The Bacolod Arts and Youth Sports Center (BAYS Center) is a multi-use

gym A gym, short for gymnasium (: gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learn ...

located in

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...

, fronting the

Bacolod Public Plaza The Bacolod Public Plaza, officially the Plaza del 6 de Noviembre, named after the day of the Negros Revolution, Spanish surrender of Negros Island to the Republic of Negros, Negros revolutionaries, is one of the notable landmarks of Bacolod, the ...

, in

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental (; ), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Negros, Negros Island. Its capital is the city of Bacolod, of which it is geographically s ...

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. It is used mostly for

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

karatedo (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While moder ...

and

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

matches, and was used in events in the city like the MassKara Festival activities and other government related activities like seminars, business and political gatherings. It was the venue of the UMA-ONEBA and NOKAF Championships in which the

Western Visayas Western Visayas (; ; ) is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. The region comprises the islands of Panay and Guimaras Island, Guimaras. It consists of five Provinces of the ...

athletes participated in sporting events. The gym has a seating capacity of more than a thousand. It is officially designated as the

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tally headquarters for both local and

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in the

.''Election at BAYS Center,
Visayan Daily Star
April 27, 2007 edition Aside from the gym, it also serves as offices of the departments of the city and also serves as

cultural Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

facilities.

External links

Bacolod City official website

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