Football Venues in the Philippines - Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium, Panaad Stadium, Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Stadium (Paperback)

Chapters: Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium, Panaad Stadium, Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Stadium, Iloilo Sports Complex, Philsports Football and Athletics Stadium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium - Since the 1930's, it has hosted all major local football tournaments and some international matches. When a new tartan track was laid out at the oval for the countrys initial hosting of the 1981 Southeast Asian Games, the venue became a hub for athletics and the football fields condition slowly deteriorated. It eventually became unsuitable for international matches which meant the Philippine national team would have to play their home games at an alternate venue. In early 2009, as the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) announced plans to renovate the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, restoration of the football field and stadium was also planned. The restoration would include removing the track oval and transforming it to a modern football stadium. The PSC has vowed to raise money from the private sector and the government, totaling at least 50 million for the renovation, which they plan on doing sometime in the last quarter of 2009. In February 2010, it was announced that the PSC was still waiting for a private partner to co-finance the project, therefore the original schedule for the renovation was delayed. The renovation of the stadium is one of many projects of the PSC to help struggling associations to be more competitive. Although the transformation of the Rizal Stadium into a soccer-specific stadium has drawn skeptics as there is a belief that it should lead to a movement to revive football in general, but won't and it doesn't do anything for the sport at grassroots level. Despite the doubts, i...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=9989085