page_title: San Juan, Puerto Rico
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: San Juan, Puerto Rico / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, photo taken from "Hato Rey" Tren Urbano train station after a Santurce vs. Bayamon basketball game. Español: Vista nocturna del José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. Foto tomada desde la cercana estación de Tren Urbano en Milla de Oro
context_page_description: San Juan is the capital and most-populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it is the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 395,326. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's capital is the third oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496 and Panama City, in Panama, founded in 1519. Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas.
  Today, San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport and is the island's manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center.
context_section_description: Teams based in San Juan have been notably successful in athletic competition. The Santurce Crabbers won the National Superior Basketball League championship in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003 during this period being recognized as a dynasty. The San Juan Senators and the Santurce Crabbers were the two major baseball teams in the city, winning the championship of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League a total of seventeen times. The Santurce Crabbers are located third among teams with more championships in the Caribbean Series, winning championships in the 1951, 1953, 1955, 1993 and 2000 editions of the tournament. The city has also been the host of events within the sports community; some examples include:
  Host of the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  Host of the 1979 Pan American Games.
  Has been host of the Caribbean World Series nine times.
  Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos played 22 home games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in both 2003 and 2004. The team also briefly considered moving permanently to San Juan before relocating to Washington, D.C.
  Hosted the 2006, 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classic at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
  Host of the 1974 FIBA World Championship (basketball).
  Has been host of the FIBA Americas Championship five times (1980, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2009).
  The first edition of World Wrestling Entertainment's pay per view New Year's Revolution was held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in January 2005.
  The Latin American Regional Special Olympics in February 2010
  Host of Major League Baseball's 2010 "San Juan Series", three games of the Mets at Marlins held on June 28–30, 2010 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
  The recently built $28 million San Juan Natatorium is beginning to attract islandwide and regional swim meets, as well winter training by top-rated mainland U.S. colleges and universities, including the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
  In July 2007, the San Juan Golf Academy and its driving range began operating atop the city's former sanitary landfill in Puerto Nuevo and will eventually include the city's first and only 9-hole golf course.
caption: A night view of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
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