Federal class action lawsuit seeks refunds on behalf of ticketed fan after Copa América final chaos. A federal class action lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of ticketed fans who were not allowed into the Copa América finals match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, after “thousands of unticketed fans” breached security, prompting them to shut the stadium gates. Listed as defendants in the lawsuit are Hard Rock Stadium, international soccer organizations South American Football Confederation and the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, and security firm Best Crowd Management. An estimated 65,300 tickets were sold for the match between Argentina and Colombia on Sunday. The match had to be delayed for more than an hour after fans without tickets forcibly attempted to enter the stadium, according to a stadium spokesperson. After the security breach, a decision was made to reopen the stadium gates “for a short period of time to all fans to prevent stampedes and serious injury at the perimeter,” a stadium spokesperson said at the time – noting a “serious concern of fans being crushed in an attempt to enter.”
