Estadio Isidoro García is a baseball stadium in Mayagüez, named after Isidoro "El Cholo" García, a local pitcher who threw the first ever no-hitter at a final series game in the

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. The stadium is located south of the city, at road PR-63, also named the ''Avenida Colby William Dunscombe'' (named after a former medical director of the local

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Bella Vista Hospital). The site lies north of the Mayaguez Athletics Stadium (finished in December 2009) and across the street from the Parque del Litoral.

Old stadium

The original "Cholo García" stadium was a

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in Mayagüez,

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, originally built in 1938. The stadium was

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after the 2006-2007 Puerto Rico Professional Baseball League tournament, and was rebuilt as one of the main facilities where the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

, held in the city in the late summer of 2010, were staged. The

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are now using the new stadium as their ballpark. The original stadium was named after García, the first Puerto Rican baseball pitcher to ever throw a no-hit no-run game in a final series game in the PRBL. The new facility retains the name. A statue of García resides in front of the stadium's main entrance.

New stadium

The new Isidoro García Baseball Stadium is a 10,500-seat capacity stadium in Mayagüez,

. It hosts the home games of

of the

. It hosted the Baseball at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. It replaces the former Isidoro García Baseball Stadium, which closed in 2007, but it is located in the same grounds as the original. The 2011 Caribbean Series was held at the stadium It will house the regional offices of the Sports and Recreation Department of Mayagüez. Then-governor of Puerto Rico

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announced completion of the stadium on February 8, 2010, at a press conference held on the stadium's infield. The stadium was built following

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standards.

Gallery

File:Front of cholo garcia.JPG, Front of Stadium File:Isodorogarcia.JPG, Stadium under construction. File:Presidentes.JPG, Mission Chiefs of ODACABE Nations in front of the new Isidoro Garcia Stadium File:Night_view_of_Isidoro_Garcia_Baseball_Stadium.jpg, Night view of the Stadium

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Old stadium

New stadium

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