Biñan Football Stadium

The Biñan Football Stadium is a track and field and football venue in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines.

Biñan Football Stadium
The football field in 2018.
LocationZapote, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines
Coordinates14°18′53″N 121°04′40″E
OwnerBiñan City Government
Capacity3,000
Field size66 x 102 m
SurfaceArtificial grass
Construction
Built2015
Construction cost₱320 million[1]
Tenants
Philippine women's national football team

On 28 October 2015, the Biñan City Government and the Philippine Football Federation signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing that the stadium shall be the home stadium of the Philippine women's national football team as well as the national youth teams at least until 2019.[2] The stadium was upgraded in anticipation of its hosting of football matches of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[3]

Specifications

The Biñan Football Stadium has a seating capacity of 3,000.[4]The football field is 66 meters wide and 102 meters long. E-Sports installed the artificial grass field named Diamond 50 from Italian company. The sporting field was also rated FIFA 2 star by Kiwa ISA Sport B.V., a FIFA-accredited testing institute based in the Netherlands.[5][1]

Five lighting towers were provided by American company Musco which is based from Iowa. The towers are able to provide 1400 lx of light.[2] The grandstand is around four and a half meters away from the track and will have no vertical pillars. Four dressing rooms are also hosted. A boxing ring is planned to be put inside the grandstand.[5] It hosts an air-conditioned media center, ticketing booths, portalets, baggage areas, and VIP lounge. A 12 by 9 metres (39 ft × 30 ft) scoreboard is installed behind one of the two goals.[4]

References
  1. Villegas, Bernardo (30 August 2015). "National Football League in 2017". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. Estrada, Kevin (30 October 2015). "PFF, Biñan sign MOU for new home of Malditas". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (4 October 2019). "Biñan Football Stadium preparations for SEAG in full swing". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. Lozada, Bong (27 November 2019). "SEA Games: Biñan football stadium stands out in preparedness, completion". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. Guerrero, Bob (6 August 2015). "Biñan, Laguna becomes home to new artificial-grass football pitch". Rappler. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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