MALL OF ASIA Coliseum

[bahamut_zero]

Kasama narin dito sana maayos yung ticketing system. Hehe lalo na kapag cheerdance.

Tama nga naman, at least may mga bagong venues na like itong MOA Arena at UST Gym (mern pa bang bagong ginagawa?), kumpara naman sa mga lumang venues like ULTRA at Cuneta.

[markfroilan]

judging from the 4 cranes being used to erect this coliseum, i think its 4x bigger or more than ust's sports complex..lamig pa siguro aircon...parang sm cinema..

[stonecold316]

Nakakatuwa ang mga developments sa larangan ng sports. Yung Rizal Sports Stadium, na-renovate recently. May tinatayong UST GYM, Ngayon naman MOA coliseum. Dumadami na ang mga sporting venues sa Metro Manila. Sana nga matuloy ang plano na dalin dito ang NBA pres-season games. Can't wait for that to happen.

[jayjay26]

This thread should be named SM Arena.

[Malambot_Na_Bato]

At kapag crucial games at nanalo ang team mo, aba derecho na sa MOA at mag hapi-hapi. Kaso ang layo sa aking inuuwian at mapapadalas ang pagbili ng stored value.

[ic3mint]

At kapag crucial games at nanalo ang team mo, aba derecho na sa MOA at mag hapi-hapi. Kaso ang layo sa aking inuuwian at mapapadalas ang pagbili ng stored value.

Pwede ka naman sumabay sa akin anytime fre hehe..

Anyway, sana lang fair and equal ang ticket sharing dito lalo na pag finals, hindi yung tipong 30% and 70% ang share..

Hindi yung tipong lagi pagdating sa amin ubos na ang tickets pero yung sa kabilang crowd nakakabili pa magpakita lang ng id na galing sya sa university na yun..

[MrHistorian]

P3.5 billion is needed to complete Arena, says MOA exec
By FRANCIS SANTIAGO
July 10, 2011, 10:28pm
MANILA, Philippines — For sure, the NBA will only agree to hold a pre-season game in the Philippines if it has a world-class facility.

That’s one reason why officials of the Mall of Asia (MoA) Arena are moving heaven and earth to make sure the modern venue in Pasay City will be fit for kings.

“We’re spending P3.5 billion,” Edgar Tejerero, senior vice president for West Avenue Theatres Corporation said.

The MOA Arena officials are bidding to bring in an NBA exhibition game in October next year in the hopes of giving millions of Filipino fans a chance of a lifetime.

“If the NBA is looking for a home in the Philippines, this will be it,” Tejerero said.

The five-level venue, which opens May next year, can host 16,000 comfortably seating fans and has a full house capacity of 20,000.

All seat levels – Patron, lower box, upper box, general admissions and corporate suites – feature seats with cup holders and each level has at least 20 doors while some levels have retractable seats.

“It is western-designed. Unlike other venues, all ticket-holders, regardless of their ticket levels, will pass on the same gate,” Tejerero said.

“It’s also huge because we have at least 20 doors for the 2nd, 4th and 5th levels. So just imagine the number of securities we have to get. But we’re counting on the Filipinos’ honesty. We’re counting on the fans to be honest enough to sit where they are supposed to sit,” Tejerero said of the venue whose US-based interior designer also designed the Philips Arena in the US, the home of the NBA team Atlanta Hawks.

The corporate suite level has 40 rooms and each room can hold 20 persons. Each room has its own mini-bar, couches, restroom and viewing area.

There will be four dugouts, with hot and cold shower rooms with scoreboards similar to that of FedEx Forum Arena, the home of the Memphis Grizzlies. All members of the media will also have electronic cards which will serve as their passes.

The MOA Arena, which boasts of retractable seats and a 2,000-capacity car park building, is expected to rival the fabled Araneta Coliseum.
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Kumbaga, yung interior daw parang Philips Arena



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Tapos yung scoreboards parang yung sa Fedex Forum Arena



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[raelito]

tinapatan ni mvp to by making araneta, smart araneta hehe pero mukang mas maganda pa rin toh pag nacomplete na tong venue

[twine_bean]

SMART ARANETA COLISEUM

So meaning to say, wala na control ng mga Araneta ang Coliseum? Any reason behind sa move na ito ng mga Araneta at ni MVP?

[myas110]

SMART ARANETA COLISEUM

So meaning to say, wala na control ng mga Araneta ang Coliseum? Any reason behind sa move na ito ng mga Araneta at ni MVP?

naming rights lang ang nangyari, Araneta still in control of the coliseum, for 5 years.

read the article below.

http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticl...bcategoryid=69

Araneta Coliseum, now Smart Araneta

It’s not been officially announced but it’s all over the papers, television and all forms of media: the fabled Araneta Coliseum will be known as the SMART Araneta Coliseum at least for five years starting, this Saturday, July 23 when the biggest professional basketball extravaganza, the Ultimate All-Star Weekend, kicks off at the Big Dome.

