with an 8,000 seater football stadium too!
USC now six months away from completing its 8,000-seater football stadium in Talamban
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By Mike T. Limpag
Thursday, November 10, 2011
A VISIONARY athletic director’s dream is slowly becoming a reality and the University of San Carlos is just seven months away from becoming the only school in the Philippines with a world-class football stadium.
The USC football stadium, which is part of the developmental project of the school, will be the center piece of a planned Athlete’s Village that was a dream of former athletic director Fr. Vic Uy before leaving the school to join the Philippine Sports Commission.
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“This is really his baby,” said Ricky Dakay, who sits in the school board. “We are done with the earthworks and we hope to open in June.”
Dakay said it was a slow and strenuous six-year work as the stadium was carved out of two hills.
“We even built a dam beside the field. It’s a 5,000-cubic meter dam so we won’t have any problems watering the field,” said Dakay.
Though Dakay is not willing to quote a figure, saying only the school has spent a “substantial amount” for the stadium.
The quality of the football pitch, too, is expected to be one of the best in the country since the school has hired Archt. Ike Madamba, the man behind the P7.5 million-renovation of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
“They (USC varsity members) will be in a much better position,” said Dakay...
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