Hiram Bithorn Stadium

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn), popularly known as the Bithorn, is the largest multi-purpose baseball stadium in Puerto Rico since opening in 1962. Located in the Hato Rey business center of San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and island, the stadium is named after the first Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball, pitcher Hiram Bithorn, who debuted with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. It has a capacity of at least 19,125 spectators for baseball games and 35,000 spectators for concerts, making it the seventh biggest in the insular Caribbean, after six stadiums in Cuba. The Tropical Modern style edifice was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Owned and operated by the municipal government of San Juan, the stadium serves as home field for the Cangrejeros de Santurce and the Senadores de San Juan, two Puerto Rican Baseball League teams based in San Juan who have intermittently used it as their home since 1962. It was also a secondary home to the Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball in 2003 and 2004.

The stadium has hosted various major baseball events, including the World Baseball Classic in 2006, 2009, 2013, and 2026, and the Caribbean Series in 1999, 2015, and 2020. It has also housed concerts by various artists, including Whitney Houston, Shakira, Rihanna, and Bad Bunny.

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