The Red Devils ‘Qatar 2022 World Cup’ street cheer will be held at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on the 24th. The city of Seoul plans to prepare for the crowds on the day of the match by preparing special measures for security management and public transportation.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government approved the use of the square, which the Red Devils applied for on the 17th, after a meeting of the Gwanghwamun Square Advisory Group on the afternoon of the 22nd. Accordingly, the installation of facilities for the event, such as the stage, will begin at 0:00 on the 24th, and the first street cheering will be held at 10:00 pm on the same day in time for the match between Korea and Uruguay.
The Red Devils are preparing for the event, anticipating that up to 10,000 citizens will gather in the square on the day of the match.
Seoul’s street cheering for this World Cup was in a state where the Korea Football Association had even finished working-level talks with Seoul last month, but the event was canceled after the Itaewon disaster happened. Afterwards, the Seoul branch of the Red Devils acted as an organizer and promoter of street cheering and applied for permission to use Gwanghwamun Square.
The period of use of the square allowed by the final decision on this day is from the 24th to the 3rd of the following month. Street cheering is held around 10:00pm on the 24th and 28th, and around 0:00 on the 3rd of the following month, when the Korean national team’s World Cup group stage matches take place.
The Jongno-gu Office requested supplementary measures, saying that the security control plan for the incident the previous day was insufficient. In response, the Red Devils took additional measures and resubmitted the plan to the district office in the morning, and the district office was re-examined in the afternoon.
The number of security personnel for the event has also increased significantly to 340 people. In addition, after consultation with the police, one road facing the plaza will be controlled, a security fence will be installed around the perimeter of the plaza, and an entrance to the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts will be created to encourage crowd flow. During the period when street cheering takes place, two bus stops on the side of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts near Gwanghwamun Square are temporarily closed. From 6 pm to 12 pm on the 24th and 28th, and from 8 pm the previous day (December 2) to 2 am the following day on the 3rd of the following month (starting at 0:00), each one of the 22 bus routes going through the stop ticket without stopping..
Gwanghwamun Station on Subway Line 5 will also pass without stopping if necessary. On the 24th and 28th, when the 1st and 2nd group league matches take place, the subway service will be increased 12 times, and on the 3rd of next month, when the 3rd match takes place, the last train time . be extended by 2 hours until 3:00 am at the terminal station. In accordance with the end time of the game, bus service will increase and the last bus time will be extended.
