Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center

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Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center
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Location Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines
Main venueMain Stadium
Capacity: 16,000
Other sports facilitiesGymnasium, Swimming pool, outdoor courts
Construction
Expanded2015
Acreage 3.5 ha (8.6 acres)
Tenants
Pangasinan Sports Academy

The Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) , also known as the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex, is a complex of sports facilities in Lingayen, Pangasinan.

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Facilities

The main stadium of the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center has a grandstand which can seat a maximum of 16,000 people [1] as well as a rubberized athletics track oval. [2] It also host a 2,500 capacity gymnasium, outdoor courts, bowling alley, a second sports gym. Dormitories are also present within the complex which has a total capacity of 698 beds. A restaurant and a lagoon is also hosted. The sports complex covers an area of around 3.5 ha (8.6 acres). [1]

The site also has a 25 m (82 ft) swimming pool which was last rehabilitated in 2015. A laundry or linen building, and a mess hall was also inaugurated within the same year. [2]

Events and tenants

The NRSCC has hosted the Palarong Pambansa, the national student's multi-sport games, in two occasions; in 1995 and 2012. [1] It has also held other national competitions such as the Philippine National Open for athletics in 2009 and the National Milo Olympics in 2011. The 2013 Region I Athletics Association (R1AA) meet, a regional competition in the Ilocos Region was also held in the NRSCC. [2]

Athletes from the province are trained at the NRSCC by the provincial government of Pangasinan. [3] The Pangasinan Sports Academy uses the facilities of the NRSCC. [2] The venue was also designated as a training venue for Filipino track and field athletes who would be competing at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tourist Attraction - NRSCC". Province of Pangasinan Official Website. Provincial Government of Pangasinan. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Micau, Leonardo; Pasion, Ahikam (14 February 2018). "Pangasinan completes uplift of sports complex". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. Austria, Hilda (12 December 2018). "Pangasinan welcomes building of world-class sports center". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. Atencio, Peter (31 December 2018). "PH tracksters to train at Narciso Ramos Complex in Pangasinan". Manila Standard. Retrieved 1 January 2019.