Biñan Football Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Biñan Football Stadium
Location:Zapote, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines
Built:2015
Owner:Biñan City Government
Surface:Artificial grass
Tenants:Philippines women's national football team
Stallion Laguna
Stallion Laguna F.C. (women)
Capacity:2,580
Dimensions:66 x 102 m

The Biñan Football Stadium is a track and field and football venue in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines.

On October 28, 2015, the Biñan city government and the Philippine Football Federation signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing that the stadium shall be the home stadium of the Philippines women's national football team as well as the national youth teams at least until 2019.[1] The stadium was upgraded in anticipation of its hosting of football matches at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[2]

Specifications

The Biñan Football Stadium has a seating capacity of 3,000.[3] The football field is 66 meters wide and 102 meters long. E-Sports installed an artificial grass field named Diamond 50 from an Italian company. The sporting field was also rated FIFA 2 star by Kiwa ISA Sport B.V., a FIFA-accredited testing institute based in the Netherlands.[4] [5]

Five lighting towers were provided by American company Musco which is based in Iowa. The towers can provide 1400 lx of light.[1] The grandstand is around four and a half meters away from the track and will have no vertical pillars. Four dressing rooms are also hosted. A boxing ring is planned to be put inside the grandstand.[4] It hosts an air-conditioned media center, ticketing booths, portalets, baggage areas, and a VIP lounge. A NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) scoreboard is installed behind one of the two goals.[3]

Sports events

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Estrada. Kevin. PFF, Biñan sign MOU for new home of Malditas. 24 January 2016. Dugout Philippines. 30 October 2015.
  2. News: Saldajeno . Ivan Stewart . Biñan Football Stadium preparations for SEAG in full swing . 8 October 2019 . Philippine News Agency . 4 October 2019.
  3. News: Lozada . Bong . SEA Games: Biñan football stadium stands out in preparedness, completion . 27 November 2019 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 27 November 2019.
  4. News: Guerrero. Bob. Biñan, Laguna becomes home to new artificial-grass football pitch. 6 August 2015. Rappler. 6 August 2015.
  5. News: Villegas. Bernardo. National Football League in 2017. 28 December 2015. Manila Bulletin. 30 August 2015.