By Edgardo Avelar
08 Nov 2024, 16:57 PM EST
Because the Eagles of America did not register the Cuauhtémoc stadium as an alternate venue, they will not be able to use it in their home games in the league and thus be able to replicate the box office success they had in the league match. matchday 16 against Pachuca with an attendance of 40,184 fans.
The decision made overboard the intentions of the Americanist leadership to use this World Cup stage in 1986 for his home matches in the league, as his fans made him feel at home against the Tuzos and made the difference in supporting them in the important victory.
The assistance at the Cuauhtémoc stadium was his highest record throughout the tournament in the eight home games and of which seven were in the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium in CDMX, far surpassing the one they had against Chivas in this scenario with an attendance of 26,040 fans in the day seven.
Due to this success in sports and more economicallyspeculations soon arose regarding the possibility that they could hold their home league matches in this venue with capacity for 51,726 fans.
but front to the idea that the plan to request the permit began to be forged of the Liga MX to play in Cuauhtémoc and leave behind the stage located in Colonia Nochebuena, located southwest of CDMX, they immediately encountered the regulatory restrictions established in the article for registered venues.
The La Corregidora stadium in Querétaro, its alternate venue
The root of the legal impediment to play the league in Puebla It is due to the fact that América registered the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium as its official headquarters and the La Corregidora stadium in Querétaro as an alternate venue, but given the great demand from fans at the Cuauhtémoc stadium they sought to try a change of venue.
But the reality is that so they can play in this scenario located in the east of the country A cause of force majeure would have to arise, as happened for the match against Pachuca, where its usual venue was closed last Saturday because two almost simultaneous events were scheduled, violating the Civil Protection regulations.
What the regulations say
Faced with these facts, the competition regulations of the Liga MX for the 2024-25 season, it establishes in its article 39 that: “The official matches of the competition must be held in the stadiums registered by each club (América registered the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium like Cruz Azul for this football year), therefore which means that no club during the Season will be able to change venues to hold official matches.” Although it clarifies that “unless there is a duly justified cause, Liga MX will authorize a club to play one of its matches at a different venue, provided that in the opinion of said Body it is pertinent to authorize the change.”
As will be remembered almost at the end of last Saturday’s game between Cruz Azul vs. Saintsthe mayor’s authorities led by its owner Luis Mendoza appeared to place the closing seals on both the official headquarters of Cruz Azul and América of the Liga MX and of Atlante in the Liga Expansión MX.
Then to the Atlantean He had no other way but to play against Tampico Madero at the La Cantera facilities, training headquarters of the UNAM Pumas, and to América moved to the Cuauhtémoc stadium to receive Pachuca, achieving this success that raised hopes of achieving a change of venue, but in the end the rules prevented it.
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