Post by azkalvolcanogilas on Mar 7, 2012 12:45:16 GMT 8
My apologies to the mods if I have created a duplicate thread (if any) of the same nature. I have been looking for a topic like this but I found nothing, so i decided to create one. Just as those fanatic Azkals followers, I pray to God that he wills to give the Philippines its own world-class football field.
Here is the article about it........
Govt to build Azkals their field of dreams
Tue. Mar. 06, 2012
Source: Andreo C. Calonzo | GMA News
Congressman Rufus Rodriguez is pushing his fellow congressmen to approved a bill that would compel the building of a new world-class football stadium in the Philippines. This congressman was also the one that passed the bill on the creation of "The Philippine High School for Sports" (PHHS), which was already sponsored and supported by senator Pia Cayetano in the senate last year of May. The PHHS would have academic classes as well but the priority is to hone up aspiring Pinoy athletes to represent the country in the future.
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Many nations around the world have stadiums as massive as their football ambitions. Never mind England's Wembley, perhaps the planet's most famous playing field. That only has space for 90,000 fans.
The Philippines' neighbor Malaysia's national stadium has a seating capacity of over 100,000. Even North Korea, whose people occasionally face starvation, found the resources to build an arena for 150,000.
Meanwhile, the lionized Philippine national team, the Azkals, at one point couldn't find a facility in Manila to play an important home game against Indonesia in 2010 and had to move it to Jakarta where they played in front of 80,000 screaming fans of their opponents. The Azkals' home stadium, Rizal Memorial, cannot seat more than 13,000.
The government wants to change all that.
In Congress, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday urged his colleagues to support a bill to build a "world-class" football stadium in the Philippines worth P300 million, with a seating capacity of 75,000, which would dwarf any other sports facility in the country.
Rodriguez, as proposed under House Bill 4298, hopes to provide a "home" for the Philippine Azkals, the country's national football team. He added that building a national football stadium will "generate the enthusiasm" of the youth to engage in the sport.
"If the executive has not been able to see this need, we should seize the day so that we can all say that we can have a world-class football stadium in the Philippines," he said during a committee hearing.
Sports authorities are exploring a less costly alternative, renovating Rizal Memorial Stadium. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Ricardo Garcia said his agency is working towards the renovation of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila into 30,000-seater football stadium.
Garcia said the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association) "will fund the rehabilitation of the playing area... It will just be dedicated to football."
Yet another vision is for a major sports center to rise near the Clark Airport in Pampanga. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr. said his agency is coordinating with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to build it.
The advantage of a huge home crowd is equated by many sports teams to having an extra player on the field.
Here is the article about it........
Govt to build Azkals their field of dreams
Tue. Mar. 06, 2012
Source: Andreo C. Calonzo | GMA News
Congressman Rufus Rodriguez is pushing his fellow congressmen to approved a bill that would compel the building of a new world-class football stadium in the Philippines. This congressman was also the one that passed the bill on the creation of "The Philippine High School for Sports" (PHHS), which was already sponsored and supported by senator Pia Cayetano in the senate last year of May. The PHHS would have academic classes as well but the priority is to hone up aspiring Pinoy athletes to represent the country in the future.
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Many nations around the world have stadiums as massive as their football ambitions. Never mind England's Wembley, perhaps the planet's most famous playing field. That only has space for 90,000 fans.
The Philippines' neighbor Malaysia's national stadium has a seating capacity of over 100,000. Even North Korea, whose people occasionally face starvation, found the resources to build an arena for 150,000.
Meanwhile, the lionized Philippine national team, the Azkals, at one point couldn't find a facility in Manila to play an important home game against Indonesia in 2010 and had to move it to Jakarta where they played in front of 80,000 screaming fans of their opponents. The Azkals' home stadium, Rizal Memorial, cannot seat more than 13,000.
The government wants to change all that.
In Congress, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday urged his colleagues to support a bill to build a "world-class" football stadium in the Philippines worth P300 million, with a seating capacity of 75,000, which would dwarf any other sports facility in the country.
Rodriguez, as proposed under House Bill 4298, hopes to provide a "home" for the Philippine Azkals, the country's national football team. He added that building a national football stadium will "generate the enthusiasm" of the youth to engage in the sport.
"If the executive has not been able to see this need, we should seize the day so that we can all say that we can have a world-class football stadium in the Philippines," he said during a committee hearing.
Sports authorities are exploring a less costly alternative, renovating Rizal Memorial Stadium. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Ricardo Garcia said his agency is working towards the renovation of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila into 30,000-seater football stadium.
Garcia said the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association) "will fund the rehabilitation of the playing area... It will just be dedicated to football."
Yet another vision is for a major sports center to rise near the Clark Airport in Pampanga. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr. said his agency is coordinating with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to build it.
The advantage of a huge home crowd is equated by many sports teams to having an extra player on the field.