Jaykar
April 20th, 2012, 06:57 AM
Coliseo Roberto Clemente
San Juan
Capacidad: 10,000
The Roberto Clemente Coliseum (or Coliseo Roberto Clemente in Spanish) is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest.
General information
The Coliseum is named after baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash off Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake. Construction of the facility began in the early 1970s, it was finished in January 1973, and inaugurated in February of that year by the Fania All-Stars.
The coliseum has been host to a variety of events, including world championship boxing and basketball, business expos, circus, concerts and other things.
Many Puerto Rican and international performers have been there, among others.
Here are some concerts that have been held there:
Saga/FM: Silent Knight/City Of Fear Tour - January 10, 1981 (The photo that appears on the Worlds Apart Album was shot there)
Judas Priest: Point Of Entry Tour - December 15, 1981
Quiet Riot: Metal Health Tour - December 3, 1983
Chicago - August 17, 1984
Bon Jovi/Ratt: The World Infestation Tour '85 - December 13, 1985
W.A.S.P./Kiss: Asylum Tour - January 12, 1986
John Butcher Axis/Night Ranger: Seven Wishes Tour - February 8, 1986
Hall & Oates - May 16, 1986
Loverboy/Dokken: Under Lock And Key Tour - July 26, 1986
Rough Cutt/Dio: Sacred Heart Tour - October 11, 1986
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors Tour - January 3, 1987
38 Special/Kansas: Drastic Measures Tour - January 31, 1987
Duran Duran: Strange Behavior Tour - August 7, 1987
Def Leppard: Hysteria Tour - January 2, 1988
Triumph: A Sport Of Kings Tour - March 25, 1988
Saga - April 22, 1988
R.E.O. Speedwagon - January 7, 1989
Jetboy/Stryper: Against The Law Tour - October 20, 1990
Meat Loaf/Extreme: Pornograffitti Tour - January 31, 1992
Chicago - February 29, 1992
Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales Tour - March 9, 1993
INXS: Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Tour - March 23, 1994
Boston: Livin' For You Tour - September 6, 1997
Mana: Sueños Líquidos Tour - April 10, 1998
Mötley Crüe: Greatest Hits Tour - December 12, 1998
Puya/Kiss: Psycho Circus Tour - April 14, 1999
Alanis Morissette: Junkie Tour - December 18, 1999
Sting: Brand New Day Tour - February 3, 2001
The Cranberries: Wake Up And Smell The Coffee Tour - June 9, 2002
Firehouse/R.E.O. Speedwagon/Journey - May 8, 2004
Boston - August 27, 2004
Stryper - August 19, 2005
Judas Priest: Angel Of Retribution - September 16, 2005
Incubus - December 5, 2005
Firehouse/Slaughter/Poison:20 Years Of Tour - August 31, 2006
Metal Church/Queensryche - August 16, 2008
R.E.O. Speedwagon/Kansas - October 18, 2008
Puya/Sebastian Bach/Guns N'Roses: Chinese Democracy World Tour - April 15, 2010
Van Halen were scheduled to perform during their III Tour on September 20 and December 11, 1998, but the shows were cancelled.
It has been the home of three different BSN professional basketball teams and the BSN has also used it as a neutral site for their most important games, including game 7 of the championship finals, several times.
The Coliseum has also been used by religious leaders for conferences and religious services.
Most of the world championship boxing bouts fought in Puerto Rico during the late 1970s and early 1980s were fought at the Roberto Clemente coliseum, including Roberto Durán's world title defense versus Mexican Leoncio Ortiz, Wilfredo Gómez's knockout win against Carlos Zarate, many of Samuel Serrano's title defenses, and the fight where Muhammad Ali defended his title against Jean Pierre Coopman, the only time a world Heavyweight championship fight has been held in Puerto Rico. George Foreman had his last fight (and experienced the vision that led him to become a born-again Christian in one of its dressing rooms) before announcing his first retirement there, and Julio César Chávez had one of his first important fights there, on the undercard of Edwin Rosario's world Lightweight championship win against José Luis Ramírez. Because of all the boxing action going on during that era, many observers call the period from the middle '70s to the middle '80s as the golden age of boxing in Puerto Rico.
The arena also hosted the final phase of the 1974 World Basketball championship.
The Clemente coliseum has also been the place of large political rallies, and Puerto Rico's electoral commission uses its facilities to count votes after each election.
