You are essentially in a bubble the whole time.
The bus was driven into a ring of about 200 riot police and we walked into the stadium surrounded by them. There are ramps built specifically for the visitors to enter, but the home fans can see you and can potentially jump or climb down onto your ramps, so there is a police escort the whole way.
Once you get to the top, we were frisked (but a quite lovely Mexican female police officer, btw) and walked through a barred gate that closed and locked behind us. In front of and behind the gate, guards are placed to keep you from leaving unescorted and keep the home fans out.
At both ends of the ramp into the stands there were riot police and a ring of riot police on each row around our entire section with double guards on the left and right.
You could go down the ramp to the bathroom, but there was no concessions and no exit.
Beer vendors made their way to us in our seats, but they were charging $8 a 24 oz cup -- about twice what they charge the home fans -- and almost nobody bought beer anyway. You either arrived so drunk you didnt want more or you wanted to keep your faculties together in such an environment.
I'd say there were paramedics available for one out of every eight American fans. Again, all of them shockingly beautiful if you prefer brunettes.
The seats/view were incredible. The sightlines were almost as good as Rice Stadium. /sarcasm.
We were on the second level, but you could see everything perfectly. I was easy to tell the players apart and we had a good view of the replay screen. The only negative was that the scoreboard wasnt always on, so it was difficult to tell the time elapsed. It got to the point where I think they took it off the replay screen so the American players wouldnt know how long they would have to hold on.
