Fan dies in fall at Mexico City stadium reopening

MEXICO CITY: A man died in Mexico City’s newly renovated Estadio Banorte on Saturday after falling from a box seat area shortly before the stadium’s reopening match, security officials said.

The accident occurred just as the venue, known ⁠as the Azteca Stadium, hosted a friendly between Mexico and Portugal.

The match is intended to serve as a stress test for the facility after an around-the-clock construction push to meet Saturday’s deadline.

The stadium, scheduled to hold the opening ⁠ceremony on June 11, is to be the first to host matches in three different World Cups.

Authorities said the ⁠man was intoxicated. He attempted to jump from the second-level box seats to the first level by climbing along the exterior of the structure before ⁠falling to the ground floor, they said. Monitoring Desk