Smart Araneta Coliseum
| The Big Dome | |
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The Green Gate facade of the Smart Araneta Coliseum
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| Former names | Araneta Coliseum (1960–2011) |
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| Location | Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila |
| Coordinates | 14°37′14″N 121°3′12″E / 14.62056°N 121.05333°ECoordinates: 14°37′14″N 121°3′12″E / 14.62056°N 121.05333°E |
| Public transit |
MRT-3 – Araneta Center-Cubao LRT-2 – Araneta 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) |
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| Broke ground | 1957 |
| Built | 1958 |
| Opened | March 16, 1960 |
| Renovated | 1999 |
| Construction cost | ₱6 million(1958) |
| Architect | Dominador Lugtu |
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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) |
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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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