It also hosted Miss Universe 2002, won by Justine Pasek of Panama.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente_Coliseum)
San Juan
Capacidad: 10,000
The Roberto Clemente Coliseum (or Coliseo Roberto Clemente in Spanish) is a sporting events and concert arena in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and it continues being one of the largest.
General information
The Coliseum is named after baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash off Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake. Construction of the facility began in the early 1970s, it was finished in January 1973, and inaugurated in February of that year by the Fania All-Stars.
The coliseum has been host to a variety of events, including world championship boxing and basketball, business expos, circus, concerts and other things.
Many Puerto Rican and international performers have been there, among others.
Here are some concerts that have been held there:
Saga/FM: Silent Knight/City Of Fear Tour - January 10, 1981 (The photo that appears on the Worlds Apart Album was shot there)
Judas Priest: Point Of Entry Tour - December 15, 1981
Quiet Riot: Metal Health Tour - December 3, 1983
Chicago - August 17, 1984
Bon Jovi/Ratt: The World Infestation Tour '85 - December 13, 1985
W.A.S.P./Kiss: Asylum Tour - January 12, 1986
John Butcher Axis/Night Ranger: Seven Wishes Tour - February 8, 1986
Hall & Oates - May 16, 1986
Loverboy/Dokken: Under Lock And Key Tour - July 26, 1986
Rough Cutt/Dio: Sacred Heart Tour - October 11, 1986
Cyndi Lauper: True Colors Tour - January 3, 1987
38 Special/Kansas: Drastic Measures Tour - January 31, 1987
Duran Duran: Strange Behavior Tour - August 7, 1987
Def Leppard: Hysteria Tour - January 2, 1988
Triumph: A Sport Of Kings Tour - March 25, 1988
Saga - April 22, 1988
R.E.O. Speedwagon - January 7, 1989
Jetboy/Stryper: Against The Law Tour - October 20, 1990
Meat Loaf/Extreme: Pornograffitti Tour - January 31, 1992
Chicago - February 29, 1992
Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales Tour - March 9, 1993
INXS: Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Tour - March 23, 1994
Boston: Livin' For You Tour - September 6, 1997
Mana: Sueños Líquidos Tour - April 10, 1998
Mötley Crüe: Greatest Hits Tour - December 12, 1998
Puya/Kiss: Psycho Circus Tour - April 14, 1999
Alanis Morissette: Junkie Tour - December 18, 1999
Sting: Brand New Day Tour - February 3, 2001
The Cranberries: Wake Up And Smell The Coffee Tour - June 9, 2002
Firehouse/R.E.O. Speedwagon/Journey - May 8, 2004
Boston - August 27, 2004
Stryper - August 19, 2005
Judas Priest: Angel Of Retribution - September 16, 2005
Incubus - December 5, 2005
Firehouse/Slaughter/Poison:20 Years Of Tour - August 31, 2006
Metal Church/Queensryche - August 16, 2008
R.E.O. Speedwagon/Kansas - October 18, 2008
Puya/Sebastian Bach/Guns N'Roses: Chinese Democracy World Tour - April 15, 2010
Van Halen were scheduled to perform during their III Tour on September 20 and December 11, 1998, but the shows were cancelled.
It has been the home of three different BSN professional basketball teams and the BSN has also used it as a neutral site for their most important games, including game 7 of the championship finals, several times.
The Coliseum has also been used by religious leaders for conferences and religious services.
Most of the world championship boxing bouts fought in Puerto Rico during the late 1970s and early 1980s were fought at the Roberto Clemente coliseum, including Roberto Durán's world title defense versus Mexican Leoncio Ortiz, Wilfredo Gómez's knockout win against Carlos Zarate, many of Samuel Serrano's title defenses, and the fight where Muhammad Ali defended his title against Jean Pierre Coopman, the only time a world Heavyweight championship fight has been held in Puerto Rico. George Foreman had his last fight (and experienced the vision that led him to become a born-again Christian in one of its dressing rooms) before announcing his first retirement there, and Julio César Chávez had one of his first important fights there, on the undercard of Edwin Rosario's world Lightweight championship win against José Luis Ramírez. Because of all the boxing action going on during that era, many observers call the period from the middle '70s to the middle '80s as the golden age of boxing in Puerto Rico.
The arena also hosted the final phase of the 1974 World Basketball championship.
The Clemente coliseum has also been the place of large political rallies, and Puerto Rico's electoral commission uses its facilities to count votes after each election.
It also hosted Miss Universe 2002, won by Justine Pasek of Panama.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente_Coliseum)