Organizer promotes SDC Miami 2024 in PR

The Miami 2024 Caribbean Series Organizing Committee took its corporate business and promotional tour to Puerto Rico, where on Thursday it held a joint press conference with the Roberto Clemente League and some potential sponsors to offer details of the set-up of the upcoming tournament organized by the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball (CBPC).

The next edition of the one-week championship between the champion teams of the major winter leagues will be played at the Miami Marlins’ Loan Depot Park in the first week of February.

The event, which will mark the 75th anniversary of the Caribbean Series, will be the first to be held at a Major League Baseball facility in the United States.

Miami, which hosted the 1990 and 1991 versions – the first and only time it left its natural borders – will host teams from Curacao, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Curacao and Nicaragua will play as special guests.

Just last March, Marlins Park successfully hosted three phases of the World Baseball Classic, including a brilliant first round that pitted Israel, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

“I am extremely excited about the Caribbean Series we will have in Miami, with a novel format that is sure to be a great event,” said Caroline O’Connor, president of Business Operations for the Marlins, during the meeting in San Juan.

“Taking advantage of everything that happened in Miami last March during the World Baseball Classic, the enjoyment we had and the pride felt by the Puerto Rican fans in that park, we are very much looking forward to having them again in February,” O’Connor added.

“It’s a historic moment. It will be the first time in a Major League Baseball stadium and we look forward to delivering a high quality and comfortable experience. The World Classic was special and we want to replicate that,” said Sarah Loarte, advisor to the Miami 2024 Organizing Committee.

“This series will have special significance. It will be the 66th edition, but we will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Caribbean Confederation and the Caribbean Series,” said Tony Flores Galarza, president of the Roberto Clemente League.

“The success of each series is intimately related to the performance of the home team. In Miami, there will be no host country. All the teams will be local,” added Flores Galarza.

Because of this special condition of not having a local team to use as a spearhead in the promotion of the tournament, the Miami 2024 Organizing Committee is conducting a tour of each participating country, where in addition to promoting interest, it is also attracting potential global sponsors.

The tour began in April in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic and in the coming weeks and months will move on to Curacao, Mexico and Venezuela.