Alonte Sports Arena

The Alonte Sports Arena is an indoor arena in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines with the capacity of 6,500 people. It serves as the home to Biñan Tatak Gel of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and Pilipinas Super League, and has hosted games of the Philippine Basketball Association and the defunct Philippine Super Liga. It also serves as an evacuation center of the city. It is located adjacent to the Biñan Football Field and the Biñan City Hall.

Alonte Sports Arena
Alonte Sports Arena in 2018
LocationZapote, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines
Coordinates14°18′50″N 121°4′45″E
OwnerBiñan City Government
Capacity6,500
Construction
Broke ground2010 (2010)
OpenedDecember 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)
Tenants
Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Super Liga
Biñan Tatak Gel (MPBL) (2018-present)
Laguna Pistons (NBL) (2018–present)

The construction of the sports arena began on 2010 and was officially inaugurated on December 1, 2013. The rites were led by then Vice President Jejomar Binay and Biñan Mayor Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat.

The arena was the venue of the 2019 Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used as a mega quarantine facility and later as a COVID-19 vaccination site of the city.

The arena also hosts government offices, namely: the Laguna Regional Trial Court Branches 152 to 155, the city's Commission on Elections office, and the Laguna provincial office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

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