffered the same fate

Subsequently, the leader of the Benito Juárez demarcation In the southwest of CDMX he went to the Azul stadium to carry out the same procedure as in the Plaza de Toros México and where he explained the causes of why the headquarters of the Celeste Machine were affected.

🚨THE MAYOR OF BENITO JUÁREZ LUIS MENDOZA OFFICIALLY CLOSED THE PLAZA TOROS AND THE AZUL STADIUM, THE REASON, THEY DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE SECURITY AND LOGISTICS PROTOCOLS WHEN TWO EVENTS WERE CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME TIME (COCO MATCH AND CONCERT) 🚨@AztecaDeportes pic.twitter.com/6CDozLJ6LV

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“They just committed the fouls, that’s why I came to supervise him, It all has to do with the administrators and owners, with everyone in charge of the Bullring and the Blue Stadium. Everything has to do with Civil Protection. There are many legal things, but from this moment on they will be suspended until they comply with the civil protection measures and that is on them, not on us.”

He denied that it is about affecting Cruz Azul, Yeah not obeying a legal rule that safeguards the interests and safety of the attendees and the neighbors surrounding the property in the Nochebuena neighborhood.

“I am suspending the venuesthose who are playing there will have to talk to the owners of the stadium so that they resolve this quickly as it should be in accordance with the law. The sanction can be economic, administrative and legal.”

For now, it is unknown if the measure will affect Atlante’s game this Sunday in the Expansion League and Wednesday’s game on date 16 of the 2024 Apertura tournament of the MX League between América vs. Pachuca and Saturday between Cruz Azul vs. Tigres from date 17 of the same championship.

President of Cruz Azul holds the owner of the stadium responsible

Regarding the closure of the Ciudad de los Deportes (Azul) stadium, the president of the Celeste Machine, engineer Víctor Velázquez, assured that this conflict must be resolved by the owners of the property who came up with the idea of ​​scheduling two massive events on the same day.

“It is the responsibility of whoever rents the property to us. resolve this issue, because it occurred to them to schedule two events on the same day and we hope it is resolved so we can play next Saturday against Tigres,” said the celestial leader.

“Whoever rents us has to solve it”

Engineer Víctor Velázquez, president of Cruz Azul, is confident that the problem of the ‘Azul’ Stadium will be resolved and that there will be football next week.

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