Tigres and Aguilas to inaugurate new baseball stadium in Puerto Plata

[Dolores]

On 12 October 2024, the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaeñas, the two teams of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League that have won the most championship, have been chosen to play the inaugural game at the newly remodeled Jose Briceño Baseball Park in Puerto Plata City. The stadium has capacity for 6,000 seated fans.

Minister of the Presidency Jose Ignacio Paliza, a native-born and former senator for Puerto Plata, announced that President Luis Abinader will attend the inaugural game.

Puerto Plata city leaders are lobbying so that a Puerto Plata team be given a franchise to participate in the Lidom Championship and the games be held at the new stadium. The argument against the team is that it rains too frequently in Puerto Plata which could result in several game cancellations, more than the average for stadiums in Santo Domingo, Santiago, San...

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[trspencer]

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Any idea how to get tickets for this? I checked both teams websites, the LIDOM site, no one even has the game listed. Would love to see a game here!

 

[keepcoming]

UEPA tickets used to sell tickets for the games, not sure if they still do.

 

[westcan]

Any idea how to get tickets for this? I checked both teams websites, the LIDOM site, no one even has the game listed. Would love to see a game here!

doesn't really matter as the game is likely to be rained out.

 

[CristoRey]

Aguilas Cibaeñas all day every day!!!

 

[windeguy]

Presidente Abinader reinaugura el Estadio José Briceño en Puerto Plata

La remodelación involucró una inversión de RD$270 millones del gobierno dominicano y un aporte adicional de US$4 millones del sector privado

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And wha would it be like without at least a short blackout:

Interrupción de energía eléctrica detiene juego inaugural en Estadio José Briceño de Puerto Plata

Edenorte atribuye el apagón a un tornado; dice restableció el suministro energético en tiempo récord

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[JD Jones]

A stadium without a generator?

 

[windeguy]

A stadium without a generator?

Go figure, eh?