Copa America madness continued inside with escalator destroyed
The chaos at the Copa America final on Sunday did not stop at the gates.
Video and photos posted on X show an escalator at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens that was allegedly destroyed by fans, with shattered glass everywhere and the handrails collapsed at the bottom.
Geo Milian, a sports reporter in South Florida, posted photos of the scene, which he described as “barbaric and unacceptable!”
Argentina’s 1-0 win over Colombia was overshadowed by the fan madness that delayed the start of the game, with crowds so large trying to get through the gates with or without tickets that at one point, gates were opened to everyone to avoid stampedes.
Some fans even tried entering the stadium by crawling through vents.
The stadium was overcrowded as a result, and one fan posted on X that their tickets weren’t checked and assigned seating wasn’t being enforced.
Video and photos from before the game show fans getting bloodied and some were detained by police.
In another example of unruliness inside the stadium, several fans in Colombia shirts opened a giant bag of concession popcorn and poured all of it out, creating a large mess.
“We are outraged by the unprecedented events at [Sunday’s] Copa America finals,” Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levina Cava and chief public safety officer James Reyes said in a joint statement.
“Let’s be clear: This situation should never have taken place and cannot happen again. We will work with stadium leadership to ensure that a full review of tonight’s events takes place immediately to evaluate the full chain of events, in order to put in place needed protocols and policies for all future games.”
Hard Rock Stadium is one of the host venues for the 2026 World Cup.
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