Smart Araneta Coliseum - wikipedia Smart Araneta Coliseum Smart Araneta Coliseum The Big Dome Former names Araneta Coliseum ( 1960 -- 2011 ) Location Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila Coordinates 14 ° 37 ′ 14 '' N 121 ° 3 ′ 12 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 14.62056 ° N 121.05333 ° E ﻿ / 14.62056 ; 121.05333 Coordinates : 14 ° 37 ′ 14 '' N 121 ° 3 ′ 12 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 14.62056 ° N 121.05333 ° E ﻿ / 14.62056 ; 121.05333 Public transit MRT - 3 -- Araneta Center - Cubao LRT - 2 -- Araneta Center - Cubao Owner Progressive Development Corporation Operator United Promotions, Inc. ( Uniprom ) Capacity Basketball : 25,000 Concert : 11,000 ( Stage Proscenium ) Boxing : 18,000 ( Excludes standing room ) Scoreboard ADSystems 4 - side LED display ( Big Cube ) Construction Broke ground 1957 Built 1958 Opened March 16, 1960 Renovated 1999 Construction cost ₱ 6 million ( 1958 ) Architect Dominador Lugtu Tenants NCAA ( 1960 -- 2012 ) UAAP ( 1960 -- present ) PBA ( 1975 -- 1984, 1995 -- present ) Binibining Pilipinas ( 1964 -- present ) Spikers ' Turf ( 2016 -- present ) The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta Center in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia, and it is also one of the largest clear span domes in the world. The dome measures approximately 108.0 meters making it the largest dome in Asia from its opening in 1960 until 2001 when it was surpassed by the Ōita Stadium in Japan with a dome measuring 274.0 meters. The Smart Araneta Coliseum is mostly used for sports such as basketball. It is a main venue of the Philippine Basketball Association and for the basketball games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The Big Dome is also used for boxing, cockfighting, local and international concerts, circuses, religious gatherings, beauty pageants and more. Contents 1 History 2 Events 2.1 Sports 2.2 Entertainment and others 2.3 Religious services and other uses 2.4 Attendance records 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History Araneta Coliseum during its construction The Araneta Coliseum during the 1960s The Green Gate facade of the Smart Araneta Coliseum The Smart Araneta Coliseum during the Game 1 of the Barangay Ginebra -- Meralco championship series for the 2016 PBA Governors ' Cup. In 1952, J. Amado Araneta, a member of the Araneta family, purchased from Radio Corporation of America ( RCA ) 35 hectares ( 86 acres ) in Cubao which includes the Araneta family home and is bounded by Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue or EDSA, Aurora Boulevard, P. Tuazon and 15th Avenue. The Araneta Coliseum was constructed from 1957 to late 1959, and designed and built by Architect Dominador Lacson Lugtu and Engrineer Leonardo Onjunco Lugtu. From 1960 to 1963, the Coliseum received international recognition and was recognized as the largest covered coliseum in the world. Today, it remains one of the largest clear span domes in the world with a dome diameter of 108 meters. It occupies a total land area of almost 40,000 square metres ( 430,000 sq ft ) and has a floor area of 23,000 square metres ( 250,000 sq ft ). The coliseum opened on March 16, 1960, with Gabriel `` Flash '' Elorde boxing for the World Junior Lightweight crown against Harold Gomes. General admission then was 80 centavos and the reserve section was five pesos. Among the notable events to take place at the arena were the 11th and 34th FAMAS Awards, the 1975 `` Thrilla in Manila '' boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, in which the arena was renamed into the `` Philippine Coliseum '', and the annual Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant. The Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) has played more than a thousand games at the Araneta Coliseum as of today. Other basketball events hosted by the arena were the 1978 FIBA World Championship, a game between the 1978 NBA champions Washington Bullets and a PBA selection in 1979, and the 1982 Asian Youth Basketball Championship where the Philippines defeated China in the final. Araneta Coliseum logo from 1999 to 2011 prior to naming rights deal with Smart Communications. In the third quarter of 1998, the Aranetas and Pilipinas Shell ( local arm of Royal Dutch Shell ) started negotiations for a naming rights deal that would have lasted until 2008. The Aranetas, who wanted to retain their name at the arena rejected proposed name `` Shell Coliseum at the Araneta Center ''. Instead, the parties agreed on a contract where Shell 's name and logo will be painted at the arena 's basketball court, a move that was almost shelved due to objections from other PBA teams because Shell owned the then - PBA team, the Shell Turbo Chargers. In 1999, the coliseum underwent its first major renovation at the cost of P200 million. The major changes include the renovation of the lower box area, replacement of seats for the patron and lower box sections, and installation of a four - sided center hung scoreboard. The section names were also given numerical designations : 100 for Patron section, 200 for Lower Box, 300 for Upper Box A and 400 for Upper Box B. In 2003, a LED display was added to the scoreboard. From 2001 to 2008, the highest grossing event at the arena is the Pacquiao vs. Larios boxing fight between Manny Pacquiao and Óscar Larios, earning 96.2 million Philippine pesos. A concert by Westlife was attended by 17,887 people and earned 18.5 million pesos, while a Cliff Richard concert earned 17.2 million despite being watched by 5,647 spectators. Prior to the Ultimate All - Star Weekend in July 2011, it was announced that the Aranetas entered into a naming rights deal with mobile network operator Smart Communications, Inc. ( a subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ), renaming the arena into `` Smart Araneta Coliseum ''. The deal was for five years and includes improvements the arena such as the installation of escalators to improve access in the upper box and general admission areas, and the construction of a parking lot that can accommodate up to 2,000 cars. Additional improvements were made in 2012, including the renovation of the Red Gate entrance and the Green Gate side facade, and the replacement of Upper Box level seats, thus increasing its seating capacity. The