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{{Short description|Coliseum in Puerto Rico}}
{{Distinguish|Roberto Clemente Stadium}}
{{Infobox venue 
| stadium_name      = Roberto Clemente Coliseum
| nickname          = 
| image             = Roberto Clemente Coliseum.JPG
| caption           = The Roberto Clemente Coliseum in 2007
| location          = Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ave.<br />[[Oriente, San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
| coordinates       = {{Coord|18.4159|-66.0754|region:PR_type:landmark|display=it}}
| owner             = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan Municipality]]
| operator          = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan Municipality]]
| opened            = {{start date and age|1973|2|1}}
| construction_cost = 
| architect         = 
| tenants           = [[Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]<br>[[Puerto Rico national basketball team]] (1973–present)
| seating_capacity  = 12,500<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanjuanciudadpatria.com/en/services/sports-and-recreation/roberto-clemente-coliseum/|title = Municipio Autónomo de San Juan - Website institucional del Municipio de San Juan de Puerto Rico}}</ref>
}}

'''Roberto Clemente Coliseum''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Coliseo Roberto Clemente'') is a sports and concert [[arena]] located in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]. It was, for many years, Puerto Rico's largest indoor event facility, and remains one of the largest.

== General information ==
The Coliseum is named after [[baseball]] hall of famer [[Roberto Clemente]], [[1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash|who died in a plane crash]] off [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport|Isla Verde International Airport]] in [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]] in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the [[1972 Nicaragua earthquake|Nicaragua earthquake]]. Construction of the facility began in the late 1960s, 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 Rico|Puerto Rican]] and international performers have been at the arena, among others.

Concerts that have been held there include:

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* Saga/FM: Silent Knight/City Of Fear Tour 
**January 10, 1981 (The photo that appears on the Worlds Apart Album was shot there)
* Santana: Zebop! Tour - April 18, 1981 and April 19, 1981
* Judas Priest: Point Of Entry Tour - December 15, 1981
* Quiet Riot: Metal Health Tour - December 3, 1983
* Chicago - August 17, 1984
* José José - May 10, 1985
* 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 7/8, 1987
* Def Leppard: Hysteria Tour - January 19, 1988
* Triumph: A Sport Of Kings Tour - March 25, 1988
* Saga - April 22, 1988
* R.E.O. Speedwagon/Information Society - January 7, 1989
* Jetboy/Stryper: Against The Law Tour - October 20, 1990
* [[Meat Loaf]]/Extreme: Pornograffitti Tour - January 31, 1992
* Chicago - February 29, 1992
* [[Gloria Estefan]]: Into The Light World Tour - March 14–15, 1992
* Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales Tour - March 9, 1993
* INXS: Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Tour - March 23, 1994
* [[Gloria Estefan]]: Evolution World Tour - January 17–18, 1997
* Boston: Livin' For You Tour - September 6, 1997
* [[El Reencuentro]] - 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-02-05-9802050262-story.html|title = An Old Twist on 'Forever Young' Menudo}}</ref>
* [[Maná]]: Sueños Líquidos Tour - April 10, 1998
* Simone: Brazil O Show - August, 1998
* Mötley Crüe: Greatest Hits Tour - December 12, 1998
* Puya/Kiss: Psycho Circus Tour - April 14, 1999
* Alanis Morissette: Junkie Tour - December 18, 1999
* [[Christina Aguilera]]: Christina Aguilera in Concert - January 14, 2001
* Sting: Brand New Day Tour - February 3, 2001
* [[Luis Fonsi]]: Eterno Tour - February 10/11, 2001
* [[Laura Pausini]]: 2001–2002 World Tour - October 21, 2001
* [[Jennifer Lopez]]: Let's Get Loud Concert - November 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
* Air Supply: 2012
* Soulfly/Fear Factory: The World Industrialist Tour - August 28, 2012
* Stryper/Tesla/Bret Michaels: Get Your Rocks On Tour - October 6, 2012
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[[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 [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional|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 [[Wilfredo Gomez versus Carlos Zarate|knockout win against]] [[Carlos Zarate (boxer)|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 Christianity|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 1970s to the middle 1980s as the ''golden age of [[boxing in Puerto Rico]]''.

The arena also hosted the final phase of the [[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974]] [[FIBA World Championship|World Basketball championship]].<ref>[[NBA.com]], [http://www.nba.com/espanol/prico_sede_preolimpico_03_021209.html Puerto Rico, sede del Pre-Olímpico Américas 2003], 9 December 2002</ref>

The 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, and also hosted [[Miss Universe 2002]], won by [[Oxana Fedorova]] of [[Russia]]. The Van Halen concert was cancelled due to a hurricane. Some days later the band sent a cargo plane with care packages.

== Events ==

=== Basketball ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;font-size:100%;"
|-
!colspan=6|International basketball matches
|-
!Date!!Competition!!Home!!Away!!Score!!Attendance
|-
|June 28, 2018
|[[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Americas)|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification]]
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Cuba national basketball team|Cuba]]
|84–80
|
|-
|July 1, 2018
|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico national basketball team|Mexico]]
|84–79
|
|-
|September 14, 2018
|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panama national basketball team|Panama]]
|82–73
|8,500
|-
|February 22, 2019
|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina national basketball team|Argentina]]
|87–86 (OT)
|8,000
|-
|February 25, 2019
|2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Uruguay national basketball team|Uruguay]]
|65–61
|9,000
|-
|February 20, 2020
|[[2022 FIBA AmeriCup qualification]]
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]]
|70–83
|
|-
|February 19, 2021
|2022 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico national basketball team|Mexico]]
|90–80
|
|-
|February 20, 2021
|2022 FIBA AmeriCup qualification
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Puerto Rico national basketball team|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Bahamas national basketball team|Bahamas]]
|102–97
|
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of buildings and structures in Puerto Rico]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{succession box |
  title=[[Miss Universe]] Venue|
  before=[[Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez]]<br/>{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]|
  after=[[Figali Convention Center]]<br/>{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama City]]|
  years='''[[Miss Universe 2002|2002]]'''
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{{succession box |
  title=[[FIBA World Cup]]<br/>Final Venue|
  before=[[Dvorana Tivoli]]<br/>{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ljubljana]]|
  after=[[Araneta Coliseum]]<br/>{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Quezon City]]|
  years='''[[1974 FIBA World Championship|1974]]'''
}}
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