Bayamón, Puerto Rico

The Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez is one of the biggest indoor sporting arenas in Puerto Rico. The coliseum was dedicated to Rubén... Rodríguez . It is located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators and can be reached by the Tren Urbano system from the Deportivo station. This coliseum had been used for events like: In December 14, 1993, the arena hosted a Pantera concert on the Vulgar Display of Power Tour. During the show Phil Anselmo sang 8 songs and left because of all the mosh pits and riots that were formed during the event. Powerlord opened the event.
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Farmacia Serra is a building in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Plata Bridge, also known as Bridge #374, is a Parker truss bridge from 1908 near the city of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. It spans the Rio La Plata into... Bayamon and Naranjito municipalities. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in... Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He is the composer, guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta, and the former bassist and guitarist for the dub reggae band De Facto and the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In, respectively. He has also embarked on a solo career, both in studio and in concert, frequently described as experimental, avant-garde and/or progressive. He has collaborated with numerous artists spanning from John Frusciante to El-P. Rodríguez-López was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in El Paso, Texas, but spent some of his childhood in South Carolina. He began playing the bass at age 12, but then switched to guitar at 15 because he "needed more strings". It was during this time that Rodríguez-López met Cedric Bixler-Zavala while practicing with friend Paul Hinojos. Since then Rodríguez-López has spent most of his career living and working with his close friend Bixler-Zavala.
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Luz Esther Benítez , better known in the music world as Lucecita, is a Puerto Rican singer. Lucecita was a member of what is historically known... in Puerto Rico as the New Wave, or Nueva Ola of popular music, created by Alfred D. Herger, alongside Lissette and Chucho Avellanet, among others. She was a participant of Telemundo channel 2's El Club del Clan television show, and she occasionally would show up at the Show de Las 12 to sing too. In 1964, she had her first major hit, with the song "Un Lugar Para los Dos" . This was a cover song of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You", but sung in Spanish by Lucecita. That began a series of hits for Lucecita, and at the same time, it began a rivalry between her and fellow New Waver, Peruvian born, Cuban-descended Puerto Rican resident Lissette, also a musical legend. Benítez's most important career step came in 1969, when she won the Festival de la Cancion Latina in Mexico. She participated with two songs, "Genesis" by G.V. Lloveras and "Energia De Mis Manos", by M. de Jesus.
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Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in... Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He is the composer, guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta, and the former bassist and guitarist for the dub reggae band De Facto and the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In, respectively. He has also embarked on a solo career, both in studio and in concert, frequently described as experimental, avant-garde and/or progressive. He has collaborated with numerous artists spanning from John Frusciante to El-P. Rodríguez-López was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in El Paso, Texas, but spent some of his childhood in South Carolina. He began playing the bass at age 12, but then switched to guitar at 15 because he "needed more strings". It was during this time that Rodríguez-López met Cedric Bixler-Zavala while practicing with friend Paul Hinojos. Since then Rodríguez-López has spent most of his career living and working with his close friend Bixler-Zavala.
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Pedro Ortiz Davila a.k.a. "Davilita" was a popular singer of boleros and Puerto Rican patriotic songs. Davilita was born in Bayamón, Puerto... Rico, his parents however, moved to New York when he was only a child and settled down in East Harlem which is also known as "Spanish Harlem" or "El Barrio". Davilita learned to play the guitar at a young age and entertained his family with his voice. One of the places which Davilita frequented was Hernandez Record Store in "El Barrio" which was a common gathering place for young Latin musicians at the time In 1929, 17 year old Davilita met by chance the renowned Puerto Rican composer, Rafael Hernández. Davilita got along with Hernandez and was able to see the unfinished version of Hernandez's composition "Lamento Borincano". Davilita asked Hernandez if he could record the song but, Hernandez thought that he was too young and declined his request. The song was to be recorded by Ramon "Canario" Quiroz with Davilita and Fausto Delgado as back-ups but fate had a different plan. Quiroz became ill on the day of the recording and Davilita ended up doing the recording as the lead voice.
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Jenilca Franchesca Giusti is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress commonly known as Jenilca. Jenilca is a participant of the third season of... Objetivo Fama and principal actress in the Broadway musicals Fame and Grease, which were presented at the CBA Luis A. Ferré in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jenilca Giusti was born on August 21, 1981 at Bayamón, Puerto Rico. At the age of 8, she moved to Daytona, Florida with her family where her musical career began to flourish. She later studied "Musical Education" at the prestigious University of Valencia. As a little girl, Jenilca proved to be very talented. Always foremost among her three sisters, she liked being the center of attention. Today, she gives them credit for being such inspiration in her career. She began participating in musicals such as "Annie" and "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat". Participating in these musicals spread the word about her talent. Her style and talent has attracted the attention of magazines such as "Pop Star Magazine" and companies such as "Cingular Wireless" who made her "Girl Cingular" in 2003. Jenilca is a strong artist, along her career she has appeared in large venues in her short career.
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Natalie Amenula is an actor.

Nelson Diaz is an actor, film producer and writer.