The architect of the Independiente stadium denied that there is a risk of collapse

The architect of the stadium Independent, Alejandro Castroassured that the Pavoni tribune low there was no danger of collapse, while he said that it was a matter of “a displacement” and stressed that this is not the first time this has happened.

The shocking image forced the leaders to issue an official statement to deny some versions that circulated in recent hours, such as a possible danger of collapse.

Later, the architect of the stadium, the same one who planned the remodeling in 2005, spoke.

“Each step is a module of five steps that are planted on two beams, one on each side. The beams are 60 centimeters and these steps support 30 centimeters on each side. Two of the steps suffered displacements, one of five and the other of two centimeters.”he explained Castro in radio statements.

And he stressed: “There was no crack, fracture or structural damage to the two elements. There was no collapse or fall. They will be repaired between today and tomorrow. We are carrying out a check to see why this happened. Next year the stadium will be 20 years old.”

Along the same lines, Castro He explained that this is not the first time that something of this magnitude has happened with the pre-molded system of the Liberators of America-Ricardo Enrique Bochiniwhich also have the Unique Mother of Citiesof Santiago del Esteroand that of The Silver.

“It happened a year ago, when another weld came loose. This system is safe. We have everything available so that the verifications can be carried out tomorrow. We want to reassure our members that this did not create any type of risk and will not create any in the future.”he elaborated.

“Both stands were full, but there were no more people than the permitted capacity. Behind the goal there could be more risk in case of movement, but the joints are perfect. Today we checked all the stands just in case.”he sentenced.