Dominican Travel to be Featured at White Sox Game in Chicago

The name of the Dominican Republic will be in lights at this Major League baseball game on Tuesday when 30,000 fans will attend Dominican Republic Night at the White Sox game against the Los Angeles Angels to be held in Chicago.

The baseball game will include several well-known Dominican players such as Octavio Dotel from the White Sox and Vladimir Guerrero, of the Los Angeles Angels.

Patricia Pérez, Director of the Dominican Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) in Chicago, released the information. She also announced that Dominican Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García Fernández will throw out the first pitch of the game. 

Following García Fernández’s first pitch, Pérez said, Sonia Alfonso will sing the US national anthem, marking her as only the second Dominican to sing the US anthem.

Prior to the game, baseball fans will be entertained by the Tourism Ministry’s folkloric ballet group, directed by Professor Oscar Batista. This is part of a series of activities being undertaken by the Ministry to promote tourism to the Dominican Republic and to attract the many fans who will attend the baseball game.

Ms. Pérez said that Dominican Republic Day White Sox is being coordinated by the OPT in Chicago and is sponsored by the main tour operator in the United States:  Apple Vacations.

The baseball game will include several well-known Dominican players such as Octavio Dotel from the White Sox and Vladimir Guerrero, of the Los Angeles Angels.

“The Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR), with this event, will implement strategies directed at the consumer as well as the main agencies in Chicago. As such, there will be a reception in the main suite at the stadium to be attended by more than 100 travel agents who will recognize Apple Vacations for the hard work the agency doing on behalf of the Dominican Republic,” said Pérez.

She added, “On the other hand, massive public relations for the DR will be done through a video tribute in recognition of the enormous success of Dominican baseball. There will also be various promotional pavilions set up at the busiest spots of the US Cellular Field featuring raffles and Dominican trivia activities.

The passion for baseball is an important value shared by Dominican and Americans and our Major League players are among our best promoters of tourism.

“This night we will celebrate the talent and dedication of our Dominican players as well as offer a look at our unique culture,” concluded Ms.  Pérez.

Culture and Armed Forces Ministries to Build a Weapons Museum in Santo Domingo

The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of the Armed Forces will offer a press conference on Monday to clarify details on their joint plans to create a Weapons Museum in Santo Domingo

Culture and Armed Forces Ministers Jose Rafael Lantigua and Lieutenant General Pedro Rafael Peña Antonio, will hold the press conference on Monday at 10:00 a.m. at the Colonial Fort in Santo Domingo. The fort is also known as Ozama Fort.

The topic of the meeting, organized by the Board of Directors of Museums, will be about the exhibition, “Five Centuries of Defense,” which is scheduled to open at the Fort this Friday, August 14. This will be a first step in the opening of the new Weapons Museum.