The Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto is an 8,337-seat multi-purpose arena in
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, built in 1974 for the
XII Central American and Caribbean Games. It currently hosts local sporting events and concerts and held the
basketball
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games during the
2003 Pan American Games. It is known as ''"La Media Naranja"'' (The Half Orange) for its characteristic orange roof. The arena is also used in the
Miss Dominican Republic Pageant. It also hosted games from the
2010 World Youth Women's Handball Championship.
It hosted the
2005 FIBA Americas Championship.
Events and concerts
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Indoor arenas in the Dominican Republic
Sports venues in Santo Domingo
Basketball venues in the Dominican Republic