The third game of the Grand Final between Caracas Lions y La Guaira sharksregistered the best public attendance, 20,705, so far in this instance, and the atmosphere that was breathed in the Ciudad Universitaria Stadium was unmatched.
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But, unfortunately, as happens year after year, the undesirable resale affected many fans, either preventing the purchase of tickets, or in any case, at a rate well above the established value, this time by the school organization, owner of home this Thursday.
In this sense, the Meridiano brand team inquired among the attendees to collect, synthesize and present their experiences.
We find two sides of the coin in this field work; On the one hand, people who bought their tickets through regular channels, such as the online sales platform, as well as at the ticket offices of the Chaguaramos arena. Those consulted praised the mechanism used by La Guaira BBC:
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“We know that, at least in game 2, there were even complaints against officials who also resold, but there, the home club was Caracaswhen are the sharksIt has been different, at least for us”, they pointed.
However, this cloak did not cover another sector of those consulted, as a family (who reserved their identities) pointed out that since last Monday they tried to get through the aforementioned online mechanism, they did not succeed, so they had to get up early, and move from Guatire, Miranda state, to get to the ticket offices of the Stadium.
For them, the journey of misfortunes continued, for several hours they remained in the queues, but at approximately 10 in the morning, the staff in charge announced that there were no more tickets left for the stands, including the popular sun chairs.
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In this nucleus, for personal security considerations, he ruled out the sector of stands; the solution? Resorting to undesirable intermediaries outside the legal framework.
Feelings of ambivalence prevailed in them during the course of the day; On the one hand, the satisfaction of being able to attend the game, but on the other, the grief that this will be the only game they will be able to witness at the UCV, since the high costs that the resellers had to pay out, completely disrupted their aspirations of to be able to go to another commitment.
“It is a blow to the pocket, as much as we want, we cannot assume the costs of resale for two games, of having bought online or at the box office, tightly packed, but we could come to another game” they regretted.
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In both versions, they also stressed the indifference of the state security forces:
“Some are here for decoration, others for their interests.” To a good understander…