Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar
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La Rinconada Baseball Stadium (Spanish: Estadio de Béisbol de La Rinconada) also known as Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar (Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar) is a modern baseball stadium in the city of Caracas, specifically in the sector of La Rinconada[1] next to the Poliedro de Caracas, the Rinconada Racetrack and the future Venezuelan National Football Stadium in the so-called "Hugo Chávez " Park [2] in the Coche parish, south of the Libertador municipality and the Capital District and west of the metropolitan area of Caracas in Venezuela.
Estadio La Rinconada | |
Full name | Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar |
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Location | Caracas, Venezuela |
Owner | Venezuelan State |
Capacity | 40,000 |
Field size | Left field: 341 feet (104 m) Center field: 405 feet (123 m) Right field: 330 feet (100 m) |
Construction | |
Built | 2013–2023 |
Opened | February 2, 2023 |
Tenants | |
Leones del Caracas (2023-present) |
The new stadium, designed by Gensler,[3] meets the highest world standards of its kind, and arises from the need to receive a larger number of spectators than the traditional University Stadium of the Central University of Venezuela (Estadio Universitario), which cannot be enlarged because it is part of the campus of the University City of Caracas, an architectural complex that was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000 by UNESCO[4]
Inaugurated on February 02, 2023, by the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, with the first meetings related to the 2023 Caribbean Series, in which the record of attendance at a championship game is broken with 35,691 fans during the meeting between Venezuela and Panama.[5][6][7]