From Triana and Los Remedios to La Macarena, Santa Justa or the Center. A year ago in Seville There was practically no street where there was no fan of Mallorca or Athletic Bilbao for the final of the Copa del Rey at the Cartuja stadium. The fans of each team monopolized the hotels, bars and the main squares of the capital, such as the Plaza Nueva, the Plaza de España and the surroundings of the Cathedral. San Jacinto Street and the Triana bridge became a more Bilbao or Palma de Mallorca area. Two days after a new final, finding a room in the city is almost impossible mission between the little offer and high prices, and something similar will happen to achieve a table in the sun.
As in 2024, the Copa del Rey arrives in Seville in the weekend between Holy Week and the Fair. The last two Saturdays and Sundays, the bars, especially those of the center, have encountered limitations to open their terraces due to the passage of processions. Nor have they been able to exercise their activity in the previous months for the rain. Now, the good weather forecasts, the expectation for the final and landing of more than 100,000 fans make a tsunami of customers in the Sevillian hospitality.
The Association of hoteliers from Seville and Province of waiting “A good weekend” and a “very good weather”. “The hotels are in high capacity and that will be extrapolated to the entire historic center. The influx will be throughout the weekend, which serves as a bridge between two major festivities,” value this newspaper from the employer.
Although on this occasion the two contestants, FC Barcelona y Real Madridthey are two teams accustomed to playing finals, they are still two of the most followed clubs in the world, with fans distributed throughout the country. Besides, They have only recently played neutral terrain in the Spanish Super Cup, in Saudi Arabia. Hence even fans are going to mobilize only to live the atmosphere in the city and enjoy the fan zones. The impact on the streets of the city can be more important than ever.
At the moment, the hoteliers They do not observe a rebound in interior reservations As could be expected. “Reservations are being made but not so many because lPeople are waiting to enjoy the terracesmore than tables inside, “they say. As happened in the past editions, Sevilla will have a restaurant landscape full of fans with a” positive economic impact. “And that contemplates that at certain times there are” a little less people for the fan zonessince many move there and do not make so much use of bars. “
Precisely both for these amateur areas and in other spaces of the event El Group Nortempoa company specialized in comprehensive human resources management, launched at the beginning of the month a Employment offer for look for 350 waiters To work in the final.
Los Bars consulted by THE MAIL OF ANDALUCÍA They claim to be prepared for the massive arrival of fans and do not need to hire more personnel. From Betis Street, where someone has already filled their tables for the weekend, to the old town. “Those who are endured”They comment in a mythical tavern of the center about whether they have sought more workers. The flood of customers who experienced last year was such that some bars were left without supplies and had to close.
Osasuna and Real Madrid fans fill the central streets of Seville / Raul Caro / EFE
Police reinforcement in areas with the most public influx
Precisely at those points of Seville in which fans have solved to gather fans in the previous final editions to consume and celebrate the Local Police will reinforce their surveillance. For Avoid any type of altercation or incident in areas near the bars and establishments for the sale of alcohol, 230 troops will be allocated which will mainly perform traffic control and street sales functions, as well as the surveillance of leisure activities.
Las areas marked in red They are both the surroundings of the concentrations of the hobbies and in the central areas, such as Plaza Nueva, Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza del Triunfo, Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Mateos Gago, Plaza de España, among others. In addition, the police presence will be reinforced both in Santa Justa and at the airport to guarantee safety and mobility in the arrival of hobbies, scheduled for Saturday from 7.00 in the morning.
This final is called to be the most massive of recent years. In the last edition, 100,000 people traveled to see the encounter between Athletic and Mallorca. There were more than 21,000 fans of Mallorca, mostly with entrance, for the 50,000 Athletic followers with about 15,000 without ticket. And this time that figure will fall short because already New capacity will be released, 70,000 spectatorsabout 10,000 more fans.
Athletic Bilbao fans on San Jacinto Street in Seville for the 2024 Copa del Rey final / Rafa Aranda
Apart from the most central areas of the city, FC Barcelona fans will celebrate in their fan zonewhich will be located in the bench attached to Carlos III Avenue. An area located on the island of La Cartuja, about 30 minutes walk from the headquarters where the final of the Copa del Rey will be played, and a quarter of an hour where the Athletic fans were grouped last year. For its part, The Alamillo Park Parking It will repeat as a place of celebration of these parties prior to the party. There will be the fan zone of Real Madrida hobby that already lived in this place the final of 2023 that played the white team against Osasuna. A year later, in 2024, the Mallorcanists were the ones who occupied this space of La Cartuja.
