Seaside City Arena

The SM Seaside City Arena is an indoor arena proposed to be located in the South Road Properties in Cebu City, Philippines. The arena is proposed to have a seating capacity of 16,000 and will be owned by SM Prime Holdings. In 2013, it was originally reported that the arena was to be slightly smaller than the Mall of Asia Arena, another arena also owned by SM Prime Holdings, which has a 20,000 people capacity. It is planned to house international concerts and events.[1]

Seaside City Arena
Artist's rendering of the Seaside City Arena
LocationSouth Road Properties, Cebu City, Philippines
OwnerSM Prime Holdings
CapacitySeated: 16,000
Full house: 20,000 (concerts, basketball)
OpenedTBA
Tenants
Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (planned)
Philippine Basketball Association (planned)

It is planned to become a venue for the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) and the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and was one of the planned venues for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, should the Philippines have won its bid to host the tournament. The arena is a part of the SM Seaside City Cebu mall complex in the city's reclamation area called South Road Properties.[2]

In January 2017, SM Prime Holdings decided to cancel its plan to build the arena due to the alleged attacks by the Cebu City mayor, Tomas Osmeña against the project.[3][4] However, on December 2019, SM Prime Holdings has announced that the arena will push through, with its location now located on a separate plot of land, which the company will develop jointly with Ayala Land.[5]

See also

References
  1. Badua, Snow (22 October 2013). "Slightly smaller version of MOA Arena set to rise in Cebu, says official". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  2. Miravite, Myke (2 January 2015). "Solaire, SM Group propose to build stadiums to boost PH's FIBA World Cup hosting bid". Rivals.ph. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. Nalzaro, Bobby (23 January 2017). "Nalzaro: SM to cancel multi-billion projects". Sun.Star Cebu. Sun.Star Cebu. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. Limpag, Mike T. (25 January 2017). "Limpag: Fans dream of arena foiled by politics". Sun.Star. Sun.Star. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. Lorenciana, Carlo (8 December 2019). "26-hectare ALI-SM project at SRP to start construction in Q1 2020". Sun.Star. Retrieved 23 May 2020. Bisnar said the masterplan of the two property giants details an arena, convention facilities, hotels, office towers and other developments to rise at the SRP project.
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