Mall of Asia Arena

Mall of Asia Arena

Mall of Asia Arena in 2015
Location	Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Owner	SM Prime Holdings
Operator	SM Tickets
Executive suites	41
Capacity	Seated: 15,000 Full house: 20,000
Scoreboard	Daktronics Galaxy 4-side JumboTron with Daktronics All-Sport 5100 Series
Construction
Broke ground	2010
Opened	June 16, 2012
Construction cost	USD 77 million ₱3.6 billion
Architect	Arquitectonica
Project manager	Jose Siao Ling & Associates
Tenants
UAAP (2012–present) NCAA (2012–present) PBA (2012–present) Shakey's V-League (2013–present) Manila Mavericks (2014–present)

Mall of Asia Arena is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, and a full house capacity of 20,000. The Arena officially opened on June 16, 2012. It has retractable seats and a 2,000-capacity car park building.

The Mall of Asia Arena is the alternate venue of the Philippine Basketball Association when the Smart Araneta Coliseum is unavailable. The Arena is also the new home of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

Lady Gaga held the first concerts at the arena with her two night sold-out concert for her Born This Way Ball tour on May 21–22, 2012.Regine Velasquez was the first Filipino artist to stage a solo major concert; she is also the artist who has performed the most number of times at the arena (solo major concerts, corporate events and concert guestings). Several other international artists have performed at the arena, including 2NE1, Bigbang, Mariah Carey, The 1975, 5 Seconds of Summer, Aerosmith, Avicii, James Bay, Chris Brown, BTS, The Chainsmokers, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Nicki Minaj, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore, Pitbull, Rihanna, The Script, Ed Sheeran, Super Junior, Taylor Swift, The Vamps, and Zedd. Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour concert on February 24–25, 2016 was the most expensive concert in the Philippines, with ticket costs ranging from ₱3,150 to ₱57,750. while Darren Espanto was the youngest artist to hold a solo show at the arena at age 14.One Ok Rock was the first Japanese artist to headline a show in the arena, while EXO was the first Korean artist to perform in the arena for two nights.