Overview
- Police plan one of the region’s largest deployments with several thousand officers and assets including water cannon, mounted and dog units, drones and helicopters.
- Entry rules are unusually strict with no bags allowed, metal detectors at gates, explosives-search dogs and transparent-bag requirements for laptops and essential medication with attestations.
- City logistics include partial airspace restrictions, heavy traffic controls and planned demonstrations, with fire and civil protection services on heightened standby.
- Several VfB ultra groups announced a boycott over the restrictions, while Commando Cannstatt will attend with coordinated but reduced visual support.
- Organizers expect roughly 1,000 to 2,000 Maccabi supporters to travel, and authorities emphasize that the extensive measures are preventive.