Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Stadium

Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Stadium

Owner	Zamboanga City Government
Capacity	10,000
Surface	Artificial turf[1]
Construction
Opened	1992
Construction cost	₱64-million
Tenants
Zamboanga F.A.

The Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Stadium is a multi-use stadium located inside the Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The stadium has the capacity of 10,000 people.[2]

Construction of the sports complex started November 1991 and was completed in time for the 1992 Palarong Pambansa.

Ten contractors and 1,500 workers collaborated in order to complete the facility. Total construction cost was a little over P64-million.

In 2005, it was the main venue of the National PRISAA Games which gathered athletes from all over the private schools in the country. In 2007, the PASUC-National Sports Olympics, a competition between public colleges and university varsity teams, was held here.

In 2011, the PRISAA was participated in by more than 400 member colleges and universities from the country's 17 regions. More than 5,000 athletes and officials participated in the games.[3]

The stadium along with the rest of the facilities of the sports complex were damaged following the 2013 Zamboanga City siege by the Moro National Liberation Front. The stadium was used as an evacuation site by people displaced by the attacks and had to undergo renovation[2] from 2016 to 2019.[4]

Sports Events

The stadium hosted the following sporting events:

• 1968 20th BPISAA- Palarong Pambansa (National Games)
• 1992 38th Palarong Pambansa (National Games)
• 1993 PRISAA National Games
• 2005 PRISAA National Games
• 2007 PASUC-National Sports Olympics
• 2008 PRISAA National Games Championship
• 2011 PRISAA National Games[5]
• 2011 Philippine Youth Games – Mindanao Qualifying Leg[6]
• 2012 WMSU Palaro Games
• 2012 HipHop competition and Zamboanga National High School West Palaro
• 2013 zcspc PALARO GAMES .

Gallery

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  The stadium in 2010
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  Badminton Court and Stadium Area
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  Basketball Court
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  Football Field and Track Oval

References

1. "Mayor Beng Climaco together with DPWH Asst. Secretary for Mindanao Max Carvajal and DPWH Region 9 Dir. Cayamombao Diya and other city and department officials and private contractor Saturday morning checks the progress in the ongoing rehabilitation of the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex". City Government of Zamboanga on Facebook. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. Go, R.G. Antonet (7 December 2018). "DPWH to finish Zambo sports complex rehab this month". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
3. "Mayor Lobregat OKs city hosting of 2011 PRISAA National Games". Zamboanga Today Online. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
4. "DPWH completes P199-million sports complex in Zamboanga City". Department of Public Works and Highways. Philippine Information Agency. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
5. "WVPRISAA to Compete in 2011 National PRISAA". Negros Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 28 March 2011.^[dead link‍]
6. "Mindanao Qualifying Leg". ZamboangaTimes by Richard Aliangan. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.