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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 near 11,000 spectators.
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on the bust of Juan Pachín Vicéns that former PPD mayor
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Encyclopedia de Puerto Rico. Accessed 20 February 2019.
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1356:La Guancha
1242:Las Justas
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998:El Malecón
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