Estadio Quisqueya, Baseball stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal is a baseball stadium in Santo Domingo with a capacity of 13,186. Its field measures 335 feet at the foul poles, 383 feet at the power alleys and 411 feet to center field, where an 18-foot wall nicknamed the Green Monster stands. At night, three light towers rise above a row of advertising panels, one bearing the word Claro.
Built in 1955 as Estadio Trujillo under the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship, the stadium was designed on the model of Miami's Bobby Maduro Stadium. It was renamed Estadio Quisqueya in November 1961 under Joaquín Balaguer, and in 2015 it became Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal, honoring the Dominican pitcher inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1983.
The name Quisqueya is the Taíno word for the island of Hispaniola. The stadium opened in 1955 with a night game between Tigres del Licey and Estrellas Orientales, starting what is called the "era of games under lights" in Dominican baseball. Licey and Leones del Escogido share the field, one of only two Caribbean stadiums hosting two teams.
The stadium stands in the area around Avenida Tiradentes, alongside the Coliseo de Boxeo Carlos "Teo" Cruz and the INTRANT offices. The outfield wall is 18 feet high, with center field 411 feet from home plate, so seats behind the outfield give the clearest view of the wall. The Patronato del Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal manages the venue.
The stadium is home to two teams, Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido, who compete fiercely against each other and share the same field. The rivalry between these clubs is so intense that their games draw some of the most passionate crowds in the entire country.
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