List of events at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

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José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
The Choliseo
Coliseum of PR.JPG
Front entrance (North) of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
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Full nameJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico
Address500 Arterial B St.
LocationHato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°25′39.78″N 66°3′41.01″W / 18.4277167°N 66.0613917°W / 18.4277167; -66.0613917Coordinates: 18°25′39.78″N 66°3′41.01″W / 18.4277167°N 66.0613917°W / 18.4277167; -66.0613917
Public transitHato Rey Station (Tren Urbano)
C1, C22, D15, T2 (AMA)
Hato Rey Terminal (AcuaExpreso)
OwnerPuerto Rico Convention Center District Authority
OperatorASM Global[1]
TypeArena
Genre(s)Music, concerts, sporting events
Seating typeReserved seating
Executive suites2 party suites
26 corporate suites
Capacity18,500
Record attendance18,000 – Bad Bunny: X 100pre Tour (March 9, 2019)[2]
Field shapeOval rectangular
SurfaceConcrete
ScoreboardFour-sided LED
Construction
Broke ground1998 (1998)
BuiltJuly 1998 (1998-07)–2004 (2004)
OpenedSeptember 4, 2004 (2004-09-04)
Construction costUS$252.6 million
ArchitectSierra Cardona Ferrer
HOK
Project managerGovernment of Puerto Rico
Structural engineerQB Construction
Tenants
Puerto Rico national basketball team
Cangrejeros de Santurce (BSN) (2004–2011)
Puerto Rico Tip-Off (NCAA) (2007–2011)
Website
www.coliseodepuertorico.com

The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot) is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment. It is located at the Golden Mile of San Juan, the island capital. It is usually referred by Puerto Ricans as the Choliseo, which is a portmanteau of the words "Coliseo" and "Cholito", in reference to Don Cholito, one of José Miguel Agrelot's characters and Agrelot's own adopted nickname.

The following is a list of noteworthy public events that have taken place at the venue since its opening.

2004–2006[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

  • La Secta Allstar: December 2, 2005
  • Sting: April 27, 2006

Events[]

  • September 4, 2004: Grand opening of the venue.
  • January 9, 2005 (WWE New Year's Revolution 2005): second globally-brocasted WWE pay-per-view event held outside the United States (following SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium in 1992). First pay-per-view event held at the venue.
  • October 15, 2005 (Megadeth): first heavy metal concert held at the venue.
  • December 2, 2005 (La Secta Allstar): First Puerto Rican band to perform at the venue.
  • February 11, 2006 (The Rolling Stones): established gross ticket sales record for a single show with $3.1 million.
  • April 4–5, 2006 (Usher): concert performances filmed and broadcast for his live Showtime special.
  • June 6, 2006 (Ricardo Arjona): 1 millionth visitor.
  • August 26, 2006 (AF2 Championship): one of the few professional arena football games played on the island and the first at the venue.
  • September 23, 2006 (NHL): first and only professional hockey game on the island.
  • September 29–30, 2006 (Marc Anthony): two free-admission concert dates for the filming of El Cantante, which needed an audience.

2007–2009[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

Events[]

  • April 2–6, 2008 (Disney on Ice): 2 millionth visitor. First ice-skating rink event held at the venue.
  • April 27, 2008 (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico): first political assembly held at the venue.
  • December 4–10, 2008 (Aventura): most of their performances were sold out and became the band/artist to have sold more than three straight concert dates at the venue. This record would later be broken by Wisin & Yandel exactly ten years later.
  • June 19, 2009 (University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras): first ceremony of bestowing of degrees celebrated at the venue.
  • September 4, 2009 (ECW/WWE SmackDown): fifth anniversary of the venue.
  • October 10, 2009 (Gloria Estefan): 3 millionth visitor.

2010–2012[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

Events[]

2013–2015[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

  • Luis Raúl: September 14, 2013. First stand-up comedian to perform at the venue and final stand-up of his career, before his death.
  • Cafe Tacuba: September 21, 2013
  • Fania All-Stars: October 18, 2013
  • Atención Atención: March 23, 2014. Group's first sold-out concert as well as the first and only children's music group to debut at the venue.
  • Farruko: March 29, 2014
  • Tempo: May 17, 2014. Marked his stage return after completing his community work sentence.
  • Cosculluela: September 19, 2014
  • Beyond The Sun: October 18, 2014
  • Zoé: October 25, 2014
  • Bret Michaels: April 25, 2015
  • Pedro Capó: June 5, 2015
  • Juan Gabriel: March 1, 2015. Marked his final return to Puerto Rico after nearly 22 years of absence, before his death.

