“ RIZAL MEMORIAL SPORTS COMPLEX “

BEFORE AND AFTER 
Location: Vito Cruz St., Malate Manila 
Wayback 1960’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) simply known as the Rizal Memorial Stadium
*RMSC was inaugurated in time for the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games
*The land where the Art Deco sports facility designed by architect Juan Arellano was built was donated by the Vito Cruz Family
*During the Philippine Commonwealth era the sports complex was also used as a civic area and was the site here Manuel Quezon was named one of the presidential candidates in the 1935 elections
*It was destroyed during WWII and reconstructed for use in the 1954 Asian Games
*It served as the Main stadium of the 1954 Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games in three occasions
*The complex was renovated in 2011
*The stadium is also officially the home of the Philippines National Football Team and Philippines Football League side F.C. Meralco Manila
*In December 2016, the group of businessman Enrique Ramon has expressed interest for the proposed urban redevelopment and modernisation of the RMSC
*In April 2017, The sports complex was declared as the National Historical Landmark by the NHCP and an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines