Bilbao It will receive thousands of British fans, about 55,000 according to municipal estimates, for the final of the Europa League that on Wednesday will play the Tottenham Hotspur y el Manchester United, in which the City Council does not expect important incidents in the face of the good relationship between the two hobbies.
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The 49,600 spectators in which the official capacity of San Mamés is calculated to the party. Of these, a minimum of 15,000 of each team, in addition to another 11,000 in principle of neutral fans and some 8,600 that distributes the UEFA.
The prices of the 41,000 locations on sale range between 40 euros of the cheapest and 240 euros of the most expensive.
All of them, and more that are expected, will go to a city with their hotel capacity already 100 percent occupied and with support in respect of other Biscay municipalities, and also Alaves, Guipuzcoans and Cantabrians.
A good part of the visitors will arrive and leave the Basque Country by plane, on the 170 charter flights that Aena will manage at the airports of Bilbao, Vitoria, San Sebastián and Santander between tomorrow, Tuesday, and Thursday, eve and day after the match, from the United Kingdom.
As they are passengers coming and bound for a country not 'Schengen', Aena has coordinated with the National Police to facilitate passport control, enabling infrastructure for the performance of the documentary control, as well as additional shipping doors for this type of flight.
Although, perhaps, the most impressive negatively in citizens will be the different conditions and restrictions that Bilbao will suffer since Monday, the 19th, in different areas in terms of safety, traffic, parking and mobility.
The institutions have prepared a wide device with, among other measures, some 2,000 Ertzaintza agents and the bulk of the available municipal police staff.
Already for the same day of the final, the 21st, it is recommended not to use the private vehicle and access Bilbao by public transport, fundamentally subway and train, whose services will be reinforced.
The device includes many traffic cuts. The most important will occur in the surroundings of San Mamés and will fundamentally affect the neighborhoods of Basurto, Indautxu and Olabeaga, in which the longest traffic cut will occur, which will last between 00:00 hours on May 21 and 05:00 hours on Thursday, day 22.
Sabino Arana Avenue will be cut by fences, between the Sacred Heart and Simón Bolívar; And also the perimeter of San Mamés between Felipe Serrate, on the way to the suction cup, Luis Briñas and Zunzunegui Avenue.
For the rest, in the Arenal, the fans zone, a neutral space for the followers of both free access teams until capacity will be completed, will be open on Tuesday 20 from 11.00 to 22.00 hours and Wednesday 21, party day, from 11.00 to 18.00.
The respective 'Fan Zone' are also preparing, the meeting points of the fans of each team, which will be located in Ametzola, that of Tottenham, and in the Etxebarria park, that of Manchester United.
Also, for the day of the game there are a series of previous activities, among which a party of legends, with former players who have played the competition, and, above all, the meeting on Wednesday morning of the UEFA Executive Committee in Bilbao.
