Davao City Recreation Center

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Davao City Recreation Center
Location Davao City, Philippines
Coordinates 7°3′42″N125°36′39″E / 7.06167°N 125.61083°E / 7.06167; 125.61083
Capacity 2,500
Tenants
Alab Pilipinas (2016–2017)
Davao Occidental Tigers (MPBL) (2019–present)

The Davao City Recreation Center formerly known as the Almendras Gym [1] is an indoor arena in Davao City, Philippines.

Davao City Highly Urbanized City in Davao Region, Philippines

Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila, the most populous city in the country outside Metro Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao. As of the 2015 census, the city had a population of 1,632,991.

It is situated along Quimpo Boulevard and has a capacity of 2,500 people. [2]

From 2007 to 2010, the indoor arena underwent a renovation. Part of the renovation was the installment of an air-conditioning system in the sports facility. [3] The sports venue hosted the 2015 Discovery Women’s Basketball Invitational. [4]

Alab Pilipinas uses the Davao City Recreation Center as one of its home venues for the 2016-17 season of the ASEAN Basketball League.

ASEAN Basketball League sports league

The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in East and Southeast Asia. It includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations, one team from China, one team from Hong Kong, one team from Macau, and two from Taiwan. The league was proposed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and launched on 1 October 2009, with six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) competing in the league's inaugural 2009–10 season.

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References

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  2. "Davao City Recreation Center (Almendras)". Davao Tourism. Davao City Tourism Operations Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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  4. Pates, Karlo Paolo (22 February 2015). "Perlas Pilipinas grabs third win". Sun Star Davao. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.