The government will build a softball stadium, a 400-meter running track, a 50-meter swimming pool, a gymnasium pavilion, four tennis courts and a villa-hotel for the athletes in La Romana during the next 12 months. La Romana is site of the 12th National Sports Games that will take place in August 1999. The baseball events will be played at the Francisco Micheli Stadium, while volleyball and basketball will take place at the multi-sports facility of the provincial capital. The government estimates the construction of sports facilities will cost RD$105 million. The Organizing committee of the Games is presided by Jose Reyes. Other members are Federico Baez, Bienvenido Solano, Danilo Aquino, Felipe Payano, Fermín Castro, Rafael Torres, Teodoro Ursino Reyes, Jose Napoleón Domínguez, Arturo Morales, José Manuel Camarena, Miguel Infante, Arturo Gil, Frank Micheli, Daniel Flaquer, Enrique Martínez, Enrique Seijas, Andres Cristóbal Melo, Carlos Morales Troncoso, Francisco Jose Torres, Simón Lizardo and Diandino Peña.
