The Cebu Coliseum is an indoor arena in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...

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. Its seating capacity is around 5,000. The coliseum hosts various sports events and concerts in Cebu and is the primary venue for

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games. It was also the home of the

Cebu Gems The Cebu Gems also known as Cebuana Lhuillier Gems were a professional basketball team in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998 to 2002. The team was owned by Jean Henri Lhuillier. The team played its home games at the Cebu ...

of the defunct

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. On August 4, 1962, one of the first events it hosted was a fight between hometown hero Gabriel "Flash" Elorde and Japanese boxer Terou Kosaka. It was their second of their four fights in a span of 4 years (1961-1965). On March 24, 1979, the first National Arnis Championships. It has also become a regular venue for selected on-tour games in the

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(PBA) since 1975 and also host of the

1982 PBA All-Star Series The 1982 PBA All-Star Series is the first official North vs South All-Star Game series by the Philippine Basketball Association and was presented by Mello Yello. The PBA North All-Stars defeated the South team with a more total points in the two- ...

, 1998 PBA All-Star Weekend and 2004 PBA All-Star Weekend.

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Buildings and structures in Cebu City Indoor arenas in the Philippines Venues of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Basketball venues in the Philippines Sports in Cebu Sports venues completed in 1962 1962 establishments in the Philippines {{Philippines-sports-venue-stub

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