The La Salle Coliseum (also called the USLS Coliseum) is an indoor sporting

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located in Bacolod,

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. The Coliseum has played host to a number of basketball games including those of

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out of town games and the now-defunct

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, where it served as the home court of the

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. It is the largest indoor facility in

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. It is located inside the campus of the University of St. La Salle and hosts sporting and entertainment events in the province. Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) sports opening ceremony are usually held in the coliseum and was the official venue during the

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particularly the

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event where 11 countries participated the competition. The coliseum also hosted two major karatedo championships, the 1996

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National Championship headed by Pocholo Veguillas and Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former

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chairman and daughter of former president

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and the 2007 20th PKF National Open. Both tournaments were held at the USLS Coliseum. The tournaments were contested by hundreds of karatekas all over the country.''Karatedo Winners,
NOKAF Karatedo
''Visayan Daily Star'' September 17, 2007 edition

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