Biñan Football Stadium

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Biñan Football Stadium
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The football field in 2018.
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LocationZapote, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines
Coordinates14°18′53″N 121°04′40″E / 14.31472°N 121.07778°E / 14.31472; 121.07778Coordinates: 14°18′53″N 121°04′40″E / 14.31472°N 121.07778°E / 14.31472; 121.07778
OwnerBiñan City Government
Capacity3,000
Field size66 x 102 m
SurfaceArtificial grass
Construction
Built2015
Construction cost₱320 million[1]
Tenants
Philippine women's national football team

The Biñan Football Stadium is a track and field and football venue in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines.

On 28 October 2015, the Biñan City Government and the Philippine Football Federation signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing that the stadium shall be the home stadium of the Philippine women's national football team as well as the national youth teams at least until 2019.[2] The stadium was upgraded in anticipation of its hosting of football matches of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[3]

Specifications[]

The Biñan Football Stadium has a seating capacity of 3,000.[4]The football field is 66 meters wide and 102 meters long. E-Sports installed the artificial grass field named Diamond 50 from Italian company.[citation needed] The sporting field was also rated FIFA 2 star by Kiwa ISA Sport B.V., a FIFA-accredited testing institute based in the Netherlands.[5][1]

Five lighting towers were provided by American company Musco which is based from Iowa. The towers are able to provide 1400 lx of light.[2] The grandstand is around four and a half meters away from the track and will have no vertical pillars. Four dressing rooms are also hosted. A boxing ring is planned to be put inside the grandstand.[5] It hosts an air-conditioned media center, ticketing booths, portalets, baggage areas, and VIP lounge. A 12 by 9 metres (39 ft × 30 ft) scoreboard is installed behind one of the two goals.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Villegas, Bernardo (30 August 2015). "National Football League in 2017". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Estrada, Kevin (30 October 2015). "PFF, Biñan sign MOU for new home of Malditas". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (4 October 2019). "Biñan Football Stadium preparations for SEAG in full swing". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Lozada, Bong (27 November 2019). "SEA Games: Biñan football stadium stands out in preparedness, completion". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Guerrero, Bob (6 August 2015). "Biñan, Laguna becomes home to new artificial-grass football pitch". Rappler. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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