A total of 43 venues will be utilized by the Philippines Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) for the 529 events in 56 sports to be played at the 11-nation SEA Games in the Philippines on Nov. 30-Dec. 10, reported Philippine Star, adding that Metro Manila will head the list at 15, Clark at 11, Subic at nine and Southern Luzon and others at eight.
The opening ceremony will be held at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan while the closing program will be at New Clark City, said the Star report. The main transportation hubs will be in three clusters – Clark, Subic and Metro Manila. The International Broadcast Center (IBC) and Main Press Center (MPC) will be at the Asean Convention Center in Clark, it added.
According to the Star report, netball may be staged in either the Sta. Rosa Complex or Ynares Kapitolyo, while floorball and indoor hockey will be held in the Philippine Arena or Sta. Rosa Complex or the Muntinlupa Sports Complex. Badminton’s options are the Makati Coliseum and Muntinlupa. Kickboxing will be in either the PICC Forum or Cuneta Astrodome.
Rizal Memorial’s facilities will be tapped for various sports, the report said even as the Ninoy Aquino Stadium will be refurbished for weightlifting and taekwondo. The Rizal basketball coliseum will also be spruced up for artistic, rhythmic and aerobic gymnastics. Football will be played at the Rizal turf and the Biñan Stadium. The Rizal tennis courts will be the venue for tennis and soft tennis,” the Star report stated.
