[1] Real Estelí's home arena is the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, which was opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 8,057 people.

Before he joined Estelí, Rosario had been the three-time Baloncesto Superior Nacional champion with Capitanes de Arecibo.

[3] In the same year, Real Estelí played in the inaugural season of the newly founded, Basketball Champions League Americas.

A year later, the team won its first LSB championship after defeating Brumas de Jinotega in the playoff finals.

El Tren del Norte was allotted into Group A alongside Cangrejeros de Santurce and the Edmonton Stingers.