Arena CDMX — Attraction in Mexico City

The boys trip made it out of the groupchat to CDMX, with the trip centered around UFC Mexico here at Arena CDMX. 3 out of 4 of us LOVE the UFC, and the other is just the homie who was down for the plot. You gotta love homies like that who are just always down for anything and have a great attitude.

We got there and realized we were no longer in Roma Norte, and this is what I imagine real Mexico City is like. No english at the door, no baddies walking around with artsy tattoos, just real raw authenticity. I loved it.

We had great seats in the first row of the 400 section, so we could rest our feet on the little ledge in front of us and had a great view of the Octagon. The first fight we saw was UFC newcomer Ateba Gautier absolutely destroying a can with a knee straight down the middle.

The Mexican crowd was AMAZING. There was this guy a few rows behind us, supporting every single Mexican fighter like it was his blood brother. One fighter's nickname was “Lazy Boy,” and the guy was endlessly shouting “ARRANCARLE LA CABEZA LAAAAZZZYYYY,” as lazy was getting the brakes beat off him. It was sad, yet inspiring.

We had him take a picture of us as a group for the memories, and they were arguably the worst photos I’ve ever seen. I honestly don’t even know how he did it. See attached.

The main event was Brandon Moreno vs Steve Erceg, and the crowd was going INSANE. It was so hype in here I can’t even put that energy into words. Moreno went out and put on a masterclass… Although that fight was a little bit of a snoozefest, the card as a whole was amazing.

Really grateful for these kinds of memories with my friends. Our group chat joke is now “ARRANCARLE LA CABEZA,” which roughly translates to “RIP HIS HEAD OFF.”

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PARKING IS FREE AVOID GIVING MONEY TO PEOPLE I hope you guys read this even if you work with the Arena or you'll visit an event. The place is amazing and totally deserves the 5 stars. But the reason of puting one star is because there are people outside taking advantage of the massive traffic generated by the event, (take maybe an hour more to arrive at time) these people charges you with 200 mxn to secure a parking space and that this will accelerate the process of entry, they even give you a paper that has a barcode and seems legit. At the end after 45 minutes in less than 800 meters they take the paper justifying that they'll help you next and disappear. When you enter the arena you see a big sign that says free parking. The arena staff should at least try to put this information in the tickets or signs where...

Es uno de los mejores recintos para conciertos, tiene área de cafetería, comida, los precios son regulares, también en cada entrada a diferentes secciones del mapa puedes encontrar baños, los asientos son cómodos, tienes espacio suficiente para poder bailar / gritar o disfrutar del show.

Es la primera vez que voy en sección (Aqua) la cual me ha encantado, el sonido era bueno, también la vista, solamente que si te toca más en la orilla te suelen estorbar la visibilidad algunos cables del equipo de sonido, y en las primeras filas hay un barandal que al estar sentado no te permite ver todo el escenario, fuera de eso está muy bien.

También otro punto es que durante todo el show no funcionó la pantalla grande que está en medio de la arena, no sé si fue por el artista o el show, pero eso me decepcionó un poco.

Mi único detalle fue con la organización por parte de los trabajadores o staff del recinto en su mayoría se portaron groseros, la puerta que decía en mi boleto al final que no era me mandaron por otro lado y terminé dando muchas vueltas para llegar a la puerta que si me tocaba ¿Por qué hicieron eso? desconozco.

También recomiendo tener ubicados los números para llegar a tu sección, lamentablemente a mí nadie me ayudó, me traían de aquí para allá o solamente me decían a la izquierda camina , y pues tuve que llegar yo sola sin guía de nadie, considero que es un punto importante ya que muchos vamos por primera vez y no es tan fácil ubicarnos, si no fuera por este mal rato le daría 5 estrellas.

Hay estacionamiento gratuito pero te recomiendo llegar temprano y salirte un poco antes para no agarrar el tráfico.

El metro más cercano es Ferrería/ ArenaCdmx, aún así tienes que caminar unos 10 minutos para llegar.

No recomiendo llevar bolsas grandes, solo lo necesario en una cangurera, también el internet es algo lento adentro.

Afuera hay puestos de merch fake y no recomiendo la comida de...