By Nick Giongco
The newly-built Athletes Village at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, as well as the equally gleaming Aquatics Center and Athletics Stadium earned good grades from the inner circle of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc).
An ocular inspection of the venues that will be used for the Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 SEA Games was done by Phisgoc, headed by House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday.
Phisgoc Executive Director Tom Carrasco said the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), which built the entire complex, has allocated 1,500 beds for athletes from all 11 nations whose bets will compete in the Clark area.
“The facilities are ready to welcome the athletes,” said Carrasco.
The main guests of the Athletes Village are athletes competing in track and field and swimming as well as a few others.
The Athletes Village will formally begin housing athletes from the competing nations on Sunday.
The entire complex was built by BCDA in a record 18 months.
This marks the first time the Philippines, which hosted the biennial SEAG in 1981, 1991 and 2005, will have an Athletes Village.
Athletics Stadium in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac (MB photo |Rio Deluvio)
Source: Manila Bulletin
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