New dorm for Pinoy athletes
National team members, who are housed in various rooms at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, will soon be enjoying the amenities of a Hotel-type dormitory as the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) plans to finish the project and other renovations to its sports facilities by the end of the year.
Garcia added that only national pool members of badminton, boxing, Pencak silat and wushu will occupy the rooms that will be vacated since their respective training facilities are located near the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
The new dormitories will be equipped with three showers, and three lavatories and will be fully air-conditioned where each athlete will have his own cabinet.
The PSC’s other construction projects this year are the conversion of the Rizal football field to an all-weather pitch, the baseball field to artificial grass, the Rizal Tennis Center’s center court to a covered court and the PhilSports Complex will also be converted to a track and field facility reserved for athletics events.
The PSC, which is allotting more than P100M for the construction projects, also plans to renovate the bowling training facility into two floors, which will also house the national table tennis team members’ training facility.
The PSC, which is prioritizing the athletes’ dormitory, is planning to build 64 rooms where close to 400 national training pool members will soon be housed.
“Construction will start as soon as there’s a winning bid, which starts next week. We plan to award the contract by the middle of March since there will be an election ban for public bidding,” said PSC Chairman Ricardo Garcia.
Garcia said they would want the winning contractor to finish two rooms a week, which will house six national pool members will be housed.
“Currently 10 to 12 athletes share one room here at the Rizal Memorial. We’ll gradually close the athletes’ quarters here at the Rizal Memorial and will transfer them at Ultra as soon as they finished building two rooms.”
Garcia added that only national pool members of badminton, boxing, Pencak silat and wushu will occupy the rooms that will be vacated since their respective training facilities are located near the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
The new dormitories will be equipped with three showers, and three lavatories and will be fully air-conditioned where each athlete will have his own cabinet.
The PSC’s other construction projects this year are the conversion of the Rizal football field to an all-weather pitch, the baseball field to artificial grass, the Rizal Tennis Center’s center court to a covered court and the PhilSports Complex will also be converted to a track and field facility reserved for athletics events.
The PSC, which is allotting more than P100M for the construction projects, also plans to renovate the bowling training facility into two floors, which will also house the national table tennis team members’ training facility.
The money to be used for the said projects will come from the savings the PSC gained since Garcia became chairman aside from the revenue shares the government sports agency from the Philippine Racing Commission, Bureau of Customs, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
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