Estadio Panamericano, Havana

Estadio Panamericano (Stade Panaméricain de La Havane) is a multi-use stadium located near Cojimar near Havana, Cuba. It is used mostly for athletics, baseball and alternate site for the Cuba national football team.

The stadium is surrounded by a park and faces nearby Boca de Cojimar (Havana Bay).

Seating is mainly open air with a partially covered grandstand to the east side.

Surrounding the football field is an oval track.

It was first used as the main stadium for the 1991 Pan American Games. The stadium opened August 1, 1991 and is able to hold 34,000 people (can had expanded capacity to 50,000).^[1]

Renovations

The stadium was renovated in 2008 with an artificial turf replacing the original grass turf.

References

↑ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/americas/cuba/havana/outer-havana/cojimar-area/sights/sporting-venues/estadio-panamericano

Preceded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis	Pan American Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies 1991	Succeeded by Estadio José María Minella Mar del Plata

Pan American Games stadia

Buenos Aires 1951 Mexico City 1955 Chicago 1959 São Paulo 1963 Winnipeg 1967 Cali 1971 Mexico City 1975 San Juan 1979 Caracas 1983 Indianapolis 1987 Havana 1991 Mar del Plata 1995 Winnipeg 1999 Santo Domingo 2003 Rio de Janeiro 2007 Guadalajara 2011 Toronto 2015 Lima 2019

Coordinates: 23°9′27″N 82°19′00″W / 23.15750°N 82.31667°W / 23.15750; -82.31667

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