Hiram Bithorn Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. The stadium is home to the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Baseball League (LBPRC), and briefly was home to Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos during their final years.
The stadium in 2006 | |
| Location | Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°25′0″N 66°4′23″W |
| Owner | Municipality of San Juan |
| Operator | Municipality of San Juan |
| Capacity | 18,264 (baseball) 35,000 (concerts) |
| Field size | Left Field – 325 ft (99 m) Left-Center – 375 ft (114 m) Center Field – 404 ft (123 m) Right-Center – 375 ft (114 m) Right Field – 325 ft (99 m) Backstop – 60 ft (18 m) |
| Surface | Natural grass (1962–1994) AstroTurf (1995–2003) FieldTurf (2004–2015) Turf Nation (2015–present) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1962 |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Construction cost | 4.3M |
| Architect | Orval E. Sifontes Fontan AIA |
| Structural engineer | Martinez y Costa |
| General contractor | R.P. Farnsworth & Co. |
| Tenants | |
| Senadores de San Juan (LBPRC) (1962–1974, 1984–2000, 2003–2004, 2010–2011, 2014–2015) Cangrejeros de Santurce (LBPRC) (1962–1982, 1989–2004, 2008–2009, 2012–present) Atléticos de San Juan (PRSL) (2008–2011) Academia Quintana (PRSL) (2008–2011) Montreal Expos (MLB) (2003–2004; secondary) | |
Hiram Bithorn Municipal Stadium | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| NRHP reference No. | 13001118 |
| Added to NRHP | 22 January 2014 |
It is operated by the municipal government of the city of San Juan. Its name honors the first Puerto Rican to play in the major leagues, Hiram Bithorn, who first played with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. Built in 1962, under the mayoral administration of Felisa Rincón de Gautier as a replacement for Estadio Sixto Escobar, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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