2024-03-27 19:43:58
Cobreloa broke a limit. The mining club set the value of the gallery entrance for the northern sector at $40,000 pesos, which will be occupied by Universidad de Chile fans in the clash that both squads will cheer on this weekend. The complaints did not take long to occur.
The decision became the subject of debate. “I wouldn’t pay 40 thousand pesos to go to the stadium,” answered, for example, the blue defender Ignacio Tapia, precisely in reference to a charge that seems disproportionate based on the Chilean reality. “We found out about that situation and it is not a reasonable price for a ticket. There are things to fix in that sense, it is an expensive price for the family and for people who like football. I don’t want to go any further, but it is an expensive price,” the defender added. However, for the Desert Foxes, the value adjusts to the factors they had to consider in the organization of the duel, which will be played on Sunday, at 6 p.m.
In Calama they hide behind the costs involved in the security associated with the confrontation with the laity. “This cost is mainly associated with a security issue that was required by the authority, which entails a very high cost, an investment that we are going to make once and that we have to maintain over time to qualify for greater capacity. “, explains Diego Cruz, leader of the Loínos, to the Mr. Deportes program, on María Reina radio, in the mining city.
The representative then details the expense they had to incur. “The largest investment is the sector that borders a water park. We have a possible interaction with people there and what the authority asks us to do is to close that. We gave options, but we were asked for one in particular. That is what generates a very high cost to keep in order. We were asked to close with wood. We had proposed some type of mesh, but we were practically asked for a wall. “It is longer than on the court,” he justifies.
Cobreloa, in one of its celebrations in 2024 (Photo: IG Cobreloa)
Cruz maintains that security is an area in which the club has remained busy. “We have prepared ourselves with bars and fences. Even so, we are required to have safety mattresses in the north gallery. The bars have to delimit so that the people of the U do not mix with ours. They are specifically in the gallery,” he details.
Another considerable element for the increase in the value of tickets is the obligation to hire greater security. “We have always worked with an overstaffing of guards. We have 100, but they asked us for 150, so we will have to go look for 60 in Antofagasta. That has a cost,” says Cruz.
Likewise, he maintains that the interests of local fans are duly safeguarded. “The price for members is reasonable. We did a market study. At 11 in the morning, two thousand tickets had been sold and 90 percent had been purchased by members, who can purchase two. People pay attention to the general admission, but it is a price that gives a benefit to the member and the subscriber,” says the manager.
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