Editing Caracas (section)

=== Sports ===
Professional sports teams in the city include the [[association football|football]] clubs [[Caracas Fútbol Club]], [[Deportivo Petare]], [[Atlético Venezuela]], [[SD Centro Italo Venezolano]], [[Estrella Roja FC]] and [[Deportivo La Guaira]]. Deportivo Petare has reached the semi-finals of international tournaments, such as the [[Copa Libertadores]], while the Caracas Fútbol Club has reached the quarterfinals.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Baseball team [[Leones del Caracas]] plays at the [[Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar|Monumental Stadium]] with a capacity of 40,000 spectators, while the [[Tiburones de La Guaira]] plays at [[Estadio Universitario de Caracas|University Stadium]], with a capacity of nearly 26,000 spectators.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Estadio Universitario|url=http://www.ucv.ve/organizacion/fundaciones-asociaciones-y-centros/fundacionucv/instalaciones/estadio-universitario.html|website=www.ucv.ve|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822155257/http://www.ucv.ve/organizacion/fundaciones-asociaciones-y-centros/fundacionucv/instalaciones/estadio-universitario.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The football stadiums in the city include the [[Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)|Olympic Stadium]], home to Caracas Fútbol Club and Deportivo La Guaira, with a capacity of 30,000 spectators, and the [[Brígido Iriarte Stadium]], home to Atlético Venezuela, with a capacity of 12,000 spectators. In basketball, the [[Cocodrilos de Caracas]] play their games in the Gimnasio José Beracasa in the [[El Paraíso, Caracas|El Paraíso]] neighborhood.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Caracas is the seat of the National Institute of Sports and of the [[Venezuelan Olympic Committee]]. The city hosted the [[1983 Pan American Games]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/14/sports/pan-am-games-open-today-in-caracas.html |title=Pan Am Games Open Today in Caracas |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 August 1983 |access-date=23 July 2020 |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724142208/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/14/sports/pan-am-games-open-today-in-caracas.html |url-status=live }}</ref>