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| Project | |
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| Opening date | 2014 |
| Operator | Maligaya Development Corporation |
| Owner | Iglesia ni Cristo |
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| Coordinates: 14°47′39″N 120°57′06″E / 14.79426°N 120.95175°E | |
| Location | Santa Maria and Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines |
Ciudad de Victoria (Spanish for "City of Victory" or "Victory City") also known as the Philippine Arena Complex is a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria in Bulacan, Philippines.[1] It is located north of Metro Manila along the North Luzon Expressway.[2] The site where it is located used to be a farmland and was converted and being developed into a mixed-use area that will integrate residential and office buildings as well as shopping, entertainment, leisure, education, business and sports complex. It is owned by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), a Filipino-based indigenous Christian religious organization, through its educational institution, the New Era University, and operated by Maligaya Development Corporation. It was inaugurated on July 21, 2014 in commemoration of INC's centennial celebration on July 27, 2014.[3]
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- ^ "Ciudad de Victoria and the Philippine Arena". TwoEco, Inc. February 10, 2012. Archived from the original on November 21, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ Archangel, Xianne (July 21, 2014). "PNoy, Ka Eduardo Manalo unveil marker for Ciudad de Victoria". GMA News. Retrieved July 21, 2014.