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15. DATES, ARRIVALS AT THE VENUES AND OFFICIAL TEAM HOTELS

14.6.1. Drones may only be used during practice for technical purposes. Concacaf reserves the right to approve or disapprove the use of drones.

14.6.2. Seven (7) days prior to the arrival of the visiting team, the exact time and duration of the training session shall be mutually agreed and confirmed to Concacaf.

14.7. If there is any doubt regarding the condition of the pitch once the teams have already left to play the match, the referee shall decide whether the pitch is playable or not. If the referee declares the pitch unplayable, the procedure to be follows is described in the Laws of the Game.

14.8. The matches may be played in daylight or under floodlight. Matches played at night may be played only at venues where the floodlighting installations meet the minimum lighting requirements laid down by Concacaf Nations League Technical Guide for Stadiums and Training Sites , i.e. that the whole pitch shall be evenly lit, with a minimum requirement lighting level of at least one-thousand (1,000) vertical EV lux. Additionally, the uniformity gradient of light on the field of play should be of 1.4:1. An emergency power generator must also be available which, in the event of a power failure, guarantees at least two-thirds of the aforementioned intensity of light for the whole pitch. Concacaf is entitled to grant exceptions.

14.9. On matchdays, the teams must be entitled to warm up on the pitch before the match, weather and pitch condition permitting. In principle, the first game will be entitled to warm up on the field of play before the match for thirty (30) minutes. If the pitch is not in good condition or the warm-up would negatively affect the state of the pitch for the match, Concacaf may limit the area on the field of play for the warm-up or shorten or cancel the warm-up session.

14.10. For the final match of the Competition, the two (2) participating Member Associations must hold their official matchday -1 training session in the official match stadium if weather and field conditions permitting. These training sessions must be open to the media for at least the first fifteen (15) minutes and must last sixty (60) minutes.

15.DATES, ARRIVALS AT THE VENUES AND OFFICIAL TEAM HOTELS

15.1. Concacaf retains the right to set the match dates and confirm the venues of all matches in The Competition.

15.2. The PMA shall arrange for their representative teams to arrive at the