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Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande

Coordinates: 10°40′23″N 71°38′53″W / 10.672944°N 71.648125°W / 10.672944; -71.648125
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Estadio Luis Aparicio "El Grande"
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LocationMaracaibo, Venezuela
Capacity23,900[1]
Opened16 August 1963
Tenants

Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande is a multi-use stadium in Maracaibo, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and serves as the home of Águilas del Zulia. The stadium holds 23,900[2] people and opened in 1963.[3] It also hosted the 1986 Caribbean Series.[4] It is named after longtime Maracaibo shortstop Luis Aparicio, Sr., the father of Luis Aparicio.

Gloria Estefan performed at the stadium on 7 March 1992 during her Into The Light World Tour.

The American boy band Backstreet Boys performed at the stadium on 9 May 2001 during Black & Blue Tour.

References

  1. ^ Sorondo, Julio (16 August 2020). "57 años del estadio Luis Aparicio "El Grande" de Maracaibo". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Águilas del Zulia". LVBP.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Stadiums in Venezuela". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ^ "El "Poli", sin nada que festejar a sus 45 años". La Verdad (in Spanish). 17 August 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

10°40′23″N 71°38′53″W / 10.672944°N 71.648125°W / 10.672944; -71.648125