Seaside City Arena
The SM Seaside City Arena is an indoor arena proposed to be located in the South Road Properties in Cebu City, Philippines. The arena is proposed to have a seating capacity of 16,000 and will be owned by SM Prime Holdings. In 2013, it was originally reported that the arena was to be slightly smaller than the Mall of Asia Arena, another arena also owned by SM Prime Holdings, which has a 20,000 people capacity. It is planned to house international concerts and events.
It is planned to become a venue for the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. and the Philippine Basketball Association and was one of the planned venues for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, should the Philippines have won its bid to host the tournament. The arena is a part of the SM Seaside City Cebu mall complex in the city's reclamation area called South Road Properties.
In January 2017, SM Prime Holdings decided to cancel its plan to build the arena due to the alleged attacks by the Cebu City mayor, Tomas Osmeña against the project. However, on December 2019, SM Prime Holdings has announced that the arena will push through, with its location now located on a separate plot of land, which the company will develop jointly with Ayala Land.
