The mother of Cristina Arce, one of the victims of the Halloween party, demands that her rulings be rectified so that it is safe
 
Nearly 300,000 signatures have collected the mother of one of the victims of the 2012 Halloween party, Isabel de la Fuente, demanding that the Madrid City Council close the Madrid Arena until the venue is safe and has an operating license. Ten times more than a year ago. His daughter, Cristina Arce, was one of the five young women who died in the municipal ward. He was 18 years old.

Since then, he has continued to struggle with one goal: that a similar tragedy never happens again. For this reason, he decided to launch a campaign on the (squatmachine)
Change.org/cerradelmadridarena platform. "Four years later, it is still a death trap ." However, they have been of no use to him. De la Fuente criticizes that "the self-proclaimed government of citizen participation ignores and does not act as such.

" The reason given by the City Council is that many of these rubrics are not valid because they are from people who do not reside in Madrid. "It doesn't make sense because they can go to the Arena to see any show and, like the rest, they are affected by the poor condition of the building." And he adds: «Carmena cannot ignore the 300,000 people who clamoring for its closure. I hope that the matter will be brought to the municipal council and voted. "

If not, "when I reach 500,000 I will present them to the Congress of Deputies ." Cristina's mother assures that she does not intend to give up on her efforts until the building complies with the regulations and complies with the Entertainment Law of the Community of Madrid. This, in its article 8 establishes that the license is compulsory, both for public and private spaces. By cons, the City Council says that it does not need it, as it is included in the Catalog of Real Estate and because this is established by the Land Law.

«I plan to go to Congress. If the venue is so safe, why don't they give you the license? Why did they request it on their day without success? Isabel de la Fuente
This courageous mother stresses that she does not intend to “continue to laugh in the face of five people who have died due to the greed of some and the action or omission of others. If the venue is so safe and everything is in order, as they have not tired of repeating this and the previous government, why don't they give you the license? And, if you do not need it, why did you request it in your day without success to sell it to third parties? Administrations have to protect citizens, in addition to complying with the law, as is required of any child of a neighbor.

De la Fuente specifies that, as the mother of one of the deceased, what the body asks of her is that the Arena is closed. However, he understands that it would be wasting the money it cost, so it is best to remedy the structural deficiencies it has.
Evacuation problems and emergencies
Among them, highlights the evacuation problems and the absence of an emergency exit opposite the main entrance, underground, so it does not comply with fire regulations, according to the report prepared in 2010 by the technicians. Its circular design and the fact that it lacks a license means that the capacity is not determined and is changed depending on the event.

Isabel reproaches the mayor for accepting in July 2015 her proposal to create a technical table with experts to study its shortcomings and "until today." Unknown if improvements have been made because they have not been reported.

As will be remembered, these measures, announced to coincide with the third anniversary of the tragedy in order to "increase security", were a "wash" of the face of the Madrid City Council after the problems of over-capacity that were repeated in the Arnold Classic Europe, in which Schwarzenegger participated in September 2015. There was also chaos, people slipped in and there were lines of people not controlled by the organization. Riot gear had to intervene. Given what happened, the bodybuilding myth decided to move his event to Barcelona.