Cebu International Convention Center
{{Short description|Convention center in Mandaue, Philippines}}
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| status = In severe disrepair
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| location = Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines
| owner = Provincial Government of Cebu
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| completion_date = 2006
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| main_contractor = WT Construction, Inc. (WTCI)
| architect = Manuel Guanzon
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The Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) is a three-story convention center built by the Cebu Provincial Government for the 12th Asean Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit at a cost of about US$10 million.{{cite news|title=Cebu residents disappointed of ASEAN Summit postponement |date=Dec 9, 2006 |id={{ProQuest|190579982}} |publisher=Voice of America}}{{efn|Various sources claim that CICC was built at a cost of {{Philippine peso|830 million}},{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/cebu-governor-mulls-recovery-of-cebu-international-convention-center/ |last=Ecarma |first=Lorraine |title=Cebu governor mulls 'recovery' of Cebu International Convention Center |publisher=Rappler |date=Jan 6, 2021}} {{Philippine peso|840 million}},{{cite news|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/ex-capitol-administration-ordered-to-explain-sale-of-cicc-to-mandaue|date=July 19, 2020|title=Ex-Capitol administration ordered to explain sale of CICC to Mandaue|publisher=SunStar}} or {{Philippine peso|800 million}}{{cite news |title=Bringing back CICC's luster |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/140423/bringing-back-ciccs-luster/amp |last=Silva |first=Victor Anthony V. |date=July 21, 2017 |publisher=Cebu Daily Inquirer |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=April 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721231733/http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/140423/bringing-back-ciccs-luster/amp |url-status=live }} in 2006.}} It is situated on {{Convert|3.8|ha|sqft}} of land at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area in Metro Cebu, Philippines and has a gross floor area of {{Convert|28,000|sqm|sqft}}.
Development
The site where the convention center now stands was originally intended for a sports complex to have been dubbed as the "Cebu Mega Dome". A contest was held for its design and the winning entry was the "spinning disc" by architect Alexus Medalla. The project, however, was stalled after some members of the provincial board opposed it.
Construction of the convention center broke ground on April 7, 2006, in the 485th Celebration Day of Mandaue.{{Cite news |date=April 7, 2006 |title=Groundbreaking today for convention center |url=https://mb.com.ph/issues/2006/04/07/PROV2006040760832.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109033749/https://mb.com.ph/issues/2006/04/07/PROV2006040760832.html |archive-date=Jan 9, 2009 |access-date=Apr 16, 2025 |work=Manila Bulletin}} The Cebu provincial government set the construction deadline on November 15, but was not accomplished.{{Cite news |date=Nov 16, 2006 |title=Govt clarifies venues for ASEAN Summit activities |work=The Manila Times |id={{ProQuest|380883756}}}} The provincial government of Cebu handed over the CICC to the national organizing committee for the ASEAN Summit in after completion of construction in December 2006.{{Cite news |date=Dec 1, 2006 |title=Cebu turns over convention center to nat'l committee (4:05 p.m.) |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/12/01/cebu.turns.over.convention.center.to.nat.l.committee.%284.05.p.m.%29.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607212224/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/12/01/cebu.turns.over.convention.center.to.nat.l.committee.(4.05.p.m.).html |archive-date=June 7, 2008 |access-date=Apr 16, 2025 |work=SunStar}}
The allocated budget for the CICC in May 2006 was around {{Philippine peso|250 million}}.{{Cite news |date=May 3, 2006 |title=P1B allocated for ASEAN Summit in December |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/380904124 |work=The Manila Times|id={{ProQuest|380904124}} }} The budget has increased to {{Philippine peso|515 million}},{{Cite news |date=January 2, 2007 |title=The big-year event that got away in Cebu in 2006 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/380893327 |work=The Manila Times |id={{ProQuest|380893327}}}} then {{Philippine peso|800 million}}.{{Cite news |date=Dec 8, 2006 |title=Shades of Imeldific as Cebu spiffs up for ASEAN Summit |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/380890642 |work=The Manila Times|id={{ProQuest|380890642}} }}
In late 2005, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo decided that the province would host the 12th ASEAN Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit in December 2006, which was later moved to January 12–15, 2007, due to Typhoon Utor. The Philippines was supposed to host the twin summits in December 2007. However, Myanmar, the original host for 2006, backed out. Since the province lacked a stand-alone convention center with complete facilities for a large and prestigious international gathering like the ASEAN Summit, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia revived the "mega dome" project but with the design revised as a convention center instead of a sports arena. The external structure would still be that of a "spinning disc".
A few weeks afterwards a new design was put forwards and was considered, since it was cheaper and easier to build (and smaller), and as there was a time constraint that the Cebu Provincial Government had to stick to. Construction for the substructure began in April 2006 and work on the superstructure itself, which was largely made up of structural steel, glass and aluminum cladding, began three months later. The center was finished four months later in late November and was officially inaugurated on January 6, 2007.
Closing
File:Cebu Internation Convention Center as of 2023.jpg
The building has been closed since the October 2013 Bohol earthquake, having suffered major damage. It was further damaged by neglect and the wrath of both Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013, a month after the Bohol earthquake as well as Typhoon Odette (Rai) in 2021.{{Cite web |url=http://archive.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2014/09/25/capitol-city-have-agreed-cicc-s-price-367465 |title=Sun.Star |access-date=2015-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215514/http://archive.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2014/09/25/capitol-city-have-agreed-cicc-s-price-367465 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|last=Torre|first=AJ de la|title=CICC closed over P32M quake damage|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2013/10/26/1249550/cicc-closed-over-p32m-quake-damage|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Philstar.com|archive-date=November 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126133808/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2013/10/26/1249550/cicc-closed-over-p32m-quake-damage|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Inquirer |first=Philippine Daily |date=2023-07-18 |title=BIZ BUZZ: Megaworld rides Cebu wave |url=https://business.inquirer.net/410738/biz-buzz-megaworld-rides-cebu-wave |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117134521/https://business.inquirer.net/410738/biz-buzz-megaworld-rides-cebu-wave |url-status=live }} Since then, the ramshackle building has fallen into a state of severe disrepair and is used as an evacuation center for victims of several fires in nearby barangays.{{Cite web |last=Quintas |first=Kristine B. |title=Until relocated: Fire victims to stay at CICC |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2016/12/27/1657169/until-relocated-fire-victims-stay-cicc |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Philstar.com |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117131502/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2016/12/27/1657169/until-relocated-fire-victims-stay-cicc |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Virador |first=Cherry Ann |date=2024-08-23 |title=CICC Clearing 90% complete |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/cicc-clearing-90-complete |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001151319/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/cicc-clearing-90-complete |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-21 |title=Cebu province to renegotiate sale of controversial convention center |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/cebu-province-to-renegotiate-sale-of-controversial-convention-center/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} Shacks were built within the area of the building that was once the parking lot.
A 2023 Commission on Audit (COA) report noted that several parts of the building were stolen, which indicated a loss of government property.{{Cite web |last=Virador |first=Cherry Ann |date=2024-09-05 |title=COA flags Mandaue for 'mismanagement' of CICC |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/coa-flags-mandaue-for-mismanagement-of-cicc |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919185100/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/coa-flags-mandaue-for-mismanagement-of-cicc |url-status=live }}
Demolition of makeshift houses and relocation of informal settlers at the CICC began in July 2024 for the groundbreaking of a new city hall in Mandaue.{{Cite web |last=Virador |first=Cherry Ann |date=2024-07-24 |title=Demolition starts at CICC for government center |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/demolition-starts-at-cicc-for-government-center |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808165148/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/demolition-starts-at-cicc-for-government-center |url-status=live }}
Acquisition by the Mandaue City Government
The facility is owned by the Provincial Government of Cebu. In October 2016, it was announced that the City Government of Mandaue would acquire the CICC. The city government was to pay the provincial government every year from 2016 to 2019. The four payments would amount to about {{Philippine peso|350 million}}. Upon the first payment by the city government, the convention center was scheduled to be transferred to the city government.{{cite news |last1=Fong |first1=Jimmy |date=8 October 2016 |title=Mandaue City to take over Cebu International Convention Center |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/mandaue-city-to-take-over-cebu-international-convention-center |accessdate=28 November 2016 |publisher=Sun Star Cebu}} The acquisition cost was fully paid in August 2018 for {{Philippine peso|300 million}}.{{Cite web |last=Magto |first=Zena V. |date=2018-09-04 |title=Mandaue City now owns CICC |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/192550/mandaue-city-now-owns-cicc |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Cebu Daily News |language=en |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301114654/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/192550/mandaue-city-now-owns-cicc |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Ambrad |first=Lorraine Mitzi A. |date=Sep 5, 2018 |title=Mandaue fully pays for CICC |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2018/09/05/1848811/mandaue-fully-pays-cicc |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=The Philippine Star}} A 2019 report by the COA noted that the sale did not have prior COA approval and public bidding.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-23 |title=CICC occupants still waiting for relocation |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/cicc-occupants-still-waiting-for-relocation |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en}}
The Mandaue City government broke ground for the construction of a government center on August 29, 2024, situated in front of the CICC.{{Cite web |last=mbgerodias |date=2024-08-29 |title=Mandaue City breaks ground for One-Stop-Shop gov't center at CICC |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/592687/mandaue-city-breaks-ground-for-one-stop-shop-govt-center-at-cicc |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Cebu Daily News |language=en |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209224815/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/592687/mandaue-city-breaks-ground-for-one-stop-shop-govt-center-at-cicc |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Palaubsanon |first=Mitchelle L. |title=P3 billion Mandaue Governmentt Center breaks ground |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2024/08/30/2381631/p3-billion-mandaue-governmentt-center-breaks-ground- |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Philstar.com |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918205931/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2024/08/30/2381631/p3-billion-mandaue-governmentt-center-breaks-ground- |url-status=live }} The local government stated plans of renovating the CICC through a public-private partnership.{{Cite web |last=Sagarino |first=Mary Rose |date=2025-01-23 |title=Construction of Mandaue City's gov't center to commence in Feb. |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/619113/construction-of-mandaue-citys-govt-center-to-commence-in-feb |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Cebu Daily News |language=en |archive-date=April 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404205857/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/619113/construction-of-mandaue-citys-govt-center-to-commence-in-feb |url-status=live }}
Facilities
The convention center features an International Media Center, a large Plenary Hall, an Exhibition Hall and several meeting rooms.
Photos
File:Cebu International Convention Center.JPG|Outer view of the building
File:POSS Cebu1.jpg|Plenary Hall at the second floor
File:Wikipedia poster at POSS.jpg|Session Hall
File:Damaged Cebu International Convention Center (02-05-2023).jpg|Damage pictured in 2023, almost two years after Typhoon Odette further ravaged the already-disused building
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.12thaseansummit.org.ph/maintemplate3.asp Official website of the 12th ASEAN Summit]
- [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/12/01/cebu.turns.over.convention.center.to.nat.l.committee.(4.05.p.m.).html Cebu Turns Over CICC to NOC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607212224/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2006/12/01/cebu.turns.over.convention.center.to.nat.l.committee.(4.05.p.m.).html |date=2008-06-07 }}
- [http://cebu-online.com/makeitcebu/12thaseansummit/index.php 12th ASEAN Summit]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311033625/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/07/04/news/cicc.facing.delay.html CICC facing delay]
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