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The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an
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within the
SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA, is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the ...
complex, in Bay City,
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,
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, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, and a full house capacity of 20,000. The Arena officially opened on May 21, 2012. It has retractable seats and a 2,000-capacity car park building. The SM Mall of Asia Arena is the alternate venue of the
Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
when the
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in
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is unavailable. The arena is also one of the main venues for the
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and the
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.


History

The construction of the SM Mall of Asia Arena began in 2010. and costed around . The venue is part of the master plan for the
SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA, is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the ...
complex which in 2012 already had the
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and the One E-com and Two E-com office buildings. The arena had its topping-off ceremony in September 2011 and was opened about two years later after it broke ground. The first public event hosted at the indoor arena was the two-night
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concert of
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which began on May 21, 2012. A separate event was held as part of the grand opening ceremony of the indoor arena held on June 16, 2012; the Icons at the Arena: Masters of OPM which featured various local musicians and singers which was organized by Star Events of
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, directed by
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with
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as the concert's musical director.


Architecture and design

The SM Mall of Asia Arena was designed by architecture firm
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. The facility was intended primarily as a venue for concert and basketball games but can be reconfigured to accommodate other sporting and entertainment events as well. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 but can host as much as 20,000 people in a full-house capacity. The indoor arena stands on a had a floor area of . The limited area of the site meant that part of the building to span over an adjacent road. Due to a high
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, the construction of basement parking levels was limited and a separate eight-storey parking building which can accommodate 1,400 vehicles had to be built. The facade of the building are covered with low-e coated and fritted insulated glass units. The structure hosting the events space was designed in a form of an eye which was supported by a slanted podium plinth.


Facilities

The indoor arena hosts the Premiere Suites which is reportedly the first
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in Southeast Asia. The luxury box has a total of 41 suites. A private restaurant, the Premiere Café + Lounge, serves patrons of the luxury box.


Notable events


Entertainment events

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held the first concerts at the arena, selling out her two-night
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tour on May 21–22, 2012.
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was the first Filipino artist to stage a solo concert; she is also the only Filipino artist to stage a two-night, sold-out solo concert at the arena and has performed more times than any other artist. Several other international artists have performed at the arena. In 2015,
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became the youngest artist to hold a solo show at the arena at age 14. During its time,
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's
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concerts on February 24–25, 2016 were the most expensive concerts in the Philippines with ticket costs ranging from ₱3,150 to ₱57,750 per person.
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was the first Japanese artist to headline a show in the arena, while
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was the first Korean artist to stage a two-day sold-out concert series in the arena, followed by other
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groups such as
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,
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,
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, and
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. On February 22, 2015,
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's ASAP celebrated their 20th Anniversary celebration at the arena. Months later, on July 26, 2015,
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celebrated its 65th Anniversary through a fans' day entitled "Thank You, Kapuso!" held at the arena.
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, who performed at the arena on July 19 and 20, 2018, as part of her
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tour, is the venue's highest-grossing female artist with nearly $4,000,000 between the two shows. Two of the
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have been held in the arena:
Miss Earth 2016 Miss Earth 2016, the 16th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Empowered to make a Change", was held on October 29, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. 83 contestants from all over the world competed ...
on October 29, 2016,
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on January 30, 2017,
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on November 4, 2017, and
Miss Earth 2018 Miss Earth 2018, the 18th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Goddesses of the Earth", was held on November 3, 2018, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Karen Ibasco of the Philippines crowned her succe ...
on November 3, 2018. Additionally, ''
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s grand coronation day of Miss Millennial Philippines 2017 was also held at the arena on September 30 of that year. Since 2016, the arena has hosted
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productions every December. On April 30, 2022, the arena hosted the
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edition of the
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pageant.


