Club World Cup Gets Massive Security Upgrade After Chaotic Incident That Led To Dozens Of Arrests

Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida, will person a monolithic constabulary beingness passim nan remainder of nan Club World Cup this month, arsenic nan metropolis looks to debar a repetition of nan near-deadly incident that resulted successful 26 arrests past year.

The 2024 Copa America last saw a swarm of ticketless fans unreserved nan gates for a lucifer betwixt Argentina and Colombia, leaving fans terrified and bloodied arsenic information struggled to incorporate nan crush, arsenic they attempted to break in.

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Fans effort to participate nan stadium amid disturbances anterior to nan CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Final lucifer betwixt Argentina and Colombia astatine Hard Rock Stadium connected July 14, 2024 successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Videos showed immoderate fans trying to climb done aerial vents to summation entry. Police had to assistance distressed children complete barriers to debar them being crushed, while elsewhere officers tackled to nan crushed nan ticketless fans they could drawback successful a forlorn effort to support nan hoards astatine bay.

But things are different this summer.

"We’ve put extended measures successful spot to protect fans, players and staff," Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said earlier nan tournament. "The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is starring each information efforts for this world event."

Changes made complete nan past twelvemonth mean fans for this tourney must walk done 3 abstracted checkpoints that enclose nan full field earlier getting adjacent to nan stadium. Steel fencing is group up astir nan perimeter.

First up is simply a summons cheque astatine impermanent gates, taking up ample parts of nan parking batch wherever tailgate parties mightiness usually return place. Then comes different airport-style screening nether tents wherever bags are checked by X-ray machines. Even flags request to beryllium approved.

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Police officers patrol nan area arsenic fans hold to participate astatine stadium anterior to nan Copa America last shot lucifer betwixt Argentina and Colombia Sunday, July 14, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Fla.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Fans were capable to get overmuch person to nan stadium earlier checkpoints astatine nan Copa America.

"When I was astatine nan final, nan information guards conscionable opened nan gross and started letting group through," Edison Negron, a Boca Juniors instrumentality from Puerto Rico, told The Associated Press erstwhile describing nan scenes arsenic fans crushed against nan barriers past year.

Miami-Dade County said astatine nan clip that a afloat reappraisal would beryllium conducted and that nan scenes "cannot hap again."

"There will beryllium a important rule enforcement and information footprint successful and astir nan stadium to guarantee nationalist information for each nan events," Det. Argemis Colome told nan AP, while adding that societal media was being monitored anterior to matches.

Preparations person included typical training for a rapid-deployment unit arsenic portion of a multi-agency consequence to imaginable crowd trouble.

"If things spell south, we get fresh for civilian unrest and unruly fans," nan sheriff’s agency said successful a societal media post.

A ample constabulary beingness has been evident astatine some games played astatine Hard Rock truthful acold — Saturday’s tourney opener erstwhile a crowd of much than 60,000 watched Inter Miami vs. Al Ahly and Monday’s lucifer betwixt Boca Juniors and Benfica successful beforehand of astir 56,000.

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Policemen talk pinch fans extracurricular nan stadium anterior to nan Copa America last shot lucifer betwixt Argentina and Colombia  in Miami Gardens, Fla., Sunday, July 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Patrol cars person been stationed on nan interstate extracurricular of nan stadium and, wrong nan grounds, officers equipped pinch look shields and protective clothing are connected patrol.

FIFA said it had worked intimately pinch stadium officials, authorities and national agencies "to guarantee a robust information presence."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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