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Hiram Bithorn Stadium
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.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium has a capacity of at least 19,125 spectators for baseball games. It accommodated a record 19,736 people during the Puerto Rico vs. Cuba first round game of the World Baseball Classic in 2006. The stadium also has a capacity of at least 35,000 spectators for concerts, as it was confirmed during the "P FKN R" shows by Bad Bunny in 2021.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium is 325 feet (99 m) down the left-field line, 325 feet (99 m) down the right-field line and 404 feet (123 m) to center field. The fences are 8 feet (2.5 m) high. When the Montreal Expos played home games at the stadium, the field dimensions were set to match Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium was opened on October 24, 1962 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built in the Hato Rey barrio under the mayoral administration of Felisa Rincón de Gautier as a replacement for the Estadio Sixto Escobar in the nearby San Juan Islet, which had served the area since 1932.
The first outdoor National Basketball Association game was played between the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks on September 24, 1972, during that year's preseason. The Suns defeated the Bucks, 116–103.
In the mid-1990s, Hiram Bithorn Stadium was planned to be the home of the yet-to-be-named Puerto Rico team, a charter franchise of the United League (UL) which was a planned third league of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Hiram Bithorn Stadium
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.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium has a capacity of at least 19,125 spectators for baseball games. It accommodated a record 19,736 people during the Puerto Rico vs. Cuba first round game of the World Baseball Classic in 2006. The stadium also has a capacity of at least 35,000 spectators for concerts, as it was confirmed during the "P FKN R" shows by Bad Bunny in 2021.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium is 325 feet (99 m) down the left-field line, 325 feet (99 m) down the right-field line and 404 feet (123 m) to center field. The fences are 8 feet (2.5 m) high. When the Montreal Expos played home games at the stadium, the field dimensions were set to match Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
The Hiram Bithorn Stadium was opened on October 24, 1962 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was built in the Hato Rey barrio under the mayoral administration of Felisa Rincón de Gautier as a replacement for the Estadio Sixto Escobar in the nearby San Juan Islet, which had served the area since 1932.
The first outdoor National Basketball Association game was played between the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks on September 24, 1972, during that year's preseason. The Suns defeated the Bucks, 116–103.
In the mid-1990s, Hiram Bithorn Stadium was planned to be the home of the yet-to-be-named Puerto Rico team, a charter franchise of the United League (UL) which was a planned third league of Major League Baseball (MLB).