[2] The complex is named after Ponce's Millito Navarro,[4][5] the first Puerto Rican to play baseball in the Negro leagues and who, living until age 105, was also the oldest living professional baseball player to have played in the Negro leagues.

[6][7] Ciudad Deportiva is being built in an area of over 1 million square feet of land,[1] between Urbanizacion Los Caobos and Caminos del Sur.

[1] Ciudad Deportiva will be located in Ponce's Barrio Bucana, next to Polideportivo Frankie Colón at Urbanizacion Los Caobos.

[3] In February 2012, the sports campus has an initial projected total cost of $20 million USD.

[1] In January 2012, the municipality of Ponce adjudicated US$1.05 million to GCG Builders to level the ground to commence the first phase of construction.