John B.
Google
I'm going to give this an honest review and I'm going to write it in English in case it helps any foreigners visiting the stadium for an event or concert.
First, I live in Mexico and I speak Spanish. I have lived here several years. I have never been robbed in Mexico before although corrupt police will bother me sometimes trying to shake me down for a mordida, but they never get anything from me.
For the first time in almost 10 years, I had something stolen from me in Mexico and it took place near the stadium while exiting a concert.
The stadium is nice and the concert is great, but the stadium needs to fix their process for how you can leave after a concert.
Everyone was forced to leave through only a few gates that were open, so it caused a massive traffic jam of people leaving. Everyone was shoulder to shoulder and there was no room to walk for nearly 30 minutes. This is a huge safety issue.
After about 30 minutes, my novia and I finally left the stadium, but there was still a traffic jam of people trying to leave by foot to get a taxi, Uber, or go to their cars.
The rateros or ladrones or crooks know this and so they wait right outside the stadium. They work in groups and are professional thieves and they have a plan.
They mix in with the crowd that just left the stadium and then they cause a scene by starting to push and shove everyone. While this distraction is going on, they then attempt to rob people by going through their pockets or opening their purses.
My novia said she felt people trying to open their purse. People were pushing me and others and someone almost fell and would have been trampled by the crowd.
While I was being pushed, I felt someone touching my pants. I checked and my pants pocket was still buttoned, so my wallet was safe.
This all happened so fast once we left the stadium grounds and the thieves mixed in with the stadium crowd.
We finally broke free of the crowd and I went to grab my phone out of my front pocket to order an Uber, but it was not there.
One of the thieves stole the phone out of my front pocket, but did not get my passport.
I'm sure they robbed others too.
I give the stadium 5 stars for the event and only 1 star for their exit process and allowing this horrible process to be fertile grounds for thieves to ply their trade and rob innocent people.
The stadium needs to fix this process or have cameras and police set up by the exit areas to keep the crooks on alert.
I am not the first person to have been pickpocketed leaving this stadium and I won't be the last until they eventually fix this if they ever do.
Be careful and it might be worth buying a zipper pouch that goes under your clothing if you attend and event here.
