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Kobe & Gianna (2020), a mural on The Tenement's basketball court. The Fort Bonifacio Tenement is noted for its basketball court in its central courtyard [7] which also served as a recreation and social venue for the building's residents. The feature was set up a few years after the building's first residents moved in the 1960s.
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 Philippine Basketball Association was meant to play exclusively in the arena during the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup due to COVID-19 restrictions. [2] However, when Metro Manila, where Pasig is a part of, was put in a more restricted quarantine, games were transferred to a venue outside of Metro Manila. [3]
The arena has been used by numerous leagues across the country. In basketball, the Philippine Basketball Association, University Athletic Association of the Philippines (since 2009), National Collegiate Athletic Association (since 2007) are among the leagues that have used the venue for their games.
Hosted the 3x3 Basketball and Esports tournaments in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Current home arena of the San Juan Knights of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. San Andres Sports Complex: Manila: 5,000 Former home arena of the Manila Metrostars of the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.
Prior to its current sports facilities, the area is a site of PNR Mariquina Station back in the early 1900s. The Rodriguez Sports Center was built in 1969 under the Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez Sr. on a 3 hectares (7.4 acres) land owned by Marikina, then a municipality of Rizal.
It was also a venue for Philippine Basketball Association games in the league's early years. [5] The Manila Metrostars of the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association also used the Blue Eagle Gym as a temporary home court before moving to the Mail and More Arena in San Andres, Manila. [citation needed]
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) plays its games across multiple venues, a majority of which are played within Metro Manila. The PBA has two major venues: the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. [1]