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US$2 million for Sammy Sosa children's center

Sammy Sosa will fund the construction of a US$2 million children’s complex, the Listin Diario reported. The "Ciudad de la Niñez" will be built in three phases in an area of 50,000 meters located near the V Centenario Race Track and the new sports complex to be built for the 2003 Pan American Games on Las Americas International Highway. The complex will have sports installations, computer schools, library and several baseball stadiums. The spokesman for the Sammy Sosa Foundation in the DR, Domingo Dahuajre, explained the project as a contribution of Sammy Sosa to the physical and intellectual development of Dominican children. There will be no lodging facilities at the center.