Lower Box and Patron sections were combined to make a new Patron section ( 100 and 200 level seats ). A pathway between the former Patron and Lower Box sections was also made. The former Upper Box A section ( 300 level seats ) was renamed as Box section and the former Upper Box B section ( 400 level seats ) is now referred as the `` Upper Box '' section. In January 2015, the Hydra - Rib basketball backboard first used in 1995 was replaced with a Spalding backboard. The backboard was first used in Game 1 of the 2014 -- 15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals. Events The Araneta Coliseum with the `` Big Cube '' LED display during a PBA game in 2011. This photo was taken before the naming rights with Smart Communications took effect. Sports The arena is primarily the home arena for the Philippine Basketball Association and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines ( UAAP ) basketball leagues. It annually hosts every PBA Basketball Championship, NCAA Basketball Championship, as well as the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Basketball and Volleyball championships. The facility has also hosted the 1975 Thrilla in Manila, 1978 FIBA World Championship, the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship and the 2017 SEABA Championship. Entertainment and others Main article : Entertainment events at the Smart Araneta Coliseum The coliseum also hosts concerts, shows, graduations, seminars, ice shows, circuses, and beauty pageants. Eat Bulaga !, the longest running noontime show of the Philippines, also used the coliseum for its 10th anniversary in September 23, 1989 and on January 28, 1995 when the show moved to GMA Network. The coliseum has hosted the Binibining Pilipinas pageants annually. From 1990 until 2016, the coliseum hosted Disney on Ice productions during the holiday season ; in 2016, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay began hosting these productions. At the turn of the new millennium, Regine Velasquez held her iconic two - night sold out concert entitled R2K : The Concert, in support of her album R2K, on April 7 and 8, 2000. R2K The Concert which became the most attended concert at the coliseum with over 37,000 attendees, was center staged and has used the seating capacity to its 360 - degree maximum. Sarah Geronimo is the youngest solo performer to stage a concert in the coliseum at the age of 16 with her Sarah Geronimo : The Other Side concert on September 30, 2005. Some notable international performers include Air Supply on 2008, Akon ( on July 4, 2009 ), Kelly Clarkson as part of her All I Ever Wanted World Tour on May 1, 2010, Incubus ( in 2008 and 2011 ), Carly Rae Jepsen ( in 2013 and 2015 ), Lady Gaga as part of her The Fame Ball Tour on August 11, 2009, Avril Lavigne as part of her The Best Damn Tour on September 3, 2008, The Black Star Tour on February 16, 2012 and the Avril Lavigne On Tour on February 17, 2014, Kylie Minogue as part of her Aphrodite : Les Folies Tour on July 5, 2011, Bruno Mars as part of his The Doo - Wops and Hooligans Tour on April 8, 2011, The Script ( in 2011 and 2013 ), Snow Patrol ( on August 9, 2012 ), Taylor Swift as part of her Speak Now Tour on February 19, 2011, and Westlife in 2001 and as part of their Gravity Tour on September 29, 2011, as well as the American Idols LIVE ! Tour 2011 ( on September 21 and 22, 2011 ), and the American Idols LIVE ! Tour 2012 ( on September 21, 2012 ). Following her performance with the American Idols LIVE ! Tour 2012 five months prior, Filipino - American American Idol runner - up Jessica Sanchez had her first sold out solo concert at the coliseum on February 14, 2013. The coliseum also housed K - pop artists like Super Junior 's Super Show - the first Korean to perform in the arena, 2NE1, SS501, CNBLUE, Beast and EXO. K - Pop group U-KISS also had their concert at the big dome and later released into a concert DVD dubbed as U-KISS 1st Kiss Tour in Manila DVD. It was the first time that an international artist released a concert DVD featuring the coliseum. GOT7 's first fan meeting in Manila was also held in the Coliseum last November 14, 2015. On October 12, 2014, the main celebration of the 75th Diamond Anniversary of Quezon City was held at the coliseum. Religious services and other uses The Big Dome also hosted a praise and worship concerts like Israel Houghton, Parachute, Don Moen, Darlene Zschech & The Hillsong Worship Team, Sonicflood, Planetshakers, Hillsong Young & Free and Hillsong United. Starting 2017, The Annual Planetshakers Conference is being held at the coliseum. The Big Dome is also the venues of religious gatherings like the anniversary celebration of Members Church of God International also known as the Ang Dating Daan, Christ 's Commission Fellowship, Iglesia ni Cristo, International Convention of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ ( 4th Watch ), Jesus Miracle Crusade, Kingdom of Jesus Christ ( during early years ), Shalom CCFI ( Every Holy Week ) and Victory Christian Fellowship, and different talent search finales, like Pinoy Big Brother, Pilipinas Got Talent, Philippine Idol, Starstruck, and recently, Artista Academy ( which held its one - time grand audition at the coliseum ). Attendance records On October 15, 2014, the third game of the UAAP Season 77 Men 's Basketball Tournament Finals Series between the FEU Tamaraws and NU Bulldogs set the all - time basketball attendance record of 25,138 which broke the previous record last October 8, 2014, the second game of the series ( one week before the third game ) attendance of 24,896. For the PBA, On February 12, 2014, the seventh game of the 2013 -- 14 PBA Philippine Cup Semifinals series between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and San Mig Super Coffee Mixers set the record of 24,883. See also Philippines portal Araneta Center References Jump up ^ `` The Big Dome ''. Araneta Coliseum. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 04. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Big Dome still main PBA venue, but MOA Arena an alternative option ''. InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on 2014 - 03 - 06. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived November 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. 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