Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez) is an open-air multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Opened in 1974 for the XII Central American & Caribbean Games and renovated 2003 Pan American Games is the largest stadium in the Dominican Republic used mostly for football and track and field and as a music venue. The stadium has a sporting events' capacity of 27,000 people, though it has seen crowds of 35,000. For concerts, its stated capacity is 50,000 people.

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

El Olímpico "Olympic Stadium"
Stadium during the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Former names	Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte (1974–2005)
Location	Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Public transit	Santo Domingo Metro Line 2 at Juan Ulises Garcia station
Owner	Government of the Dominican Republic
Operator	Comité Olímpico Dominicano
Capacity	27,000[1] Football & Track and field 50,000+ Concert
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1974
Renovated	2004, 2024–present
Construction cost	RD$ 20,000,000
Tenants
Bauger FC (1974–present) Atlético Pantoja (1999–present) Dominican Republic national football team (1974–present) O&M FC (1974–present)

It was formerly known as Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte, because of the sports complex where it is located (Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte), However, in 2005 it was named after the 400 m hurdles athlete Félix Sánchez after he won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[2]

It served as home of the Dominican soccer teams Bauger FC and Atletico Pantoja and it's of one of the two stadium that served as home of the Dominican Republic national football team.^{[citation needed]}

History

In February 1966, it began the construction of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic complex to host the XII Central American & Caribbean Games. Concluded in February 1974, the stadium was inaugurated with the name of Juan Pablo Duarte Stadium named after the founding father. It had a capacity of 22,000.^[3] The stadium hosted the track & field events of the XII Central American & Caribbean Games between 27 February and 13 March 1974.^{[citation needed]}

Between the 1980s and 1990s the stadium served for several events including concerts and religion celebration. 1997 the stadium served as venue of the first edition of the Latin Music Festival sponsored by the Dominican beer Presidente, Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina. The music festival was a commercial success, invited several international pop starts. The music festival returned in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2014 & 2017.^{[citation needed]}

It was renovated for the 2003 Pan America Games to host the track & field events and the opening and closing ceremonies. It was equipped with 24,000 fixed seats and areas for special guests, press, dressing rooms and a cafeteria. It was inaugurated on 23 July 2003, by the president Hipolito Mejia and the renovation cost over US$6 million of dollars.^[4] In August 2004, the stadium hosted a friendly game between the national team of Brazil and Haiti and it included the participation of soccer stars of Ronaldo and Ronhaldino.^[5] In May 2005, the name of the stadium was official changed to Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium honoring the 400 m hurdles athlete Félix Sánchez for winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 2012, he won another medal on the same category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[6][7]

During the 2000s and 2010s decades several international pop artists performed concerts at the stadium including Shakira, Coldplay, Daddy Yankee, Juan Luis Guerra, Luis Miguel, Ricardo Arjona, Maroon 5, Britney Spears.^{[citation needed]}

It is set to host matches for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup including in the final.

Notable events

Band/Artist	Event/Tour	Date	Attendance
1974 Central American and Caribbean Games		1974
Juan Luis Guerra	Visa Para Un Sueño	25 December 1990
Luis Miguel	Aries Tour	23 April 1994
Juan Luis Guerra	Forgarate Tour	10 June 1995	50,000/50,000[8]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1997		20, 21 & 22 June 1997	120,000[9]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1998		26, 27 & 28 June 1998	155,000[10]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1999		3, 4 & 5 June 1999	(92,503/105,000)[11]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2001		1, 2 & 3 June 2001	(131,200/131,200)[12]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2003		21, 22 & 23 October 2003	55,000[13] (Last Show)
2003 Pan American Games
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2005		14, 15 & 16 October 2005	150,000+ (Total)
Juan Luis Guerra	20 Años Tour	27 December 2005	50,000+[14]
Shakira	Oral Fixation Tour	19 December 2006	50,000[15]
Ricardo Arjona and Wisin & Yandel	El Concierto Claro	1 July 2007[16]
Luis Miguel	Cómplices Tour	12 November 2008
Marcela Gándara	Mas que un Anehlo Tour	22 November 2008
Juan Luis Guerra	La Travesia Tour	14 February 2009	50,000+[17]
Tiësto		28 March 2009[18]
Ricardo Arjona	5to Piso Tour	30 May 2009
Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Gilberto Santa RosaIlegales and Hector Acosta	Idolos Latinos	3 October 2009
Jonas Brothers	Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009	25 October 2009	25,000[19]
The Killers	Day & Age World Tour	13 November 2009
Crystal Lewis, Funky, Gadiel Espinoza and Nancy Amancio	Megafest Cristiano	14 November 2009	20,000+[20]
Aventura	The Last Tour	12 February 2010	60,000[21][22]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2010		27–29 August 2010
Maroon 5		28 December 2010
Shakira	The Sun Comes Out World Tour	30 March 2011	50,000[23]
Enrique Iglesias & Tito el Bambino	Cierre del Verano Presidente 2011	2 September 2011
Britney Spears	Femme Fatale Tour	8 December 2011	15,000[24]
Marcela Gándara & Jesus Adrian Romero	El brillo de mis ojos[25]	16 December 2011
Juan Luis Guerra	A son de Guerra Tour	16 June 2012	42,000[26]
Wisin & Yandel and Prince Royce	Verano Presidente	7 September 2012	45,000[27]
Romeo Santos	The King Stays King Tour	15 & 22 December 2012	50,000+ (per show)[28]
Justin Bieber	Believe Tour	22 October 2013	11,321 / 21,850[29]
Jesus Adrian Romero		21 December 2013	15,000+[30]
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2014		3 October,4,5 2014	120,000[31] (Total)
Romeo Santos	Formula, Vol. 2 Tour	20 December 2014	60,000+[32] (record)
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2017		3, 4 & 5 November 2017	120,000+[31] (Total)
Daddy Yankee	Tamo en Vivo Tour	16 December 2017
Barbarela 2018		30 May 2018	25,000
Romeo Santos	Golden Tour	17 December 2018	50,000[33]
Luis Miguel	Mexico por siempre tour	29 March 2019	20,000[34]
Ozuna	Nibiru World Tour	16 February 2020	50,000[35]
Aventura	Inmortal Stadium Tour	18 & 19 December 2021	80,000[36] (Total)
Coldplay	Music Of The Spheres World Tour	22 March 2022	33,000[37]
El Alfa	La Leyenda Del Dembow Tour	16 July 2022	45,000[38]
Marc Anthony[39]	Viviendo tour	22 September 2022	15,000[40]
Bad Bunny	World's Hottest Tour	21 & 22 October 2022	100,000[41] (Total)
Daddy Yankee	La Última Vuelta World Tour	12 November 2022	50,000[42]
Monster Jam[43]		26 November 2022
Luis Miguel	Luis Miguel Tour 2023–24	18 January 2024
Juan Luis Guerra	Entre Mar y Palmeras Tour	10 February 2024	50,000[44]

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Sources

1. events Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
2. concerts
3. installation
4. stadium data Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Final Venue 2024	Succeeded by TBD TBD
Preceded by Canad Inns Stadium Winnipeg	Pan American Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies 2003	Succeeded by Estádio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro

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