Tickets are selling fast and security will be on high alert for Trinidad and Tobago's crucial CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying match against Mexico tomorrow night (8 p.m.) at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
According to Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) marketing manager Peter O'Connor, the game is expected to be played in front of a very full if not sold-out crowd.
It will also be contested amidst a network of high security.
Late yesterday afternoon, O'Connor reported that tickets at three KFC outlets had sold out down South and that tickets at other branches were selling faster than you can say "Warriors".
"Sales are going extremely hot. They are going heavily indeed and the demand is certainly there...and hopefully I won't have any to put up for sale on the day of the game at the Stadium," O'Connor said in jest.
But the T&TFF official became all serious when he spoke about the necessary security measures to be taken.
The world governing body for the sport, FIFA, have decreed that, for security reasons, no parking will be available to the public on the compound of the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
When asked about that situation, O'Connor did not wish to expand on the reasons behind the FIFA directive.
But he stated that the Hasely Crawford Stadium will be locked down tonight, the night before the big game, and a complete "security sweep" of the stadium will be conducted by security personnel who are expected to inspect the facility in detail.
And patrons will have to travel by shuttle to and from the match.
O'Connor revealed that from 3 p.m., a shuttle service to be provided by the PTSC will be available to Warriors fans simultaneously from City Gate, Port of Spain and King George V Park, St Clair to the Hasely Crawford Stadium.
The shuttle service will run every 15 minutes.
After the conclusion of the game, the return trip back to City Gate and King George V Park will also be available by shuttle, as well as an additional service from the Hasely Crawford Stadium to San Fernando.
O'Connor also advised that details about traffic movement to and from the stadium will be advertised by the T&TFF and the PTSC in the media tomorrow.
These are expected to indicate that patrons will only be allowed access to the stadium through the Wrightson Road Extension, while people with passes and accredited personnel will have to come from Ariapita Avenue and Fitz Blackman Drive.
And security checks will be conducted on all patrons before they are allowed inside the stadium compound.
"Once they are in the stadium compound, they will have to have a ticket or they will be people with a pass or staff member or accredited personnel," O'Connor detailed.
Gates will open at 4 p.m., four hours before the scheduled start of the match, while entertainment should start at 5.15 p.m., with Exodus and Woodbrook Playboyz providing the sounds from the steel pans, while Destra, Maximus Dan, the Shiv Shakti Dance Group, and Pollard-Lake Dance Troupe will entertain fans, along with the aptly-named DJ Entertainment setting the atmosphere for the encounter.
O'Connor also had a warning for all those patrons who might get carried away by the excitement and attempt to run on the field "when T&T scores a goal".
"There will be a strong security presence around the moat and on the perimeter," he warned, before concluding: "Anybody attempting to breach that security will be dealt with adequately because we don't want anybody to feel they have the right to jeopardise our chances at qualification."