Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar
Estadio La Rinconada | |
| Full name | Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar |
|---|---|
| Location | La Rinconada, Caracas, Venezuela |
| Owner | Government of Venezuela |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Field size | Left field: 341 feet (104 m) Center field: 405 feet (123 m) Right field: 330 feet (100 m) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2013–2023 |
| Opened | February 2, 2023 |
| Tenants | |
| Leones del Caracas (2023-present) | |
Estadio Monumental de Caracas Simón Bolívar (Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar) is a baseball stadium in the city of Caracas. Specifically, it is located in the neighborhood of La Rinconada next to the Poliedro de Caracas, the Rinconada Racetrack and the future Venezuelan National Football Stadium in the so-called "Hugo Chávez" Park in the Coche parish, south of the Libertador municipality and the Capital District and west of the metropolitan area of Caracas in Venezuela. For this reason, it is also known as Estadio de Béisbol La Rinconada (La Rinconada Baseball Stadium).
The new stadium, designed by Gensler, meets the highest world standards of its kind, and arises from the need to receive a larger number of spectators than the traditional University Stadium of the Central University of Venezuela (Estadio Universitario), which cannot be enlarged because it is part of the campus of the University City of Caracas, an architectural complex that was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000 by UNESCO
Inaugurated on February 2, 2023, by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, it hosted 2023 Caribbean Series; the championship game between Venezuela and Panama broke the tournament's attendance record for a championship game, with 35,691 fans in the stands.