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Central America* Projects: Central America* Soccer Baseball Aldea El Cerrito Municipal Olanchito Stadium Chinandega Baseball Stadium Football Pitch 1 & 2 Olanchito, Honduras Chinandega, Nicaragua Fraijanes, Guatemala National Football Stadium Club Municipal American School of Tegucigalpa Managua, Nicaragua Guatemala City, Guatemala Tegucigalpa, Honduras Profutbol Stadium Complejo Deportivo Aguadulce Campo Futbol El Birichiche Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Aguadulce, Panama Tegucigalpa, Honduras Santa Luisa Stadium Estadio Gloria Baruenses Cancha Colonia La Pradera Chinautla, Guatemala Provincia De Chiquiri, Panama San Pedro Sula, Honduras Salvadoran Football Federation Estadio José Remón Cantera Cancha Juticalpa San Salvador, El Salvador Aguadulce, Panama Juticalpa, Honduras San Pedro Football Estadio Managua Cancha Salvador Madrid San Pedro Island, Belize Managua, Nicaragua Zacapa, Guatemala San Pedro Nonualco Estadio Roberto Flaco Bala Hernández Club Atlético Las Delicias (Bleachers) San Salvador, El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Santa Faz Mini Football Las Tables, Panama Club Deportivo Municipal Chinautla, Guatemala Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited Guatemala City, Guatemala TACA Airlines 5-A-Side Football Managua, Nicaragua Club Municipal Comalapa, El Salvador Omar Torrijos Stadium Guatemala City, Guatemala Universidad De Managua Santiago, Panama Complejo Deportivo Nuevo Cuscatlán Managua, Nicaragua Rico Cedeno Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador Universidad Francisco Morazán Chitre, Panama Escuela Del Campo Tegucigalpa, Honduras Rod Carew Stadium Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama City, Panama Valeria Los Faroles Football Heredia, Costa Rica Estadio Atlético Las Delicias MUGA Santa Tecla, El Salvador Tennis, Padel, and Fronton Policía Nicaragua Fut. 5 Y Tenis Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Managua, Nicaragua Liberia, Costa Rica Amplianción Complejo Deportivo UNITEC Santa Maria Country Club Estadio Olímpico Azcona Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama City, Panama Tegucigalpa, Honduras Circulo Deportivo Internacional Softball Estadio Y Pista Olímpica UNAH San Salvador, El Salvador Tegucigalpa, Honduras Complejo De Julian Sugar Estates Limited Managua, Nicaragua FIFA Gol Chinautla, Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala Costa Rica Tennis Club Zona Deportiva Chinandega Chinandega, Nicaragua Football Federation of Belize San José, Costa Rica Belmopan, Belize Del Campo Country Club Zona Deportiva Claro Football Federation Managua, Nicaragua Tegucigalpa, Honduras San Salvador, El Salvador Guatemala Country Club Other Fut 5 Harald Hoigjelle Guatemala City, Guatemala Jinotepe, Nicaragua Belize Civic Center Villa Tuscania Sports Complex Belize City, Belize Isidoro Beaton Stadium La Libertad, El Salvador Belmopan City, Belize Santo Tomás De Casatilla Port Golf Santo Tomás De Castilla, Guatemala Julio Armando Cobar Stadium San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala Villa Tuscania Driving Range Town of Juticalpa Juticalpa, Honduras Juticalpa Stadium La Libertad, El Salvador Juticalpa, Honduras Football Marshalleck Stadium Benque Viejo Del Carmen, Belize Estadio Emilio Royo Panama City, Panama Miguel Lito Pérez Stadium Puntarenas, Costa Rica *Partial Listing Musco Sports Lighting, LLC 2002, 2020 • M-1461-en04-10 www.musco.com • [email protected] .
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