Philippine Sports Stadium

Philippine Sports Stadium
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The PSS football field in November 2014
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LocationCiudad de Victoria, Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
Coordinates14°47′41″N 120°57′2″E / 14.79472°N 120.95056°E / 14.79472; 120.95056
OwnerIglesia ni Cristo
OperatorMaligaya Development Corporation[1]
Capacity20,000 (seated)
Acreage3 hectares (7.4 acres)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundAugust 17, 2011
OpenedJuly 21, 2014
ArchitectPhildipphil
Project managerIglesia ni Cristo
New San Jose Builders
Generation Design Asia
Structural engineerPhildipphil
Main contractorsPhildipphil
Tenants
Philippines national football team (2014–2016)
University of the Philippines track and field team
Website
www.facebook.com/OfficialPhilippineArena

The Philippine Sports Stadium, also known as Iglesia ni Cristo Stadium, is a football and track stadium at Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare (350-acre) tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines.[2] The stadium was built right next to the Philippine Arena, the world's largest indoor arena.[3] The stadium is the largest football stadium in the Philippines with a maximum seating capacity of 20,000.[4] Its seating capacity is about twice the seating capacity of the Rizal Memorial Stadium which has a capacity of 12,873.[5][6]

PWP Landscape Architecture is responsible for the landscaping work on the area around the stadium dubbed as the Stadium Gardens.[7]

In December 2016, it was reported that the track and field team of the University of the Philippines is a tenant of the stadium.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference holiday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Donna, Cueto-Ibanez (July 20, 2014). "Iglesia opens world's largest indoor arena for centennial rites". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Hanwha E&C Completes World's Largest Indoor Arena Construction in the Philippines". The Korea Bizwire. June 10, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Albelda, Josh (April 15, 2015). "IN PHOTOS: A glimpse inside the Philippine Sports Stadium". Rappler. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "Rizal Memorial or Philippine Stadium? Azkals manager asks fans preferred Suzuki Cup semis venue". InterAksyon.com. November 25, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "Azkals game at INC stadium eyed". Yahoo! News. Manila Bulletin. July 31, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "New Era University Philippine Arena". PWP Landscape Architecture. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  8. ^ "World's biggest arena welcomes 2017 with a bang". The Manila Times. December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.