The Puerto Rican city of Mayaguez has been selected by the General Assembly of the Sports Organization of Central America and the Caribbean (Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe - ODECABE) as the site for the XXI Central American Caribbean Games for 2010.

The organization meeting in the Palace of Conventions in this Cuban Capital met to both, perfect the status of the competitions of these, the oldest sport competitions in the world and to select the next site for the 2010 games. Both Guatemala and Mayaguez were in competition for the games.

In the meeting, José Guillermo Rodriguez, mayor of Mayaguez, stated that the presentation for his City were in fact the presentation of the 100 citizens of Mayaguez that had worked arduously to make these games possible in Mayaguez realizing that two countries had worked so hard to be the host of these games for the great athletes of all the participating nations.

A presentation was also made by the president of the Olympic Committee, Fernando Beltranena who demonstrated slides on the advances made in the city regarding installations that were built for the upcoming 2005 Central American Games. Mayaguez will organize the XXI Central American Caribbean Games from July 18 to August 1st. 2010 and will make additional remodeling of various sporting as well as upgrading the baseball Stadium of the national baseball team.