José Abreu Coliseum Explained

Stadium Name:Coliseo Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez
Fullname:Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez
Location:Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662
Opened:1996, 2022
Tenants:Gallitos de Isabela (BSN) (1996-2005; 2010-2011; 2017-2018)
Pollitas de Isabela (BSNF) (1998-2017; 2023-now)
Playeras de Isabela (FSVL) (2003-2005)
Gallitos de Isabela (LPVS) (2024-now)
Seating Capacity:5,000+

Jose "Buga" Abreu Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez) is a sports arena that is located in Isabela, Puerto Rico that seats 5,000 for basketball & volleyball games. The home of the Isabela Bantams (Spanish: Gallitos de Isabela) men's basketball team and the Isabela Pullets (Spanish: Pollitas de Isabela) women's basketball team. The Coliseum was the venue for the Taekwwondo events for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.[1]

The coliseum was named after a basketball player, Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez, who died in a car accident after a Bantams away game during a BSN season in the 1990s.

The original Jose Abreu Coliseum was opened in 1996 and demolished in 2018; the new one was reconstructed and refurnished in 2022, following damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buga Abreu. https://web.archive.org/web/20100226123723/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/es/instalaciones/deportivas/295-buga-abreu.html. usurped. February 26, 2010. 2010 Comité Organizador de los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Mayagüez 2010. 2010-06-04.
  2. https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2022/01/22/adelantada-la-reconstruccion-del-coliseo-jose-buga-abreu-isabela.html#google_vignette