Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez) is open-air multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Opened in 1974 for the XII Central American & Caribbean Games and renovated 2003 Pan American Games is the largest stadium in the Dominican Republic used mostly for football and track and field and as a music venue. The stadium has a sporting events' capacity of 27,000 people, though it has seen crowds of 35,000. For concerts, its stated capacity is 50,000 people.

It was formerly known as Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte, because of the sports complex where it is located (Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte), However in 2005 it was named after the 400 m hurdles athlete Félix Sánchez after he won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

It served as home of the dominican soccer teams Bauger FC and Atletico Pantoja and it`s of one of the two stadium that served as home of the Dominican Republic national football team.

History

In February 1966, it began the construction of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic complex to host the XII Central American & Caribbean Games. Concluded on February 1974, the stadium was inagurated with the name of Juan Pablo Duarte Stadium named after the founding father. It had a capacity of 22,000. The stadium hosted the track & field events of the XII Central American & Caribbean Games between february 27 and March 13 of 1974.

Between the 1980s and 1990s the stadium served for several events including concerts and religion celebration. 1997 the stadium served as venue of the first edition of the Latin Music Festival sponsored by the dominican beer Presidente, Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina. The music festival was a commercial success, invited several international pop starts. The music festival returned in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2014 & 2017.

It was renovated for the 2003 Pan America Games to host the track & field events and the opening and closing ceremonies. It was equipped with 24,000 fixed seats and areas for special guests, press, dressing rooms and a cafeteria. It was inaugurated on July 23, 2003 by the president Hipolito Mejia and the renovation cost over US$6 million of dollars. In August 2004, the stadium hosted a friendly game between the national team of Brazil and Haiti and it included the participation of soccer stars of Ronaldo and Ronhaldino. In May 2005, the name of the stadium was official changed to Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium honoring the 400 m hurdles athlete Félix Sánchez for winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 2012, he won another medal on the same category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

During the 2000s and 2010s decades several international pop artists performed concerts at the stadium including Shakira, Coldplay, Daddy Yankee, Juan Luis Guerra, Luis Miguel, Ricardo Arjona, Maroon 5, Britney Spears.

It is set to host matches for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup including in the final.

Notable events

Band/Artist	Event/Tour	Date	Attendance
1974 Central American and Caribbean Games		1974
Juan Luis Guerra	Visa Para Un Sueño	December 25, 1990
Luis Miguel	Aries Tour	April 23, 1994
Juan Luis Guerra	Forgarate Tour	June 10, 1995	50,000/50,000
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1997		June 20, 21 & 22, 1997	120,000
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1998		June 26, 27 & 28, 1998	155,000
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 1999		June 3, 4 & 5, 1999	(92,503/105,000)
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2001		June 1,2 & 3, 2001	(131,200/131,200)
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2003		October 21, 22 & 23 2003	55,000 (Last Show)
2003 Pan American Games
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2005		October 14, 15 & 16 2005	150,000+ (Total)
Juan Luis Guerra	20 Años Tour	December 27, 2005	50,000+
Shakira	Oral Fixation Tour	December 19, 2006	50,000
Ricardo Arjona and Wisin & Yandel	El Concierto Claro	July 1, 2007
Luis Miguel	Cómplices Tour	November 12, 2008
Marcela Gándara	Mas que un Anehlo Tour	November 22, 2008
Juan Luis Guerra	La Travesia Tour	February 14, 2009	50,000+
Tiësto		March 28, 2009
Ricardo Arjona	5to Piso Tour	May 30, 2009
Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Gilberto Santa RosaIlegales and Hector Acosta	Idolos Latinos	October 3, 2009
Jonas Brothers	Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009	October 25, 2009	25,000
The Killers	Day & Age World Tour	November 13, 2009
Crystal Lewis, Funky, Gadiel Espinoza and Nancy Amancio	Megafest Cristiano	November 14, 2009	20,000+
Aventura	The Last Tour	February 12, 2010	60,000
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2010		August 27–29, 2010
Maroon 5		December 28, 2010
Shakira	The Sun Comes Out World Tour	March 30, 2011	50,000
Enrique Iglesias & Tito el Bambino	Cierre del Verano Presidente 2011	September 2, 2011
Britney Spears	Femme Fatale Tour	December 8, 2011	15,000
Marcela Gándara & Jesus Adrian Romero	El brillo de mis ojos	December 16, 2011
Juan Luis Guerra	A son de Guerra Tour	June 16, 2012	42,000
Wisin & Yandel and Prince Royce	Verano Presidente	September 7, 2012	45,000
Romeo Santos	The King Stays King Tour	December 15 & 22, 2012	50,000+ (per show)
Justin Bieber	Believe Tour	October 22, 2013	11,321 / 21,850
Jesus Adrian Romero		December 21, 2013	15,000+
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2014		October 3,4,5 2014	120,000 (Total)
Romeo Santos	Formula, Vol. 2 Tour	December 20, 2014	60,000+ (record)
Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2017		November 3, 4 & 5, 2017	120,000+ (Total)
Daddy Yankee	Tamo en Vivo Tour	December 16, 2017
Barbarela 2018		May 30, 2018	25,000
Romeo Santos	Golden Tour	December 17, 2018	50,000
Luis Miguel	Mexico por siempre tour	March 29, 2019	20,000
Ozuna	Nibiru World Tour	February 16, 2020	50,000
Aventura	Inmortal Stadium Tour	December 18 & 19, 2021	80,000 (Total)
Coldplay	Music Of The Spheres World Tour	March 22, 2022	33,000
El Alfa	La Leyenda Del Dembow Tour	July 16, 2022	45,000
Marc Anthony	Viviendo tour	September 22, 2022	15,000
Bad Bunny	World's Hottest Tour	October 21 & 22, 2022	100,000 (Total)
Daddy Yankee	La Última Vuelta World Tour	November 12, 2022	50,000
Monster Jam		November 26, 2022
Luis Miguel	Luis Miguel Tour 2023–24	January 18, 2024
Juan Luis Guerra	Entre Mar y Palmeras Tour	February 10, 2024	50,000