The renaming of Araneta Coliseum into the SMART Araneta Coliseum is known in sports business parlance as a “naming rights deal”.

Naming rights are essentially financial deals that allow a corporation (in this case, SMART) or for-profit entities to attach its name to a public assembly facility, usually a sports stadium, for a period of time ranging from three to 20 years. By entering into a naming rights deal, SMART gets a property to promote its products and services, strengthen brand reputation and goodwill, enhance name recall and several other benefits (without the headache of running the stadium) that ultimately should lead to increased market share and profits.

For Araneta Coliseum, the naming rights transaction will increase its capacity to make available the Big Dome to as many activities as possible thus rendering public service to the community. It is also a response to the competition offered by other property developers who have chosen to invade the public assembly facility business.

Reliable sources within Araneta state that the partnership with SMART will provide the Big Dome with resources over the next five years (the term of the naming rights deal which is renewable for a similar period at the option of the two parties) to upgrade the venue that hosted the Flash Elorde-Harold Gomes world junior lightweight title fight in March 1960, among many other historic events. The last time the Coliseum underwent major renovation was in 1998-1999.

The first priority of the Araneta management is to improve access to the upper box and general admission by installing the most modern and efficient escalators. A 2000-car parking lot will also be constructed as an added convenience to spectators.

To be sure, this is not the first time that the Araneta Group of Companies has entertained the idea of entering into a naming rights deal with commercial enterprises. Late in 1998, the Group came very close to completing a naming rights transaction with Shell Philippines.

During our discussions with Shell around the third quarter of 1998, when we were associated with the Araneta Group of Companies, the oil company had already agreed to the terms and conditions of a 10-year naming rights deal. We spent many hours with then Shell executives Oscar Reyes and Rey Gamboa to craft a mutually beneficial agreement. Shell had even sent structural engineers to the Coliseum to certify to the structural integrity of the edifice. Shell Philippines had already secured the approval of head office to enter into a deal which was the first ever naming rights transaction in the long history of the oil multinational.

What however turned out to be the deal breaker was the name to be given to the Coliseum. Under the agreement with Shell, the Araneta Coliseum would have been named “Shell Coliseum at the Araneta Center”. The removal of the family name “Araneta” from Araneta Coliseum did not meet with favor from some parties. It was felt that to remove Araneta from Araneta Coliseum was a disservice to the grand patriarch of the Araneta clan, the late Amado Araneta. He had labored hard over the years to develop the Araneta Center, with the Coliseum as the anchor project. In addition, it was believed that Araneta Coliseum had achieved its own brand equity and had the goodwill of the market.

To salvage the deal, both parties agreed to a simple signage contract that had Shell having its logo and the word “Shell” on both sides of the hard court near the centerline. For a while, even this agreement was up in the air as it was greeted by objections from Shell’s rival teams in the PBA who had felt that Shell gained an undue advantage in terms of exposure over the other teams.

According to Peter J. Nash in “Boston’s Royal Rooters”, stadium naming rights in North America may have begun in 1912 with the opening of the Fenway Park in Boston. The stadium’s owner had owned a realty company called “Fenway Realty” and it was clear that the owner wanted to maximize promotional value.

Wolf D. Barnet says the record for the highest amount paid for naming rights belongs to Citi Field (opened in 2009) and Barclays Center, both located in New York City. Barnet states that each of the two deals amounted to US$20 million per year for at least 20 years, totaling $400 million (about P16.8 billion).

This deal between SMART and the Araneta Group will certainly redound to the benefit of the public.

[twine_bean]

so contract lang? pwedeng i-remove pagtapos na? ganun ba yun?

So pwedeng, Nokia Araneta Coliseum kung sakali may deal in the future?

[zeitz]

^

Yhup. Pwede un in the future. Dpende kung hindi na ieextend ng Smart *** contract. Marami nang naikabit na pangalan sa Araneta,just like Shell Araneta Coliseum ata un. etc.

[James Ty III]

Shell was supposed to tie up with Araneta Coliseum, but the deal fell through because Shell management wanted the venue to be renamed Shell Coliseum at Araneta Center.

[vertigo]

cant wait... para naman di maghari harian ang araneta...

[SampalocKid]

petik petik lang

[mars07]

i read sa newspaper yesterday na there's a rumor daw that Globe will be partnering also in the SM Arena...just like smart did to now Smart Araneta Coliseum...

the arena would be called daw Globe SM Arena or Globe Arena..

not sure lang kung this will pursue...

[jayjay26]

Para din tong by the bay nung SM. Naging San Miguel by the bay pero after a while natapos na yung kontrata By the bay na lang siya ngayon.

[freddiemercury]

damn..this is good coz the Araneta is a ****** building. Check out the seats in the upper sections and most likely there are mites clinging on to your *** once you plant it there.

[108XXXXX]

kailangan na ni Araneta ng pera kaya nagmerge siya w/ Smart

[redshirt07]

maganda to pag natapos.

malalaos ang Araneta Coliseum.