Emilio E. Huyke Coliseum
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Emilio E. Huyke Coliseum is an indoor sporting arena located in Humacao
, Puerto Rico
. The coliseum is named after sports writer and former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
, Emilio E. Huyke.
The coliseum's seating capacity is 1,500 seats. It is used mostly for basketball
as the home arena of the Caciques de Humacao
.
Humacao, Puerto Rico
Humacao is a city in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 10 wards and Humacao Pueblo...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. The coliseum is named after sports writer and former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee ) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island...
, Emilio E. Huyke.
The coliseum's seating capacity is 1,500 seats. It is used mostly for basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
as the home arena of the Caciques de Humacao
Caciques de Humacao
The Caciques de Humacao is a BSN basketball team in Humacao, a town in the east of Puerto Rico. The team was created in 2005, when the now extinct Toritos de Cayey franchise was moved to Humacao. The Grises' homecourt is the Emilio Huyke coliseum...
.