- Rizal Memorial Coliseum
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stadium_name = Rizal Memorial Coliseum
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location =Manila ,Philippines
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opened =1934
closed =
demolished =
owner =Philippine Sports Commission
operator =Philippine Sports Commission
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tenants = MICAA (1938-1981)Philippines women's national basketball team
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seating_capacity = 8,000The Rizal Memorial Coliseum is one of two indoor sporting arenas located inside theRizal Memorial Sports Complex inManila ,Philippines , the other being theNinoy Aquino Stadium . The capacity of the coliseum is 8,000.The arena and the surrounding sports complex are named after Philippine national hero
José Rizal .It was one of the main venues of several basketball games and other indoor sports during the 1950s up until the 1970s. The now-defunct
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association played a number of games in the venue.The
Philippine Basketball Association also hosted a number of playing dates in the venue during the early-1980s. The basketball competitions of the1981 Southeast Asian Games was held at RMC that saw a fight-marred gold medal game between the host Philippines and Malaysia.With the construction and use of the more popular (and much larger)
Araneta Coliseum , as well as the use of thePhilSports Arena , the arena suffered terribly as the arena lack an air-conditioning system and adequate lighting. However, in the past few years it has hosted a number of UAAP, NCAA andShakey's V-League tournaments, as well as the2005 Southeast Asian Games .In 2007, the NCAA held its games at the
Araneta Coliseum and The Arena in San Juan City marking for the first time in a long while the arena did not host any NCAA game.
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