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Araneta Coliseum

Smart Araneta Coliseum
The Big Dome
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The Green Gate facade of the Smart Araneta Coliseum
Former names Araneta Coliseum (1960–2011)
Location Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila
Coordinates 14°37′14″N 121°3′12″E / 14.62056°N 121.05333°E / 14.62056; 121.05333Coordinates: 14°37′14″N 121°3′12″E / 14.62056°N 121.05333°E / 14.62056; 121.05333
Public transit MRT-3Araneta Center-Cubao
LRT-2Araneta Center-Cubao
Owner Progressive Development Corporation
Operator United Promotions, Inc. (Uniprom)
Capacity Basketball: 25,000
Concert: 11,000 (Stage Proscenium)
Boxing: 18,000
(Excludes standing room)
Scoreboard ADSystems 4-side LED display (Big Cube)
Construction
Broke ground 1957
Built 1958
Opened March 16, 1960
Renovated 1999
Construction cost ₱6 million(1958)
Architect Dominador Lugtu
Tenants
NCAA (1960–2012)
UAAP (1960–present)
PBA (1975–1984, 1995–present)
Binibining Pilipinas (1964–present)
Spikers' Turf (2016–present)
Miss World 2015 (December 19, 2015)

The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta Center in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia, and it is also one of the largest clear span domes in the world. The dome measures approximately 108.0 meters making it the largest dome in Asia from its opening in 1960 until 2001 when it was surpassed by the Ōita Stadium in Japan with a dome measuring 274.0 meters.

The Smart Araneta Coliseum is mostly used for sports such as basketball. It is a main venue of the Philippine Basketball Association and for the basketball games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The Big Dome is also used for boxing, cockfighting, local and international concerts, circuses, religious gatherings, beauty pageants and more.

In 1952, J. Amado Araneta, a member of the Araneta family, purchased from Radio Corporation of America (RCA) 35 hectares (86 acres) in Cubao which includes the Araneta family home and is bounded by Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue or EDSA, Aurora Boulevard, P. Tuazon and 15th Avenue.

The Araneta Coliseum was constructed from 1957 to late 1959, and designed and built by Architect Dominador Lacson Lugtu and Engrineer Leonardo Onjunco Lugtu. From 1960 to 1963, the Coliseum received international recognition and was recognized as the largest covered coliseum in the world. Today, it remains one of the largest clear span domes in the world with a dome diameter of 108 meters. It occupies a total land area of almost 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) and has a floor area of 23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft).


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