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Former names
  
Estadio Trujillo

Phone
  
+1 809-616-1224

Opened
  
23 October 1955

Architect
  
Bienvenido Martínez Brea

Location
  
3456 Tiradentes Ave, Ens. La Fe, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Coordinates
  
18°30′0″N 69°59′0″O / 18.5, -69.98333

Operator
  
Leones del Escogido, Tigres del Licey

Capacity
  
11,379 (seats) 25,000 (Concerts)

Field size
  
Left Field - 335 feet (102 m) Left-Center - 383 feet (117 m) Center Field - 411 feet (125 m) Right-Center - 383 feet (117 m) Right Field - 335 feet (102 m)

Address
  
Ens. La Fé, Av. Tiradentes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Owner
  
Dominican League of Baseball Authority

Teams
  
Tigres del Licey, Leones del Escogido

Similar
  
Estadio Cibao, Estadio Julian Javier, Estadio Francisco Micheli, Estadio Tetelo Vargas, Estadio Olímpico Félix Sán

El estadio quisqueya juan marichal desde las alturas


Quisqueya stadium Juan Marichal is a baseball stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is often used as a multi-use stadium. Football club Atlético Pantoja used the venue for their inaugural Caribbean football championship match. The Quisqueya holds about 14,469 people after its renovation. The Dominican League Of Baseball Authority is in charge of its management. It is the only stadium in Dominican Republic to host two different baseball teams, the Licey Tigers (Tigres del Licey) and the Escogido Lions (Leones del Escogido). Its field dimensions are 335 feet at the foul poles, 383 feet at the power alleys, and 411 feet at the center field. It was built in 1955 as Estadio Trujillo, during the Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina dictatorship, taking the Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium as the design base.

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The stadium was renamed Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal, after the former Major League Baseball player and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal.

Banda dominicana en el estadio quisqueya


  • First hit: Alcibíades Colón (Licey) against Donald Elston (Stars) October 23, 1955
  • First double: Luis "Grillo" Báez (Licey), October 23, 1955
  • First triple: Bob Wilson (Licey), October 23, 1955
  • First HR: Emil Panko (Eagles), October 24, 1955
  • First out: Pablo Garcia (Licey) October 23, 1955
  • First RBI: Pablo Garcia (Licey) October 23, 1955
  • Rebuilding in 2007

    The Estadio Quisqueya underwent a rebuilding job which expanded its amount of seats and the overall look of the field. The bullpens are now enclosed and out of play.

    Plans

    President Leonel Fernández announced in 2009 that there are plans to turn the stadium and the adjacent area into a modern sports complex which will bear the name Complejo Deportivo Juan Marichal in honor of the first Dominican in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.

    Notable events

    Serie del Caribe 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2016.

    References

    Estadio Quisqueya Wikipedia