La Salle Coliseum
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The USLS Coliseum is an indoor sporting arena located in Bacolod City
, Philippines
.
The La Salle Coliseum has played host to a number of basketball games including those of Philippine Basketball Association
out of town games and the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association
. It served as the home court of the Negros Slashers
of the MBA.
The USLS Coliseum is the largest indoor facility in Visayas. It is located inside the campus of the University of St. La Salle
, it hosts sporting
and entertainment
events in the province.
Negros Occidental Private Schools, Sports and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) sports opening ceremony usually celebrated in the coliseum
and was the official venue during the 2005 South East Asian Games particularly the Boxing at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
event where 11 countries participated the competition. The coliseum also hosted two major karatedo championships, the 1996 Philippine Karatedo Federation
National Championship headed by Pocholo Veguillas and Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former Philippine Olympic Committee
chairman and daughter of former president Fidel Ramos and the 2007 20th PKF National Open. Both tournaments were held at the USLS Coliseum. The tournaments were participated by hundreds of karatekas all over the country.
Bacolod City
The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
The La Salle Coliseum has played host to a number of basketball games including those of Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
out of town games and the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...
. It served as the home court of the Negros Slashers
Negros Slashers
The Negros Slashers also known as the RCPI-Negros Slashers was a former professional basketball team in the Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998 to 2002. The team enjoyed considerable success, winning the MBA National Championship in 2002, the last season of the said league...
of the MBA.
The USLS Coliseum is the largest indoor facility in Visayas. It is located inside the campus of the University of St. La Salle
University of St. La Salle
The University of St. La Salle , located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Philippines, is a Catholic private university run by the De La Salle Brothers. Established in 1952 as La Salle College-Bacolod, it is the second oldest campus originally founded by the congregation in the country...
, it hosts sporting
Sporting
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and entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
events in the province.
Negros Occidental Private Schools, Sports and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) sports opening ceremony usually celebrated in the coliseum
and was the official venue during the 2005 South East Asian Games particularly the Boxing at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
Boxing at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
Boxing at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games took place in the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines....
event where 11 countries participated the competition. The coliseum also hosted two major karatedo championships, the 1996 Philippine Karatedo Federation
Philippine Karatedo Federation
The Philippine Karatedo Federation is the governing body of sport karate in the Philippines. Member of Asian Karatedo Federation with 39 affiliated countries in Asia and duly...
National Championship headed by Pocholo Veguillas and Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former Philippine Olympic Committee
Philippine Olympic Committee
The Philippine Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.-About the POC:The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations in the Philippines...
chairman and daughter of former president Fidel Ramos and the 2007 20th PKF National Open. Both tournaments were held at the USLS Coliseum. The tournaments were participated by hundreds of karatekas all over the country.