Alonte Sports Arena

{{Short description|Sports arena in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines}}

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| stadium_name = Alonte Sports Arena

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| image = 3684Biñan City, Laguna Barangays Landmarks 36.jpg

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| caption = Alonte Sports Arena in 2018

| location = Zapote, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines

| coordinates = {{Coord|14|18|50|N|121|4|45|E|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}

| broke_ground = {{start date and age|2010}}

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| opened = {{start date and age|2013|12|01}}

| owner = Biñan City Government

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| capacity = 6,500

| tenants = Philippine Basketball Association (out-of-town games)
Philippine Super Liga
Biñan Tatak Gel (MPBL) (2018–present)
Laguna Pistons (NBL) (2018–present)
Biñan Tatak Gel Volley Angels (MPVA) (2024–present)

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The Alonte Sports Arena is an indoor arena in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines, with a capacity of 6,500 people. It is the home arena of the Biñan Tatak Gel of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and Pilipinas Super League (PSL). It has also hosted matches of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the defunct Philippine Super Liga.{{cite news |last1=Guerrero |first1=Bob |title=Biñan, Laguna becomes home to new artificial-grass football pitch |url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/101761-binan-laguna-artificial-pitch |publisher=Rappler |date=August 6, 2015 |access-date=August 6, 2015 }} It also serves as an evacuation centre for the city.{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/11/17/886-families-in-binan-remain-in-evacuation-centers/|title=886 families in Biñan remain in evacuation centers|publisher=Manila Bulletin|date=November 17, 2022|accessdate=December 24, 2022|first=Carla Bauto|last=Deña}} It is adjacent to the Biñan Football Stadium and the Biñan City Hall.

The construction of the sports arena began in 2010 and was officially inaugurated on December 1, 2013.{{cite news |title=Biñan Unveils Sports Arena |url=http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/sports/i%C3%B1an-unveils-sports-arena |publisher=Malaya Business Insight |date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070638/http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/sports/i%C3%B1an-unveils-sports-arena |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The rites were led by then Vice President Jejomar Binay and Biñan Mayor Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat.{{cite news |title=Modern arena to boost Biñan City’s sports program |url=http://philippinetimesofsouthernnevada.com/news/the-philippines/ph-provinces/modern-arena-to-boost-binan-citys-sports-program/ |publisher=Philippine Times |agency=Philippine News Agency |date=December 2, 2013 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023083303/http://philippinetimesofsouthernnevada.com/news/the-philippines/ph-provinces/modern-arena-to-boost-binan-citys-sports-program/ |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

The arena was the venue of the 2019 Asia-Oceania Floorball Cup.{{cite web |title=2019 Men's AOFC Cup |url=https://floorball.sport/2019-mens-aofc-cup/ |publisher=Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation |access-date=June 10, 2019}} During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used as a mega quarantine facility and later as a COVID-19 vaccination site in the city.{{cite news|url=https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/news/18925|title=Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna to be Converted into Health Facility|website=Department of Public Works and Highways|date=May 14, 2020|accessdate=December 24, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.binan.gov.ph/all-saints-day-vaccination-sa-alonte-sports-arena-binan/|title=All Saints Day Vaccination sa Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan|website=Biñan City|language=Filipino|accessdate=December 24, 2022}}

The arena also hosts government offices, namely the Laguna Regional Trial Court Branches 152 to 155,{{cite web|url=https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/laguna-regional-trial-court-rtc-branch-152-city-of-binan/|title=LAGUNA, Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 152, City of Biñan|website=Supreme Court of the Philippines|accessdate=January 26, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/26/3-binan-courts-closed-after-staff-found-infected-with-covid-19/|title=3 Biñan courts closed after staff found infected with COVID-19|first=Jeffrey|last=Damicog|work=Manila Bulletin|date=September 26, 2020|accessdate=January 26, 2024}} the city's Commission on Elections office, and the Laguna provincial office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.{{cite news|url=https://pdea.gov.ph/images/REGIONALOFFICES/2023/May2023/RO_IVA_RDs_Corner_and_Profile_May2023.pdf|title=RD's Corner|date=May 2023|accessdate=January 26, 2024|publisher=Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency}}