Sports events

The SM Mall of Asia Arena serves as one of the playing venues of the
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(PBA),
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, UAAP and the
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(PVL). The venue uses NBA-specification shot clocks, with Daktronics BB-2140 and BB-2141 shot clocks (used by the NBA along with models from OES until the 2016–17 NBA season due to the NBA using Tissot ones) that count tenths in the final five seconds, though recently it has been stretched to the final nine seconds. The PBA's
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and the
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played the first basketball game at the arena on July 7, 2012, as part of the
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semifinals. The UAAP's 2012 opening game between the
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and
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on July 14, 2012, was the arena's first college basketball game. The first game of the 2012 UAAP basketball finals was played at the arena in front of 20,686 people. The PBA's first doubleheader in the arena on October 17, 2012, was marked by a looting incident at the
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' locker room. A day later, the arena hosted the
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's first game of its
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against the
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and the
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. On March 6, 2013, the
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became the first team in any Philippine sports to celebrate the first-ever championship in the arena in front of an 18,779 cheering crowd, when they won the UAAP women's volleyball championship. The SM Mall of Asia Arena served as the main venue for the
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while the
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was the second venue for the tournament, which was held on August 1–11, 2013. It had a 19,989 attendance at the final game between the host
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and
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. The
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played their first preseason game in
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and in the
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at this arena on October 10, 2013, featuring the
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versus the
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. The
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of the
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played their home matches in the arena in the league's inaugural season. The matches were played on November 28–30, 2014. The
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held their first event in the Philippines on May 16, 2015, with UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber. In June 2015, the
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event performed at the arena. The SM Mall of Asia Arena was one of the three main venues of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men, which was held in the
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,
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, and
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from July 4–10, 2016. This is the second FIBA tournament held at the arena On October 9, 2017, the
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and
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played a volleyball match, dubbed "The Battle of the Rivals", in reference to their rivalry being noted as the well known rivalry in Philippine sports. Different generations of the teams between Season 74 to Season 78 came together to play against each other, and proceeds of the game would go to each school's charity foundation, and
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Foundation Inc. Announced on December 9, 2017, the Philippines, along with Japan and Indonesia, will co-host the
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, with the SM Mall of Asia Arena, along with other venues, hosting matches. The Mall of Asia Arena hosted several
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and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers games of the
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. The arena hosted Tanduay Alab Pilipinas' first game of the 2017–18 ABL season. It was the first time that Alab played in an arena as large as the Mall of Asia Arena, and the first ABL game in the arena. The arena also hosted the
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All-Stars on March 2, 2019, where the Southern All-Stars prevailed over the Northern All-Stars, 109–84. The basketball (5v5) tournament of the
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was held at the arena. The 2021 MPBL Invitational tournament was held at the arena from December 11–23, and the first to allow live audience since the COVID-19 pandemic in a 50 percent capacity.


Esports

From June 7–12, 2016, the arena held a professional ''
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''
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tournament, known as the
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, which was hosted by
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and produced by PGL eSports. The Manila Major is the third event of Valve's Dota Major Championships where 16 international teams competed. On August 18–19, 2018, a Regional
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Tournament took place, known as The Globe Conquerors Manila. The Winner will have a chance to represent
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at The
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.


Religious events

The SM Mall of Asia Arena served as the main venue for the ''Encounter with the Families'' event, led by
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during his papal visit to the Philippines on January 16, 2015. The event was a dialogue between Pope Francis and an audience of families. The arena also hosted several events of various churches, including
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. In 2019, the Jesus Global Youth Day was also held at the arena. In September 2022, Australian Christian worship band
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will perform at the arena in their first event in the Philippines since January 2020.


Other uses

On December 30, 2014, the SM Mall of Asia Arena served as the venue for the wedding reception of
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Dingdong Dantes Jose Sixto Raphael Gonzalez Dantes III (born August 2, 1980), professionally known as Dingdong Dantes (), is a Filipino actor, television presenter, dancer, commercial model and film producer who is currently working as an employment contract, ...
and
Marian Rivera Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes (; born 12 August 1984) is a Filipino recording artist, actress, and commercial model. She gained prominence as a widely-acclaimed actress for her roles in '' MariMar'', ''Dyesebel'', '' Amaya'', ''Darna'' and '' Te ...
. On November 18, 2015, the arena served as the venue for the welcome dinner hosted by then-President
Benigno Aquino III Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
for the visiting economic leaders (mostly
heads of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...
) participating at the
APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
. The Autism Society of the Philippines held the Angels Walk for Autism every year, and the parade starting from the Coral Way and ending at the MOA Music Hall. Amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines has resulted in, as of , reported cases, resulting in reported deaths, the fifth-highest in Southeast Asia, behind Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The first case in the Philippines was iden ...
, the SM Mall of Asia Arena was converted into a mega swabbing center with 72 testing booths and opened on May 11, 2020.


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SM Mall of Asia SM Mall of Asia, also abbreviated as SM MoA, or simply Mall of Asia or MoA, is a large shopping mall in the Philippines, located at Bay City, Pasay, Philippines, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed area within Manila Bay, and the ...
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Seaside City Arena SM Seaside Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena currently under construction in Cebu City, Philippines. The arena will have a 16,000-seating capacity and, once completed, will be the largest indoor arena in Cebu. First proposed in 2013, the are ...


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