Pelaéz Sports Complex

Pelaéz Sports Complex

Don Gregorio Pelaéz Stadium
Full name Don Gregorio Pelaéz Sports Complex
Location Don A. Velez St. Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Coordinates 8°17′07″N 124°23′05″E / 8.2853°N 124.3848°E / 8.2853; 124.3848Coordinates: 8°17′07″N 124°23′05″E / 8.2853°N 124.3848°E / 8.2853; 124.3848
Capacity 20,000
Field size 4,584 square metres (49,342 sq ft)
Surface grass
Construction
Built 1969
Opened August 5, 1970 (1970-08-05)
Renovated 2000
Expanded 2005
Construction cost PHP 20 million

Don Gregorio Pelaéz Sports Complex is a group of sports facilities in Cagayan de Oro. This sports center was built in 1969 and hosted the first Palarong Pambansa outside Metro Manila in 1975.[1][2] It is the oldest sports park in Northern Mindanao and it first opened its door to baseball and basketball in 1970. Also, the stadium was the largest in Mindanao since 1998 after its renovation.

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References

  1. Olympic-size : PELAEZ SPORTS CENTER
  2. The Fookien times Philippines yearbook. Fookien Times. 1986. p. 303. ISBN 978-971-0503-50-6.
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