Chaos at Copa America Final: Ticketless Fans Storm Venue
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00:00All right, let's take a look here at the Copa America final from 24 hours ago, which was
00:17delayed at Hard Rock Stadium.
00:20Why?
00:21Well, because the stadium was breached by ticketless fans before Argentina and Colombia
00:28were able to get the match underway.
00:31In fact, Hard Rock Stadium was placed under lockdown shortly before that eight o'clock
00:38Eastern time start.
00:41And it was nothing, when I mean nothing, but pure pandemonium happening at the stadium
00:47at the Hard Rock.
00:49Ticketless fans were climbing, as you can see there through the video, were climbing
00:53through vents, were hopping fences.
00:57It was a very, very dangerous situation as supporters pretty much bumrushed the gates
01:03at around six o'clock Eastern time yesterday.
01:06That was two hours before the game was scheduled to kick off.
01:10And then social media was just flooded with video of fans with tickets with prices as
01:18high as $2,500, $3,000 a ticket.
01:22And yet they got into the stadium.
01:24Those that got into the stadium went to their $2,000 seats and people were sitting in them.
01:31And there was nothing that security could do.
01:34It was quite obvious.
01:35The stadium, which seats up to 75,000, had way more than 75,000 and more than half certainly
01:44did not have tickets in there.
01:46It was out of control.
01:49Seven people being treated during the incident being reported this morning, at least 10 people
01:54were arrested.
01:56And I am sure those numbers are going to grow a little bit higher.