Editing Bayamón, Puerto Rico (section)

==Culture==
===Festivals and events===
Bayamón celebrates its [[Fiestas patronales in Puerto Rico|patron saint]] festival in May. The {{lang|es|Festival de la Santa Cruz}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.<ref name="J.D. 2006">{{cite web | author=J.D. | title=Bayamón | website=Link To Puerto Rico.com | date=2006-05-02 | url=http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/link%20p.r/www.linktopr.com/bayamon.html# | language=es | access-date=2020-07-18 | archive-date=2016-04-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412094801/http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/Link%20P.R/www.linktopr.com/bayamon.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Other festivals and events celebrated in Bayamón include:
* [[José Celso Barbosa]] Birthday Commemoration – July
* [[Christmas tree|Tree]] Lighting Ceremony – November
* Caminata por la diabetes (Diabetes Walk) – November

===Sports===
[[File:Ramonluisrivera-islanders.jpg|thumb|250px| The mayor watching the Puerto Rico Islanders at Juan Ramon Loubriel]]
[[File:Orangestarsultra.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Puerto Rico Islanders]] fans at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium]]
There are several professional and amateur sports team based in Bayamón. The [[Vaqueros de Bayamón]] are the local basketball team that plays at the [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]] league. They are currently the leaders as the team with the most championships in the history of the league (15), the last of which was achieved in 2020. The team's host venue is the [[Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez]].

The Vaqueros de Bayamón was also [[Vaqueros de Bayamón (baseball)|the name of the baseball club]] which played from 1974 through 2003 in the [[Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente|Professional Baseball League of Puerto Rico]], and played its home games at [[Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium]].

The city also has a female [[volleyball]] team, named the [[Vaqueras de Bayamón]], which plays for the [[Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino]].

Bayamón was the home of the [[Puerto Rico Islanders]] and [[Puerto Rico FC]] of the [[North American Soccer League (2011)|North American Soccer League]]. The teams played at [[Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium]] in Bayamón. The city's main soccer team, [[Bayamón FC]], was founded in 1999, and play at matches at [[Bayamón Soccer Complex]].

The famous [[boxing]] fight between [[Alexis Argüello]] and [[Alfredo Escalera]] dubbed [[The Bloody Battle of Bayamon]] (their first; their equally legendary rematch was held in Rimini, Italy) was held in Bayamón in 1978. Also, professional boxers [[Luis Del Valle]], [[Wilfredo Vazquez]] and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. are from Bayamón. [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] member [[Hector Camacho]] was born in Bayamon. Current boxing prospect Jean "Chapito" Rivera is from the Bayamon.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto; width:100%;"
|+ '''Bayamón sports teams'''
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!League Championships
|-
|[[Bayamón FC]]
|Football
|[[Liga Puerto Rico]]
|[[Bayamón Soccer Complex]]
|
|-
|[[Vaqueros de Bayamón]]
|Basketball
|[[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]
|[[Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum]]
|[[National Superior Basketball#Championships|BSN Championships]] (15)
* 1933&nbsp;– defeated [[Atléticos de San Germán]], series 4–?
* 1935&nbsp;– defeated [[Vega Baja]], series 4–?
* 1967&nbsp;– defeated [[Leones de Ponce (basketball)|Leones de Ponce]], series 4–?
* 1969&nbsp;– defeated [[Cardenales de Río Piedras]], series 4–?
* 1971&nbsp;– defeated [[Cardenales de Río Piedras]], series 4–?
* 1972&nbsp;– defeated [[Piratas de Quebradillas]], series 4–?
* 1973&nbsp;– defeated [[Piratas de Quebradillas]], series 4–?
* 1974&nbsp;– defeated [[Capitalinos de San Juan]], series 4–?
* 1975&nbsp;– defeated [[Piratas de Quebradillas]], series 4–?
* 1981&nbsp;– defeated [[Mets de Guaynabo (basketball)|Mets de Guaynabo]], series 4–2
* 1988&nbsp;– defeated [[Indios de Canóvanas]], series 4–3
* 1995&nbsp;– defeated [[Leones de Ponce (basketball)|Leones de Ponce]], series 4–1
* 1996&nbsp;– defeated [[Leones de Ponce (basketball)|Leones de Ponce]], series 4–3
* 2009&nbsp;– defeated [[Piratas de Quebradillas]], series 4–2
* 2020&nbsp;- defeated [[Piratas de Quebradillas]], series 3–0
|-
|[[Vaqueras de Bayamón]]
|Volleyball
|[[Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino]]
|[[Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum]]
| 
|-
|}

===Recreation===
The municipal government of Bayamón manages a wide variety of recreational programs and recreational facilities for public use. The Onofre Carballeira Sports Complex consists of the [[Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium|Juan Ramón Loubriel Soccer Stadium]], home of Puerto Rico's only professional soccer team, the [[Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez|Ruben Rodríguez Coliseum]], home of the city's male basketball team and female volleyball team, and the [[Miguel J. Frau Gymnasium]]. The Rafael Martínez Nadal Sports Complex's main feature is the Pepín Cestero indoor court, where much of the city's minor league basketball and volleyball major events take place. Also, the Efraín Calcaño Alicea Sports Complex located in the Lomas Verdes community is home to much of the track and field and swimming events in the region. The Honda Tennis Center, inaugurated in 2002, is composed of 16 tennis courts and is used by local tennis clubs as well as visitors.

A pioneer in the development of soccer in Puerto Rico, mayor [[Ramón Luis Rivera Jr.]] inaugurated the Bayamón Soccer Complex in 2011, which consists of three professional soccer fields located off the [[Puerto Rico Highway 5|PR-5 Highway]].

The Paseo del Rio (Paseo Lineal) near the [[Bayamón River]] is a 6-mile stretch shared by joggers, walkers and cyclists. It is divided in two lanes, one for the bicycles and the other for running or walking. The Rio Bayamón Golf Course is located near one of the endpoints of the trail and is home to most golf activity in the region.

[[Julio Enrique Monagas Park]] has trails used by mountain bikers to train and compete. It also has cliffs where [[rappelling]] enthusiasts can practice. Monagas, as the locals refer to it, has [[Mountain biking|trails]] for mountain bike riders of all skill levels. Unpaved roads for beginners, single tracks and very technical single tracks, some of them with downhills. After [[Hurricane Maria]], the tracks were lost, yet by 2019, most of them had been repaired and reopened.

The city also has many smaller baseball parks, open basketball courts, soccer fields, gymnasiums, and communal centers available to the community.