{"id":220788,"date":"2024-08-05T08:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=220788"},"modified":"2024-08-05T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:58:30","slug":"the-olympic-stadium-gets-a-major-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/08\/05\/the-olympic-stadium-gets-a-major-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Stadium gets a major makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Estadio-Olimpico-Felix-Sanchez-Diario-Libre-1024x668.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220868\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Estadio-Olimpico-Felix-Sanchez-Diario-Libre-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Estadio-Olimpico-Felix-Sanchez-Diario-Libre-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Estadio-Olimpico-Felix-Sanchez-Diario-Libre-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Estadio-Olimpico-Felix-Sanchez-Diario-Libre.png 1352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium, the centerpiece of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in the middle of the National District, will be getting a billion-peso makeover. The facility was built in time for the XII Central American and Caribbean Games in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The venue has served as the scenario for major concerts, and sporting events, including the visit by Pele and the New York Cosmos soccer team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the stadium will get more seats, 24,500, and improved facilities for athletes and visitors alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main reason for this huge investment, currently well underway, is the fact that the Dominican Republic will play host to the FIFA U17 Women&#8217;s World Cup, a major event on the world soccer calendar. These are the teams that will be in the Olympics and the World Cups in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the people in charge of the remodeling, the project is about 70% completed overall, and it will be delivered at the end of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/el-deporte\/olimpismo\/20240801\/estadio-felix-sanchez-tendra-24-500-asientos_819741.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 August 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium, the centerpiece of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in the middle of the National District, will be getting a billion-peso makeover. The facility was built in time for the XII Central American and Caribbean Games in 1974. The venue has served as the scenario for major concerts, and sporting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/08\/05\/the-olympic-stadium-gets-a-major-makeover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220788"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220869,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220788\/revisions\/220869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}