Cebu International Convention Center

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Cebu International Convention Center
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Cebu International Convention Center
General information
StatusCompleted
Type Convention Center
Location Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines
Coordinates 10°19′35.03″N123°56′9.25″E / 10.3263972°N 123.9359028°E / 10.3263972; 123.9359028
Completed2006
OwnerProvincial Government of Cebu
Technical details
Floor count3
Floor area28,000 m2 (300,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Manuel Guanzon
Main contractorWT Construction, Inc. (WTCI)
Other information
Public transit access

The Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) was a 3-story convention center built by the Cebu Provincial Government for the 12th Asean Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit at a cost of about US$10 million. It has a gross floor area of 28,000 square metres and is situated on 3.8 hectares of land at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area in Metro Cebu, Philippines.

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Development

The site where the convention centre now stands was originally intended for a sports complex to have been dubbed as the "Cebu Mega Dome". A contest was held for its design and the winning entry was the "spinning disc" by Architect Alexus Medalla. The project however was stalled after some members of the provincial board opposed it.

In late 2005, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo decided that the province would host the 12th ASEAN Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit in December 2006, which was later moved to January 12–15, 2007, due to Typhoon Utor. The Philippines was supposed to host the twin summits in December 2007 but Myanmar, the original host for 2006, backed out. Since the province lacked a stand-alone convention centre with complete facilities for a large and prestigious international gathering like the ASEAN Summit, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia revived the "mega dome" project but with the design revised as a convention centre instead of a sports arena. The external structure would still be that of a "spinning disc".

A few weeks afterwards a new design was put forwards and was considered, since it was cheaper and easier to build (granting that it was smaller in size too) and that there was a time constraint that the Cebu Provincial Government had to stick to. Construction for the substructure began in April 2006 and work on the superstructure itself, which was largely made up of structural steel, glass and aluminum cladding, began three months after. The centre was finished four months later in late November and was officially inaugurated on January 6, 2007.

The current state of the Cebu International Convention Center as of 2023. Cebu Internation Convention Center as of 2023.jpg
The current state of the Cebu International Convention Center as of 2023.

The building was closed since the October 2013 Bohol earthquake, having suffered major damage, it was further damaged by neglect and the wrath of both Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013, a month after the Bohol earthquake as well as Typhoon Odette (Rai) in 2021. [1] [2] [3] Since then, the ramshackle building has fallen into a state of severe disrepair and has been overtaken by people within who were victims of a fire in nearby barangays Guizo and Mantuyong. [4] Shacks were built within the area of the building that was once the parking lot.

Acquisition by the Mandaue City Government

The facility is owned by the Provincial Government of Cebu. In October 2016, it was announced that the City Government of Mandaue will be acquiring the CICC. The city government will pay the provincial government every year from 2016 until 2019. The four payments will amount to about ₱350 million. Upon the first payment by the city government, the convention center will be transferred to the city government. [5]

Facilities

The convention centre features an International Media Center, a large Plenary Hall, an Exhibition Hall and several Meeting Rooms.

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