The Tacloban City Convention Center, also known as the Tacloban Astrodome or the Tacloban City Coliseum, is an indoor

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located in

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a popu ...

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. It has a seating capacity of 4,500. The facility which had a soft opening in June 2006, was built at a cost of 200 million pesos. It is used primarily for

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, regional events and other conventions. It is the second-largest indoor arena in the

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region, after the Ormoc Superdome in

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Usage

The arena is used for some out-of-town games of the

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. The arena is also used for

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, graduation ceremonies and other special events, like the Ms. Tacloban pageant. The arena was also used as a temporary evacuation center for the victims of

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(known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) when it struck the Philippines in 2013. The building itself was not spared from the super typhoon's assault and sustained numerous damages in several areas. The disaster's aftereffects can still be seen today. As a result, the local authorities made the decision to convert a portion of the building into a museum. According to city Vice Mayor Jerry Yaokasin, the museum is a means of reminding people of Tacloban's tragic past and encouraging them to take climate change seriously. The arena was then used as a vaccination center during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas.

References

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