Marikina Sports Center

Marikina Sports Center
Football field and athletics oval of the MSC, 2018
Former names Rodriguez Sports Center
Location Marikina, Philippines
Coordinates 14°38′04.6″N 121°05′54.3″E / 14.634611°N 121.098417°E / 14.634611; 121.098417Coordinates: 14°38′04.6″N 121°05′54.3″E / 14.634611°N 121.098417°E / 14.634611; 121.098417
Owner Marikina City Government
Operator Marikina City Government
Capacity Stadium: 15,000
Gymnasium: 7,000
Aquatics center: 2,000
Field size Football pitch: 64 m (210 ft) (width)
Surface Grass, Concrete
Construction
Opened 1969
Renovated 2001, 2017
Tenants
JPV Marikina F.C. (2017–)
Marikina Shoemakers (2018–)

The Marikina Sports Center, also known as Marikina Sports Park and formerly known as Rodriguez Sports Center, is a sports complex located in Marikina, at the corner of Shoe Avenue and Sumulong Highway in Metro Manila, Philippines.

History

It was built in 1969 as the Rodriguez Sports Center under the Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez Sr. on a 3 hectares (7.4 acres) land owned by Marikina, then a municipality of Rizal. It is turned over to the Marikina municipal government under Mayor Bayani Fernando in 1995 and was renovated in 2001 under Mayor Maria Lourdes Carlos-Fernando.[1] and was renamed the Marikina Sports Park.[2]

Following the designation of the facility as the home ground of Philippines Football League sides, JPV Marikina F.C. in 2017, the facility's football pitch underwent renovations to meet league standards.[3][4]

Facilities

MSC West Stand along Shoe Avenue.

The main stadium of the Marikina Sports Center consists of an athletics track, a 64 meters (210 ft) wide natural grass pitch, and two grandstands; the West and East Stands.[4] The grandstands has a total seating capacity of 15,000 people.[2][5] Between the West Stand and the athletics track are basketball and tennis courts. The West Stand is situated along Shoe Avenue. Prior to hosting its first Philippines Football League match, the football pitch hosted a bicycle track.[4]

It also hosts an Olympic-size swimming pool[6] inside a aquatics center which can accommodate 2,000 spectators[5], a sports building, and an indoor gymnasium with 7,000 seats.[5]

The MSC hosts facilities for football, tennis, basketball, swimming, and martial arts. Its athletics tracks is open to the public in most nights for a small fee which is used for maintenance expenses of the sports center.[4]

Events

Year-end concert marking the end of 2017 held in the venue.

The area has been host to several sports competitions – both national and regional including the 1973 Asian Athletics Championships[7], and 2014 ASEAN School Games[8] which serves as the main venue. It is also serves as the venue for women's football at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[4] The venue also hosts several entertainment shows such as grand concerts, finals night, live television shows, and other events such as for private uses and other community and local government activities.

Aside from hosting events, Marikina Sports Center also host sports clinics for the residents of Marikina during the summer season yearly, dubbed as the "Summer Sports Camp".[9]

The main stadium of the facility hosts Philippines Football League league matches as the designated home venue of JPV Marikina F.C. since 2018. The facility has been named the home venue of the JPV Marikina since the inaugural 2017 PFL season though the club didn't play a single home game in the venue due to renovation works.[3]The club started playing their home games at the venue on March 3, 2018 with a 2-1 win over Global Cebu.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Marikina Sports Park". Marikina City Official Website. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ichikawa WHO Award 2004 Marikina" (PDF). Alliance for Health Cities. p. 19. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 Estrada, Kevin (2 March 2018). "NPA No More: JPV excited to play in Marikina at last to open the new PFL season". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Guerrero, Bob (7 March 2018). "Can Marikina become a football mecca?". Rappler. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Philippines Olympic marathon". The Volatilian. News Universal Limited. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Begas, Leifbilly (24 April 2017). "Beat the summer heat (kahit kapos sa budget)" [Beat the summer heat (even with a limited budget)]. Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "History of Track and Field in the Philippines". Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Marikina ready to host ASEAN Schools Games". Rappler. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Marikina Sports Summer Camp". Inquirer Bandera. 12 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Jacinto, Christian (3 March 2018). "JPV Marikina stuns Global Cebu to kick off PFL season on winning note". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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