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

Events[]

  • May 3, 2013 (Don Omar): 5 millionth visitor. Marks the return of Don Omar to the venue after five years since his last concert there.
  • September 1, 2013 (Bruno Mars): breaks record attendance for a show at the venue, previously held by Aventura, with 16,691 spectators.
  • September 14, 2013 (Luis Raúl): first stand-up comedy show at the venue, first show livestreamed over the Internet. His stand-up performance was made into a posthumous film, as per his last wishes.
  • October 18, 2013 (Fania All-Stars): first show in Puerto Rico in more than 15 years since their last on the island. Premiered the first holographic projection on the island, "reviving" Héctor Lavoe and dancer Aníbal Vazquez, uncle of Roberto Roena.
  • February 15, 2014 (Amor en la Hamaca): first Puerto Rican play to debut at the venue.
  • June 27, 2014 (JuvenFilm Fest): first local film awards, recognizing short films created, produced and starred by youth of the public education system.
  • September 4, 2014: tenth anniversary of the venue.
  • April 11, 2015 (Orlando Salido vs. Rocky Martinez): first boxing match at the venue in nearly five years.
  • June 20, 2015 (Def Leppard): marked the return of the band to Puerto Rico after nine years of absence.
  • May 23, 2015 (Camila and Reik): marked the return to Puerto Rico of both bands after four years of absence and the first presentation of Camila in Puerto Rico after the departure of Samo from the group.
  • December 3, 2015 (Daddy Yankee and Don Omar): first performance of both artists together after years of dispute. The first concert date sold out in less than 24 hours, setting a new sales record at the venue. The second concert date sells out completely in less than 12 hours, breaking the sales record set for the first concert date.

2016–2018[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

Events[]

  • April 8, 2016 (Sin Bandera): marks the duo's return to the venue after almost nine years since their last performance, before their split.
  • April 29, 2016 (Duran Duran): marks the band's return to Puerto Rico in ten years.
  • September 17, 2016 (Laura Pausini): marks the singer's return to Puerto Rico in ten years.
  • October 1, 2016 (Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz): marks the retirement of the duo.
  • November 20, 2016 (Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra): marks the debut of the first philharmonic orchestra to perform at the venue.
  • April 28, 2017 (Arcángel & De La Ghetto): marks the duo's reunion and their debut at the venue.
  • May 13, 2017 (Ednita Nazario): marked the 1,000th event held at the venue and the artist's 15th performance at the venue.
  • May 20–21, 2017 (Jorge Pabón "Molusco"): marked the second a stand-up comedy event was held at the venue by a Puerto Rican comedian. Also marked his debut at the venue to a sold-out two-date performance.
  • September–December 2017: after the hit from Hurricane Maria, in the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, events after mid September 2017 were cancelled. The Choliseo was used as a warehouse and recollection center by the Government of Puerto Rico in order to prepare and distribute food, water and basic necessities to those affected by the deadliest and costliest hurricane in Puerto Rican history.
  • March 27, 2018 (Phil Collins): marked the first sold-out concert at the venue since the hit of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017.
  • June–August 2018: Wisin & Yandel announce their first headlining tour since their five-year hiatus to take place at the venue in December 2018. Between June and August 2018, the duo managed to sell out a record-breaking 8-show headlining run at the venue; the first two shows sold out in record time in pre-sales.
  • October 2018: Bad Bunny's first concert date, for March 8, 2019, sells out in a record two hours, the first for a Choliseo debut for any artist at the venue, who has had previous performances in Puerto Rico.
  • November 30–December 9, 2018: Wisin & Yandel becomes the artist/duo with most performances at the Choliseo, previously held by Ednita Nazario, as well as the artist/duo with the most record-breaking sold-out dates than any other artist that has performed at the venue with 25, previously held by Aventura. They also broke the record of the highest number of tickets sold by any artist at the venue with 312,000 in a span of 15 years, since the venue first opened.

2019–2021[]

Debuts in Puerto Rico[]

Debuts at the venue[]

Debuts as headliner[]

Artists who debuted at the venue as the main act, after having previously performed as part of a group, band or as a guest artist.

Events[]

  • March 9, 2019 (Bad Bunny): a new attendance record was broken by Bad Bunny with 18,000 spectators in an arena stage, a record previously held by Metallica nearly nine years prior.
  • March 21, 2019: Telemundo's first awards show dedicated to urban music, Premios Tu Música Urbano, debuts at the Choliseo. It is the third awards show held at the venue.
  • September 4, 2019: fifteenth anniversary of the venue.
  • September–December 2019: Daddy Yankee sells out 12 record-breaking dates between December 5–29, which marked his return to the Choliseo since his last headlining concert in 2005.
  • March 2020–June 2021: due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the entertainment and the music industry, events at the venue have been either been cancelled until further notice or moved to a later date.
  • May 16, 2020 (Rauw Alejandro): amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and after many major events at the venue were cancelled or postponed, Rauw Alejandro held a live concert at the Choliseo with no audience and livestreamed it over the Internet. His performance was originally scheduled for March 2020 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall but was cancelled due to the pandemic.
  • May 20, 2021: after over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic impacted operations of the Choliseo, Governor Pedro Pierluisi announced major events at entertainment venues will be permitted to take place at an increased capacity, including the Choliseo. The announcement was made at the venue as part of many other modifications made to the existing executive order placed by his predecessor when the pandemic began.
  • June 26, 2021 (Gilberto Santa Rosa): first public event at the Choliseo since the coronavirus pandemic began. The venue reopened to modified capacity as per the most recently-updated executive order for entertainment venues.

References[]

  1. ^ Arenas - ASM Global Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Robinson, Dominiq (March 27, 2019). "Bad Bunny makes history at sold out homecoming show in Puerto Rico". AXS. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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