Roberto Clemente Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Roberto Clemente) is a

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in Carolina,

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. It is currently used mostly for

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games and is the home of Gigantes de Carolina. The stadium holds 12,500 people and was built in 2000. It is named after former Puerto Rican baseball great and native of Carolina,

Roberto Clemente Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (; August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December ...

. It hosted the 2007 Caribbean Series. From 2008 it is the home of the Gigantes de Carolina (football club) who plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League. It has been a venue for political campaign events, and gift-giving holiday events.

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Estadio Roberto Clemente
on Google Earth Placemark
Video about Stadium in 2006
on

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