On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, a federal judge ruled in favor of FIFA in a dispute with box and seat owners at the Mexico City Stadium (formerly Azteca), prohibiting them from bringing food, drinks, and vehicles into the venue during the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n
The conflict involved the owners of Palcos and Plateas at the Estadio Banorte, who claimed rights under a 99-year contract allowing free use of their purchased spaces. However, the First District Civil Court suspended precautionary measures that previously permitted these privileges, including vehicle access and bringing in outside food and beverages, for the duration of the tournament.<\/p>\n
This decision, part of case file 730\/3036, was published on June 9 through the Federal Judiciary\u2019s electronic notifications. It overturns earlier rulings by the Sixth and Seventh District Courts that had favored the Mexican Association of Box and Seat Holders (AMTPP), led by Manuel Negrete and Roberto Ruano.<\/p>\n
The judge emphasized that maintaining the previous allowances could interfere with the public interest by disrupting the organization and preparation of the World Cup, which Mexico will co-host with the United States and Canada. FIFA, as the supreme authority over the tournament\u2019s organization, requires all involved parties, including the stadium, to comply with its regulations uniformly across all 16 venues.<\/p>\n
Tensions escalated a day before the ruling, when Roberto Ruano, AMTPP Vice President, called on media mogul Emilio Azc\u00e1rraga for talks and threatened to mobilize members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) and transport unions to protest the World Cup\u2019s opening match on June 11.<\/p>\n
Ruano stated in an interview with \u00d3rbita Deportiva: \u201cToday I make a gentleman\u2019s call to sit down and talk. If not, we are even willing to mobilize people so the first game of the World Cup does not take place.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court concluded that denying the suspension requested by FIFA and Estadio Banorte would jeopardize the agreements necessary for hosting the tournament. Allowing exceptions for certain individuals to bring vehicles or food would undermine the consistent enforcement of rules across all World Cup stadiums.<\/p>\n
For now, box holders lose the ability to enforce their previously granted benefits through other courts, as the federal ruling aims to prevent any obstacles that could hinder the smooth execution of this major international event.<\/p>\n
In the judge\u2019s words: \u201cThe granting of the suspension is intended to avoid hindering the normal development, organization, and execution of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, a federal judge ruled in favor of FIFA in a dispute with box and seat owners at the Mexico City Stadium (formerly Azteca), prohibiting them from bringing food, drinks, and vehicles into the venue during the 2026 World Cup. The conflict involved the owners of Palcos and Plateas at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nacional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}