Estadio Édgar Rentería is a

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located in

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a popul ...

, Colombia, and the current home of the Caimanes de Barranquilla. It has a capacity of 12,000 and opened in 2018. The ballpark opened in 2018 with an international friendly tournament, featuring the national teams of

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, and

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. The stadium was host to the

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán' (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13. Bidding process Quet ...

and the 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup. The stadium was built on the site of the former Estadio Tomás Arrieta, which was demolished in 2016. In 2010, Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char Chaljub announced that it would be named after

Édgar Rentería Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo (; born August 7, 1975), nicknamed "the Barranquilla Baby", is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He threw and batted right-handed. He played for the Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston ...

, who had been named

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for the championship-winning

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. Initially, the stadium was expected to cost around 26 billion pesos, but eventually ballooned to 45 billion pesos. During its construction, Caimanes temporarily relocated to Santa Cruz de Lorica, in the nearby

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