Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns

The Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns , formerly, Coliseo Juan Pachín Vicéns , a.k.a., Coliseo de Ponce, is a sports venue in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The auditorium opened on 12 May 1972, under the mayoral administration of Juan H. Cintrón García and is named after basketball player Juan "Pachín" Vicéns . It was initially known as "Coliseo de Ponce" from its inauguration in 1972 until the 1990s it was baptized under the name Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns, to honor the MVP basketball player.
The structure was completed in 1972 and cost $2,000,000 USD to build. The auditorium has been remodeled several times. Its original seating capacity was 7,786 seats. It was remodeled in the mid-90s to add 3,000 additional seats, and in 2001 the auditorium was again renovated to include an air conditioning system, new scoreboards, new sound system, an acoustics improvement project, and an increase to its seating capacity to 8,260 spectators. It has three seating levels. The auditorium served as one of the sport venues for the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games. It has the largest hyperbolic-paraboloid roof in the world.

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