Sporting Venues and Recreational Facilities

[Renkinjutsushi]

If this is the wrong place to put this thread, please move it.....

Actually I meant Metro Manila....sorry about that...

Well does it?? Include pics if you can because I wanna see if this is the same one where my cousin went.

[renell]

I don't think it has a stadium built for football, if that's what you mean. Because of the lack of interest for the sport (the fact that our National team just won its first match in the Tiger Cup after almost a decade of participation). Though if they do play in Metro Manila, my guess would be in Rizal Memorial.

[Lightspeed]

We have facilities like the Rizal Memorial Stadium and the ULTRA Football Field where soccer can be played.

But these are more like 60s and 70s style soccer stadiums where the spectator stands are just on one side of field or are just several rows high.

We do not have the mega-stadiums. But I think we do have some big soccer stadiums in Iloilo and Negros provinces where interest in soccer is so high.

[Thunderflip]

I think the country needs these kind of stuff...

[renell]

I didn't know interest for football in Iloilo and Negros was big. Tell us more.

[tyronne]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

But I think we do have some big soccer stadiums in Iloilo and Negros provinces where interest in soccer is so high.

a reason why Bacolod is the rightful and chosen venue of this particular sport in the upcoming SEA Games '05

[JudeD]

Aside from the influence of the Spanish mestizo families and institutions (of which there are so many in Iloilo/Bacolod), interest in soccer is high there in the Western Visayas partly because of the large number of British/Scottish expats who settled in Iloilo in the mid to late 1800s while the Panay railroad was being built. The Brits/Scots also built the country's first department store and first golf course in Iloilo City.

[Lightspeed]

That is correct.

That is why if the Philippines aims to assemble a truly world-class (or even region-class) football team that can slug it out with the rest of the world in the World Cup Qualifiers or even the Tiger Cup, the logical first step should be to scout around for exceptional talent in Iloilo, the Negros Provinces and yes, Bacolod.

[XetraDAX]

Yeah, i watched in one of the TV shows, that in some provinces like Negros, you'd find more kids playing/kicking soccer balls than shooting hoops. Kinda strange for one who lives in Metro Manila. hehe.

On Topic:

Soccer stadium? Only Rizal Memorial and ULTRA comes to my mind. There are a lot of soccer fields though. Almost every major college/university in the country has its own soccer field.

[stephencua]

on the topic of schools with soccer fields..

in my grade school/high school there were several huge football fields.. its Colegio San Agustin Makati...

in college DLSU-Manila the field was miniscule.. i dont even think its the proper size...

anyway i hope this helps you!

[renell]

UST got a pretty huge field too, the one across the basketball stadium. My cousin said it was used for football.

My old school (St. Benedict College) also got a huge field. But the grass was usually dead.

[rico]

up diliman uses the sunken garden.

[XetraDAX]

DLSU's field is like 1/4 of an original football field. hahaha!

[Solblanc]

Originally Posted by renell

UST got a pretty huge field too, the one across the basketball stadium. My cousin said it was used for football.

My old school (St. Benedict College) also got a huge field. But the grass was usually dead.

actually, the grass in bene isn't dead anymore (but the last time I was there was three odd-years ago). there are just icky muddy areas. (btw, its now San Beda College-Alabang, formerly St. Benedict College, formerly Benedictine Abbey School )

[chymera00]

I haven't visited other stadiums in the Phil, and want to see what they look like. I've googled it but can't find pictures only a list from www.worldstadiums.com. So if you have pictures lying around , you could maybe post them here

Stadiums in the
Philippines

A 3 Tenant/use City Stadium Capacity Built Seats

PHL National Stadium Manila José Rizal Memorial Stadium 30 000 1934 -

PHL National Stadium Manila Ninoy Aquino Stadium 25 000 - -
PHL Indoor Sports Quezon City Araneta Coliseum 22 000 1959 all-seater

PHL Negros Occidental Selection Bacolod Pana-ad Stadium 15 000 1999 -
PHL Quezon Selection Quezon City Amoranto Stadium 15 000 - -
PHL Indoor Sports Pasig City Philsports Arena 15 000 - all-seater
PHL Iloilo Selection Iloilo Iloilo Sports Complex 10 000 - -
PHL Zamboanga City Selection Zamboanga City Enriquez Memorial S.C. 10 000 - -
PHL Cebu Selection Cebu Cebu City Sports Complex 10 000 - -
PHL Multi-use Pampanga Pampanga Sports Complex 10 000 - -
PHL Multi-use Isabela Isabela Sports Complex 10 000 - -
PHL Indoor Sports Pasay City Cuneta Astrodome 10 000 - all-seater
PHL Pasig Rizal Pirates Pasig City Pasig City Sports Center 10 000 - -
PHL Indoor Sports Zamboanga Zamboanga Coliseum 5 000 - -
PHL Zamboanga del Sur Selection Pagadian City Teachers Association Stad. 5 000 - -
PHL Zamboanga del Norte Selection Dipolog Zamb. del N. Sports Stadium 5 000 - -
PHL Cag. de Oro-Misamis Oriental Cagayan de Oro Regional Football Field 5 000 - -
PHL Indoor Sports Dumaguete Macias Sports Center 4 000 1991 all-seater
PHL Negros Oriental Selection Dumaguete Silliman Univ. Football Field 2 000 - -
PHL Swimming-use Dumaguete L.G. Teves Mem. Aqua Center 1 775 - all-seater

[renell]

Man, we don't have much outdoor stadiums, at least in Manila. Though I do know Bene has quite a new one, and that Marikina Sports Complex is quite a good one from what I've heard.

But everywhere else, they're building stadiums, indoor and outdoor. Bravo.

[kiretoce]

I'd like to see an Olympic calibre stadium in the Philippines....wishful thinking perhaps?

[Thunderflip]

^ Yea, I wish we had that...like in Clark, Cebu or somewhere outside Manila...

[chymera00]

If we would built something like that, it should've been planned waay before ... for the SEA Games 2005

[612bv3]

^ What stadium are they going to use for the 2005 SEA Games?