Mayagüez Athletics Stadium

Mayagüez Athletics Stadium
Full name José Antonio Figueroa Freyre Athletics Stadium
Location Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Capacity 12,000[1]
Construction
Broke ground December 26, 2007
Opened January 2010
Construction cost $43,840,564[1]
Tenants
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games athletics and soccer events

The Mayagüez Athletics Stadium is 13,000 capacity stadium in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico opened in 2010. It is hosting the athletics and soccer games of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. The stadium has a soccer field based on the requisites of International Federation of Association Football, it will also have a 400 meter track which complies with the parameter of the International Association of Athletics Federations.[1]

It is located next to the Isidoro García Baseball Stadium and across the street of the Parque del Litoral.. The first mayor event held at the stadium was the "Justas" of the Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria de Puerto Rico held between April 12 to 17, 2010.[2] From July 15 to July 17 the stadium was host to the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "millonaria suma para los juegos." (in Spanish). PRIMERA HORA. 0. Archived from the original on November 15, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ Jiménez, Lester (lunes, jueves, 25 de marzo de 2010). "Se estrena el estadio Centroamericano de Mayagüez con clasificatoria para las Justas de Atletismo de la LAI" (in Spanish). PRIMERA HORA. Retrieved 2010-05-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Coordinates: 18°11′27.91″N 67°09′20.86″W / 18.1910861°N 67.1557944°W / 18.1910861; -67.1557944


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