The Aboitiz Pitch at The Outlets is a multi-sport venue in

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Background

The Aboitiz Pitch with a 1,500 seating capacity is part of The Outlets at Lipa retail development of Lima Land Inc., a company under

Aboitiz Equity Ventures Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) is a Philippine holding company based in Metro Manila, with roots from Cebu City. The conglomerate operates in six major industries: Power, Banking and Financial Services, Food, Infrastructure, and Data Scienc ...

. The venue situated above sea level is designed by WTA Architecture + Design Studio. It opened in June 2018. The pitch measuring , can be utilized to play multiple sports including football. The venue uses Limonta Infinity as its artificial grass surface and could be converted to two fields for recreational football or a for full regulation play.

Tenants

The

Aboitiz Football Cup The Aboitiz Football Cup is an annual football tournament held in the Philippines. The tournament consists of 10 categories, from players eight up to the men's open. It was originally established in Cebu and it served as the province's most pr ...

held its first edition in Luzon in October 2018 in the Aboitiz Pitch at Lipa.

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of the

Philippines Football League The Philippines Football League (PFL) is a men's professional association football, football league in the Philippines. Sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and organized by Liga Futbol Inc., it is the country's Football in t ...

(PFL) used the facility as their home venue with their 4–0 win over Philippine Air Force on August 4, 2019, as their first official home match at the venue. Other matches of the PFL were also played in the venue with the August 3, 2019 tie between

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and Global Makati being the first league match held at the venue. Mendiola won 4–0 in that match.

References

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