Where to watch a baseball game in cuba

The Cuban capital is home to a team called Industriales, which plays at the Estadio Latinoamericano in the Cerro neighbourhood. As an interesting historical aside, President Obama watched a game at the stadium on his visit in This giant blue arena dominates the neighbourhood, which is largely residential and has few other tourist attractions.

Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba. First of all check whether your visit coincides with the season, which runs from the end of November to the end of May. Then take a look online to see whether Industriales are playing at home. Cuba is a nation of fixers, and one of the best ways to get anything done is to ask a local. Alternatively get yourself down to the stadium and buy a ticket on the day. Expect to pay around 5 CUC for entry.

Once you are inside expect to see top quality players, most of whom are hoping to be the next names to join the long list of Cuban players that have moved to play in Major League Baseball in the United States.

Cerro is a short cab ride from Vedado and Old Havana, where most tourists stay. The more adventurous can try and navigate the local bus system, or hop in a shared taxi called a maquina which run on fixed routes all over the city. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements.

Obama is expected to be in the stands for the game, along with a crowd of fans who will be admitted by invitation only — invitations that will go out from the The National Institute of Sport, Physical Education, and Recreation, the arm of the Castro government in Cuba that governs all sports and recreational activities in the small island country, about 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

To find out how to watch a live stream of the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cuba National Team exhibition baseball game, see the streaming links in the final paragraph of this article. First pitch at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, is scheduled for p.

Pacific Time. Many people have asked me about it and it's something I would never want to go through again. I'd never do it again. The game also comes at a time when Cuba's government-owned national baseball league, once a source of pride for the country and a developing ground for dozens of Major League-quality players who dominated international amateur baseball for decades, finds itself in disarray.

The sticking point is the Cuba Baseball Federation requirement that players who receive salaries abroad must kick back a percentage of their pay to the Cuban government. Major League Baseball and the Obama administration are now negotiating with Cuba to abolish that requirement.

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