Premier Pádel arrives for the first time in South America and Mendoza will be the venue for receiving the best in the world

The city of Mendoza is preparing to receive the best of the world padel circuit in August. For the first time in South America, the Premier Padel arrives in Argentina and Mendoza was chosen as the venue.

40 days before the tournament, which will be played between 8 and 14 AugustMore than 70 of the seats at the Aconcagua Arena stadium, in the General San Martín park, which belongs to the Mendoza government, have already been sold.

The tournament is organized by the Argentina Padel Association (APA), governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP) and supported by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI). It will be the fifth date of the circuit, after the races in Qatar, Rome, Paris and Madrid.

The competition awards 2,000 points for the ranking. It will have three fields, one central and two close together, where participants will be able to watch the tournament of over 40 games at the same time.

This was stated by the Undersecretary of Sport of Mendoza, Federico Chiapetta Clarione that the province has managed to beat other locations in the country, thanks to its air connectivity, its hotel and gastronomic offer and the experience shown in carrying out other international sports competitions, such as the Copa América or the rugby championship. On 6 August, two days before the Premier Pádel, The Pumas will face the Australian team at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium.

the stadium closed The Aconcagua Arena will have 9,500 seats (8,000 grandstand tickets and 1,500 stalls on the track), start at $ 2,000. After a presale for APA members, online ticket sales began through the autoentrada.com platform.

Ticket prices through June 30 are $ 2,000 for the popular ticket and $ 10,800 for the 7-day pass. The public, $ 5,000 per day and $ 30,000 for the 7-day subscription; and the track costs $ 8,000 per day and $ 45,000 for the subscription.

Tickets are on sale until June 30th. And from August 1, the price of tickets per day increases: the popular one at $ 3,500, the stalls at $ 8,000 and the stalls at $ 15,000. The prices include the surcharge for the cost of the Autoentrada company.

Once inside the Stadium, the ticket or season ticket cannot be reused to enter. Physical tickets will not be sold at the Stadium, the only means of purchase is through the internet.

Organizers estimate that around 70% of the capacity has already been sold. The semifinal phase is the most requested.

At the end of July, the assembly of the courts coming from abroad will begin. There will be three courts inside, one central and two nearby.

Outside the stadium, in the open air, there will be two other fields to train the male couples participating in the tournament. There will be space for gastronomy and merchandising.

“We have a lot of hotel bookings for that week from participants from all over the country and from neighboring countries such as Chile,” Chiapetta said.

The interest responds to the presence of the best players in the world. Confirmed the presence of the Argentine Martin Di Nennonext to the Spanish Paquito Navarrowinners in Qatar and couple no. 2 in the world.

The current n. 1, the Spaniards Alejandro Galan and Juan Lebron, who remained with the Major of Rome. The Brazilian Pablo Lima – together with Franco Stupaczuk of Chaco – or the historian Pehuajense Fernando Belasteguín has been added to the list of the first candidates in the official FIP ranking.

Argentina Premier Pádel will be broadcast live worldwide through ESPN (South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean), Sky Sports (Italy, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland), beIN Sports (Mena, South -East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, France and Turkey), Viaplay (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Netherlands), Charlton TV (Israel) and many others.