The New Clark City Athletics Stadium is a

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located at the

New Clark City New Clark City is a planned community currently undergoing development, located within the Clark Special Economic Zone in the towns of Bamban and Capas in Tarlac province, Philippines. It has an area of approximately and will accommodate up to ...

Capas, Tarlac Capas, officially the Municipality of Capas ( pam, Balen ning Capas; tgl, Bayan ng Capas), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines, and one of the richest towns in the province. The town also consists of numerous su ...

, Philippines. It is the primary venue of the

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, which is part of the

National Government Administrative Center The National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) is a mixed-used development situated in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, Capas, Tarlac. It will primarily host facilities for the Philippine government such as offices of various government agenci ...

. It hosted the

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and the

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of the

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Construction

The construction of the whole

, which also includes the Athletics Stadium, began on April 25, 2018 with a cement-pouring ceremony. The cost of the stadium including the nearby training track oval and a field for

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costed around billion. By early July 2019, the stadium is already 98 percent complete and the track oval is already available for use to Filipino athletes. With the stadium almost complete by September 1, 2019, the first event held in the stadium was the final leg of the

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weekly relay, a qualifier for athletes aspiring to represent the Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, on that day. The construction of the stadium was finished on October 12, 2019, or 50 days ahead of the opening of the

Architecture and design

Local architecture firm, Budji + Royal Architecture + Design, were commissioned by the

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to work on the

. This also marks the first time that Budji + Royal Architecture + Design worked on a sports facility project and the first team involved in the project referred to the technical guidelines set by the

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for the athletics stadium. The Athletics Stadium itself had its design was derived from

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, with its posts and facade made from

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or volcanic debris from the volcano. Its ringed roofline was made to resemble a crater and be defined by a series of curving canopies. The main facade or the main entrance was ornated with glassframes. and its pillars are painted orange to represent the local sunset. The shade of the anti-corrosive paint, provided by Norwegian firm Jotun, is patented and is branded as "B+R Active Orange". The pillars, inspired from the framework of the parol, supports the seating structure of the stadium as well as its roofing. The stadium has an open-shed architecture and a raised roofline as a remedy against the tropical and humid climate of its locale. The structure is further ventilated by wind tunnels and its insulated oval roof. There are no pillars obstructing the view towards the center of the stadium from its seating area with lights hung at the catwalk of its canopy. Lead architect Royal Pineda describe the result of the approach in designing the stadium and the rest of the sports complex as a "practical luxury" or a deviation from relying on expensive materials to come up with an elegant result. The open ceiling allows the installation of additional utilities without dismantling the stadium's ceiling board or doing any repainting works. The structural frames and lahar concrete were deliberately left unpainted for easy maintenance. The stadium and surrounding facilities are also engineered to resist earthquakes of up to 8.9 magnitude. The concept of "practical luxury" is also described as maximizing the facility's usable space. The Athletics Stadium was nominated for the Jury Award of Stadium of the Year 2019 of StadiumDB.com, an online database for stadiums. The New Clark City stadium was among the ten shortlisted stadiums being considered for the award. The stadium was also nominated for the Engineering Prize and the Sport Completed Building category award for the 2021 edition of the

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(WAF)

Facilities

The stadium which sits on a footprint of has a seating capacity for 20,000 people and has 21 rows of seats. It is graded as a Class 1A Athletics Facility certified by the

, the first athletics facility in the Philippines to be so. The stadium also hosts a nine-lane standard athletics oval The rubberized track was provided by Polytan. The stadium also has

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installed that would allow the measuring of athletes performing in the venue through

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. An outdoor track nearby the stadium used for warm-up is also equipped with the same technology. It will also have a football field of natural grass which according to developer AlloyMTD will satisfy FIFA standards. A warm-up area is also hosted in the stadium which has equipment provided by Technogym and an indoor rubber track also provided by Polytan.

Use

The stadium can be used to host various sporting events including athletics or track and field, and football, and also for the

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events. It hosted the closing ceremony of the

. It also the home stadium of United City F.C.

Football matches

2022–23 Philippines Football League

Gallery

New Clark City Athletic Stadium composite columns installation.jpg, Installation of the composite columns of the athletics stadium (July 2018) Final leg PATAFA 2019 Weekly Relay Series.jpg, Final leg of the PATAFA weekly relay held at the athletics stadium (September 1, 2019) New Clark City - Stadium and training field (Capas, Tarlac; 12-06-2019).jpg, The athletic stadium with the training track oval in the foreground. New Clark City Stadium - south entrance, side view (Capas, Tarlac; 12-11-2019).jpg, Close-up of the south entrance New Clark City Stadium - back side view (Capas, Tarlac; 12-06-2019).jpg, Back side view New Clark City Stadium - front (Capas, Tarlac; 12-06-2019).jpg, VIP entrance New Clark City Stadium - athletics track from south side (Capas, Tarlac; 12-06-2019).jpg, Athletics track New Clark City Stadium - field center (Capas, Tarlac; 12-06-2019).jpg, Grass field at the center of the stadium (with the

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seen on the background) New Clark City Stadium - south side seats, night (Capas, Tarlac; 12-08-2019).jpg, South side seats New Clark City Stadium - track and field side view, night (Capas, Tarlac; 12-08-2019).jpg, Track and field New Clark City Stadium - SEAG cauldron (Capas, Tarlac; 12-11-2019).jpg, The 2019 Southeast Asian Games cauldron New Clark City Stadium - SEAG cauldron and sign, night (Capas, Tarlac; 12-08-2019).jpg, The cauldron at night SEA Games 2019 Closing Ceremony at New Clark City - fireworks display (Capas, Tarlac; 12-11-2019) (2).jpg, Fireworks display during the closing ceremony of the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games 2019 Closing Ceremony at New Clark City - fireworks after BEP concert (Capas, Tarlac; 12-11-2019).jpg, Fireworks after

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' concert at the 2019 SEA Games closing ceremony

References

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