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(Redirected from USLS Coliseum) University sports arena in Bacolod, Philippines
USLS Coliseum
La Salle Coliseum
The arena façade
LocationBacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Coordinates10°40′43″N 122°57′41″E / 10.67862°N 122.96131°E / 10.67862; 122.96131
OwnerUniversity of St. La Salle
OperatorUniversity of St. La Salle
Capacity8,000
Tenants
Negros Slashers (MBA) (1998–2002)
Bacolod City of Smiles (MPBL) (2019–present)
Negros Muscovados (MPBL) (2023–present)

The La Salle Coliseum (also called the USLS Coliseum) is an indoor sporting arena located inside the campus of the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod, Philippines and hosts sporting and entertainment events in the province.

The Coliseum played host to a number of basketball games, serves as the home arena of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's Bacolod City of Smiles and Negros Muscovados. The Coliseum hosted the Negros Slashers of the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association and some of Philippine Basketball Association's out-of-town games.

The USLS Coliseum in 2006

Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) sports opening ceremony are usually held in the coliseum and was the official venue during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games particularly the Boxing event where 11 countries participated the competition. The coliseum hosted two major karatedo championships, the 1996 Philippine Karatedo Federation National Championship headed by Pocholo Veguillas and Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former Philippine Olympic Committee chairman and daughter of former president Fidel V. Ramos and the 2007 20th PKF National Open. Both tournaments were held at the USLS Coliseum. The tournaments were contested by hundreds of karatekas all over the country.

References

  1. Opening Ceremony,Visayan Daily Star, September 22, 2008 edition
  2. PKF and POF National Karatedo Winners,Team Jack & Jill School Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Sunstar September 26, 2007
  3. Karatedo Winners,NOKAF Karatedo, Visayan Daily Star September 17, 2007 edition
Bacolod City of Smiles
  • Founded in 2019
  • Formerly the Bacolod Master Sardines, All-Star Bacolod Ballers, and Bacolod Bingo Plus
  • Based in Bacolod
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