From the sooner proposed massive venue MOA Arena, the gang-drawing basketball competition of the thirtieth Southeast Asian Games that the united states will host in November will now be played on the FilOil Flying V Centre.
Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee Chief Operation Officer Tats Suzara, in a radio interview on DZSR Sports Radio, said that the San Juan venue is a part of their contingency plan.
“In any multi-recreation event talagang, banyan and process particularly whilst the venues are privately owned. The challenge here is in Metro Manila Kasi Alam mo Naman Ang Mga venues ditto a Manila ay Smart Araneta. MOA Arena is huge venues na mahirap kohanim,” stated Suzara. “Again, many Naman Tayo sa sports a backup plan, so we have been capable of locating answers.”
“As a replace basketball will now be in FilOil Arena,” Suzara added.
The five,500-capacity arena will host the five-on-5 basketball match for men’s and ladies divisions. It has been the venue of UAAP, NCAA, PBA, and different basketball leagues and serves as an arena for volleyball tournaments.
The Philippines copped the remaining 12 men’s basketball gold medals in the biennial meet. The Filipinos received 17 of the 19 variations of the occasion.
The PHI girls’ team remains trying to capture the elusive gold medal.
The venue for the 3×3 event is but to be finalized after it changed into, first of all, proposed to be held at the SM MOA Activity middle.
The PhilSports Arena in Pasig will host volleyball, another crowd-drawing game.
Aside from basketball and volleyball, Suzara also gave an update on venue modifications in other sports activities.
“The gymnastics may be in Rizal Coliseum, a gymnastics vicinity Nila. We can even request to apply the badminton vicinity as gymnastics,” stated Suzara.
The World Trade Center and PICC have been the, to begin with, venues for the game.
“For E-sports, we were presupposed to have the venue at Marriot Pasay; however, apparently, the notion Marriot gave us is impossible medyo tsarina-rate ng napakamahal eh Alam no Naman and SEA Games Kailangan confined din and finances nation. Now and E-sports will now be searching out a venue that the organizing committee or PHISGOC can have enough money,” Suzara delivered.
Billiards may be played at the Manila Hotel tent simultaneously as creation is ongoing for the venues for skateboard and biking in Tagaytay.
“But despite those delays, we can keep to move ahead and ensure that all of the venues are geared up and showed,” stated Suzara.
The Congress’s bicameral committee slashed the SEA Games web hosting price range, underneath the Philippine Sports Committee, from P7. Five billion to P5 billion but has but to be released pending Senate and President Rodrigo Duterte.
