Estadio Francisco Montaner
| Estadio Francisco Montaner | |
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| Parque Paquito Montaner | |
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 Ponce , Puerto Rico
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| start of building | 1947 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| capacity | 16,000 |
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The Estadio Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner ( English Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner Stadium ) is a multifunctional stadium in Ponce , Puerto Rico . It is the home of the Leones de Ponce in the Puerto Rico Baseball League and FC Leones in the Puerto Rico Soccer League and from 1950 to 1971 by the basketball team Leones de Ponce and from 2008 to 2010 of the Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico . The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 seats. Construction of the stadium began in 1947 and it opened on October 15, 1949. It is the first stadium in Puerto Rico to use artificial turf . The stadium is next to the Juan Pachín Vicéns Auditorio , where the Ponce Lions play their games. The stadium was named after Francisco Montaner , one of the most important Puerto Rican baseball players of all time.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sporting Connections. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- ↑ Cumple 60 años el "Paquito" Montaner . ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Junior Lugo Marrero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Vol. 27, No. 1353. November 4, 2009. Page 59. ( In Spanish ) Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ Baseball without borders: the international pastime. By George Gmelch. Page 164.
- ↑ Modular turf system evolves in Puerto Rico. (In & On the Ground). By Mark Leslie. SportsTURF. June 1, 2003.
- ^ Biographic sheet on Montaner, Francisco "Paquito". Baseball. Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. August 10, 2010.
