The World Cup at the Azteca Stadium is once again at risk due to a federal judge’s ruling on the needs of the box owners

The authorities of the International Association of Football Federation will have to face the first big problem when taking possession of the rights of the Aztec Stadium with the owners of the boxes, after a federal judge ruled that they need to maintain their full rights in their property titles

The above was announced by Roberto Ruano, representative of the Mexican Association of Box and Plate holders, who explained that the box owners received authorization from a federal judge. to maintain the right to bring food and drinks into the boxes, as well as rent or market their space.s, as well as having the right to enter their parking spaces during the World Cup tournament that will begin next June 11.

“A federal judge has granted the association precautionary measures that consist, number one, in which boxes can introduce food and drinks during the World Cup. It is a court order, not subject to interpretation or whether the stadium wants to comply with it or not.it is an obligation dictated by a federal judge,” he said.

Is it reversible or definitive that the Azteca Stadium can be used in the World Cup?

The ball is in their court and it is required that Fútbol del Distrito Federal, FIFA, Grupo Ollamani and Estadio Banorte comply, they may enter any resource, but for the moment the ruling was our need. We are not asking for something that happened in the 1970 and 1986 World Cup.

How is your situation, because some box owners apparently have already settled their matter?

These boxes that you mention are the ones that were made after the originals, those boxes are of a different style, we are owners of the original boxes. The other boxes are not for 99 years, the Association represents the original box owners.

Who is included?

To the members of the Association, but we are open to anyone who wants to join. We have already managed to stop the World Cup tickets from being sold.

How far do you plan to go if FIFA does not accept?

We are ready to the last consequences, we are open to dialogue, we were going well with Félix Aguirre who was the director of the Azteca Stadium, but a new director arrived who is Portuguese and there was never communication, that is why we are in charge of the owners of boxes and stalls. The Azteca Stadium wants to impose new provisions, but it contradicts our contracts.

Here it is not about the World Cup, but to maintain the rights that we have for the remaining 40 years of the contract, it is established therein, we do not demand something that is not within these agreements.

Could the judge’s decision put the World Cup matches in danger?

The word lies with FIFA and I do not believe that there is any agreement or provision of FIFA that is above an order from a federal authority. We want to have the rights that are established in our contract.

Are there options for an agreement before the start of the World Cup?

There has been no communication, but there have been very aggressive emails, threatening us that we will not have the right to anything. We fully trust our justice system and the order that the judge signed demonstrates respect for the rule of law.

Did FIFA or the Azteca Stadium not review clause 17 of the contract?

Clause 17 of the contract states that if the stadium is rented or sold, it cannot use boxes and stalls, for this reason the Stadium authorities failed to inform FIFA of the agreements with the box owners.

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Ruano also explained that: “The second measure they granted us was that we have the right, as established in our titles, to parking spaces for the boxes. Measure three clearly establishes that boxes and stalls can be sold, rented, transferred, not like the threatening statement they sent in recent days, that a box or stall that was seen to be rented or offered on some platform or in some media, would be suspended by FIFA.

The representative of the owners of boxes and stalls also said: “Specifically dealing with the events corresponding to the 2026 FIFA World Cupthe guidelines, terms and conditions established by the Fédération Internationale de Soccer Association (FIFA) are preferentially and obligatorily applicable.

Including the Terms of Use for Tickets for matches held in Mexico of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which prohibit the resale, offer, commercialization, assignment, transfer or intermediation of tickets.“their access rights by any means or through third parties not authorized by FIFA,” says the statement delivered to the owners.

“The document emphasized that in the event of engaging in this practice outside the official platforms for the sale and exchange of tickets, FIFA could cancel their access.”which contravenes what is established by the authority“.

“The aforementioned Terms of Use establish that FIFA may cancel any ticket in respect of which it detects a use, transfermarketing or disposal carried out in contravention of said guidelines, including cases of unauthorized resale or intermediation,” the statement said.

Previously, the owners of boxes and stalls were alsoThey had been informed that they would not be able to bring drinks and food into those sections either.and they could only consume through packages within the stadium with costs from 123 thousand 499 to 261 thousand 652 pesos.

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