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The Garden is located on the St. Joseph River and contains landscape gardens (8 acres), woodland nature preserve (50 acres), an arboretum of trees and shrubs from temperate regions around the world (40 acres, started in 1971), and restored tallgrass prairie (5 acres, started in 1976), [4] as well as a conservatory (greenhouse) featuring more than 100 kinds of tropical ferns.
Unlike other leagues elsewhere, most sports leagues in the Philippines, with some recent exceptions, are held in a central location. PBA teams are company teams and represent companies and not localities. The PBA itself rents different arenas and gymnasiums in Metro Manila and Antipolo to play a great majority of its games.
Botanical gardens in Philippines have collections consisting entirely of Philippines native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in many provinces, municipalities, and cities of Philippines, some administered by local governments and some are privately owned.
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Location Capacity Year opened Remarks City or municipality Province Island Group Philippine Arena: Bocaue: Bulacan: Luzon 55,000 2014 Named as the "World's largest indoor arena" Hosted the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup and the 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremonies, and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup as one of the three venues in the Philippines.
Other popular venues in the region include the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City which hosts several professional and collegiate basketball leagues, and the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Malate which is home to both the Philippine national football team and the Philippines national rugby union team.
The Philippines became a member of FIBA through the Basketball Association of the Philippines in 1936. [citation needed] The Philippines made their debut in the Olympic Games in 1936 where they finished fifth, the best result of an Asian team in Olympic basketball history. In the same year, the first basketball stamp in the world was released ...