José Abreu Coliseum

Coliseo Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez
Full name	Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez
Location	Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662
Capacity	5,000+
Opened	1996, 2022
Tenants
	Gallitos de Isabela (BSN) (1996-2005; 2010-2011; 2017-2018) ; Pollitas de Isabela (BSNF) (1998-2017; 2023-now) ; Playeras de Isabela (FSVL) (2003-2005) ; Gallitos de Isabela (LPVS) (2024-now)

Jose "Buga" Abreu Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez) is a sports arena that is located in Isabela, Puerto Rico that seats 5,000 for basketball & volleyball games. The home of the Isabela Bantams (Spanish: Gallitos de Isabela) men's basketball team and the Isabela Pullets (Spanish: Pollitas de Isabela) women's basketball team. The Coliseum was the venue for the Taekwwondo events for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[1]

The coliseum was named after a basketball player, Jose "Buga" Abreu Méndez, who died in a car accident after a Bantams away game during a BSN season in the 1990s.

The original Jose Abreu Coliseum was opened in 1996 and demolished in 2018; the new one was reconstructed and refurnished in 2022, following damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017.^[2]

References

^ "Buga Abreu". 2010 Comité Organizador de los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Mayagüez 2010. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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[1] "Buga Abreu". 2010 Comité Organizador de los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Mayagüez 2010. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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v t e Venues of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Venues in Mayagüez	Estadio Centro Americano de Mayagüez RUM Natatorium Palacio de Recreación y Deportes Isidoro García Stadium El Mani Pavilion Coliseo Rafael A. Mangual RUM Racquetball Courts Santiago Llorens Stadium RUM Tennis Courts
Venues in Porta del Sol	Raymond Dalmau Coliseum Arquelio Torres Coliseum Miura Brothers Stadium Canena Marquez Stadium Relin Sosa Athletic Track Aguada Stadium Hormigueros Gymnastics Pavilion Aguada Coliseum Wilfredo Toro Coliseum Dr. Juan Sanchez Acevedo Coliseum Julio Rivera Lopez Stadium Buga Abreu Coliseum Balneario de Rincón Archery Facilities Altos de Samán Balneario de Boqueron Cabo Rojo Beach Volleyball Courts Coliseo Rebekah Colberg
Venues elsewhere in Puerto Rico	Bolera Caribe Lake Cerrillos La Sebastina Yldefonso Sola Morales Stadium Guayama Convention Center Albergue Olímpico
Venues outside Puerto Rico	Bogotá, Colombia Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida Providence Stadium