This is how they try to avoid shootings and brawls in nightclubs: searches, bag searches and metal detectors

• Marbella Two arrested after the shooting that has caused five injuries, two seriously, in the Opium nightclub in Marbella

The brawl at a beach club in Marbella that ended in a shootout and left five injured by a gunshot wound and one by a knife - the alleged perpetrator of the shots - and in which the nephew of King Felipe VI,

was , until minutes before the altercation, has indisputably put on the table the issue of security in nightlife centers.

Many wonder if something like this could have been avoided and how it is possible to enter a nightclub with a

, but the question is precisely that Opium is not a

, but a

.

This seemingly minimal nuance is what makes the difference in terms of schedules and security measures, fire systems or evacuation plans for any eventuality.

To all this we must add the fact that the former are usually located in closed premises and have clearly delimited entrances and exits, and the latter are in open spaces such as the beach itself.

In the world of the night, especially in Marbella but not only, there is great concern about the image that such an incident can transfer to people, they have explained to EL MUNDO from the mythical

, the club par excellence of the Costa del Sol and a benchmark for Marbella nightlife on an international level.

"Pioneers in nightlife, we have also been pioneers when it comes to implementing security in our establishments", a

restaurant and the disco itself, they say, where for years they have had

at their doors

customers at the entrances, those who show obvious signs of drunkenness are prevented from entering or those who show conflicting behavior already inside the premises are expelled "without regard", they specify.

Security personnel

, both outside and inside, and surveillance cameras complete the basic measures with which they try to guarantee the maximum well-being of both customers and employees, they detail.

"Security is a very important chapter in our budget," she says.

"We have minimums for day to day that are complemented by specific plans based on the events we organize, the profile and characteristics of the expected audience or the number of people expected to attend," they detail.

"It is true that this was not always the case. In Marbella before, the

and the clients who came to Olivia were almost all known", they comment, but "times have changed and with the arrival of the DJs, each one of them with its particular style and its own public", they had to think about reinforcing security, especially due to the number of people that congregate in the premises on some occasions.

"You have to have extra security guards,

and others -they point out-. It is not very different from a concert in an auditorium or a football match in any stadium", they add.

DJ party

For this reason they have not hesitated to let EL MUNDO in to see what a party at Olivia Valere is like with a

.

It was a few minutes after one in the morning and at the gates of the mythical Marbella nightclub there were already several dozen people queuing up waiting to be able to enter to dance to the rhythm of one of the most fashionable DJs of the moment, the Italian millionaire

.

Outside the premises a first control and in it, the head of security, Javi, supervising together with two security guards.

That's where the first sieve takes place.

"Those who are

behind are left out ," he says.

Already in the anteroom of the nightclub, the

and two guards - a man and a woman - check the bags and search the staff.

"In general, no one complains, they know the rules and they know it's for their safety - he explains - and if they don't agree, they can always leave."

Then inside, the

and the employees are very attentive to the slightest incident and "whoever messes up, is invited to leave. We can't risk it by passing the hand", he sentences.

"No one can prevent an altercation from occurring, but they try to avoid it and of course, if it does occur, it should not go any further," they comment to EL MUNDO from the

in the center of

.

With capacity for just under 700 people, the venue has a

made up of a dozen professionals and four security guards, some are in the room and others at the door, they confirm.

They also go to great lengths to control who enters, access is limited to those under 24 years of age,

are checked and, of course, anyone who arrives "doesn't stand up" is left out.

This way of proceeding is shared by the majority of Andalusian nightclubs for which security is a fundamental issue and directly related to their survival.

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