Ministry of Sports Safety and Contingency Protocol for Football Stadiums: Unión Magdalena, Llaneros, and Villavicencio Update Status

2023-11-22 19:52:34

The Sierra Nevada stadiums in Santa Marta and Bello Horizonte in Villavicencio received bad news from the Ministry of Sports: they will not be able to receive the public because they do not have the safety, comfort and coexistence protocol in football, nor the emergency plans. and contingency for sports venues.

Image of the match between Unión Magdalena and Deportivo Cali in September 2023. | Photo: Colprensa – Alvis Monteiner

Neither Unión Magdalena nor Llaneros presented the documents requested since last January, reiterated in February, May, and September by the Directorate of Inspection, Surveillance and Control of the Ministry of Sports.

In Tunja, they were saved from receiving the same sanction as on the coast and the plains, because as it turned out, they finally did send the documents.

The Ministry of Sports ordered the public not to enter the Bello Horizonte stadium in Villavicencio. | Photo: Photo Patriotas: taken from X @Dimayor / Photos of the stadium and Llaneros: taken from X @ClubLlanerosFC

From the mayor’s office of Santa Marta they responded to the Ministry of Sports

The district administration of that city in Magdalena assured that it is already updating said protocol and the emergency, contingency and stage evacuation plan, to continue receiving the fans.

“This documentation will be filed in the next few hours so that the matches scheduled for Unión Magdalena in the 2024 promotion tournament can be held in the Sierra Nevada,” they stated from the Mayor’s Office.

It is necessary to mention that, once the local commission of the capital of Magdalena provides the updated documents signed to said address, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management and other authorities must visit the city to corroborate the information. “, they said through their official website.

From Villavicencio they have not spoken.

However, from the Mayor’s Office of San José de Cúcuta and through the Disaster Risk Management Secretariat, it was clarified that there were no structural problems.

“It has been confirmed that the concrete elements seen in the videos are not part of the main structural system of the stadium. Each section of the stairs in the stadium has joints similar to those seen in the videos, designed to allow relative movement and prevent damage to these elements due to vibrations generated by the crowd in the stands. Therefore, the observed movement is normal in this type of structures and does not endanger the structural safety of the stadium as a whole,” they said in an official statement inviting people not to spread false information on social networks.

The player Peralta celebrates the goal he scored with Cúcuta in the second leg of the Betplay Cup semifinal, 1-1 once morest Millonarios. | Photo: El País

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