Tacloban City Convention Center
The Tacloban City Convention Center, also known as the Tacloban Astrodome or the Tacloban City Coliseum, is an indoor arena located in Tacloban, Philippines. 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 basketball, concerts, regional events and other conventions. It is the second-largest indoor arena in the Eastern Visayas region, after the Ormoc Superdome in Ormoc. Usage. The arena is used for some out-of-town games of the Philippine Basketball Association . The arena is also used for concerts, boxing, conventions, trade shows, 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 Typhoon Haiyan (known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) when it struck the Philippines in 2013. The arena was then used as a vaccination center during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas.