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 The arena facade in 2025 as Playtime Filoil Centre. | |
 Interactive map of Playtime Filoil Centre | |
| Former names | Filoil Flying V Arena Filoil Flying V Centre (2016–2022) Filoil EcoOil Centre (2022–2025) |
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| Location | Santolan Road, Corazon de Jesus,San Juan,Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°36′20″N121°01′58″E / 14.605574°N 121.032914°E /14.605574; 121.032914 |
| Owner | San Juan city government |
| Operator | Homegrown Olympic Management Enterprises |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 2006 |
| Architect | Edgar C. Lee[citation needed] |
| Tenants | |
| Leagues and events: Philippine Basketball Association Premier Volleyball League Philippine Super Liga (formerly) UAAP (2008–present) NCAA (2007–present) Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup (2007–present) Philippine Collegiate Champions League Teams: San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (ABL) (2018–2019) San Juan Knights (MPBL/PSL) (2018–present) | |
The Arena, known asPlaytime Filoil Centre for sponsorship reasons (and previously asFiloil EcoOil Centre), is anindoor arena located alongBonny Serrano Avenue inSan Juan,Metro Manila,Philippines.
The Playtime Filoil Centre first opened as The Arena in 2006.[1] The Arena started adopting names under the Filoil brand in 2009 when Filoil Philippines Corporation became thenaming rights sponsor.[2]
In 2015, the San Juan city government turned over the operations of the venue to the Homegrown Olympic Management Enterprises (HOME).[3]
The Playtime Filoil Centre has a seating capacity of 6,000.[4]
The Arena is currently named Playtime Filoil Centre since May 2025 due to sponsorship by betting website, Playtime and petroleum firm, Filoil Philippines Corporation.[5] It was inaugurated as The Arena in 2006.[1] Filoil has naming rights over the indoor arena since 2009.[2][6] The venue has been known under various names since then.[3]
It is also known alternatively as the Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People[5] or The Arena.[7][8]
The arena has been used by numerous leagues across the country. Inbasketball, thePhilippine Basketball Association,University Athletic Association of the Philippines (since 2009),National Collegiate Athletic Association (since 2007) are among the leagues that have used the venue for their games. It has also hosted basketball games of theMaharlika Pilipinas Basketball League andPilipinas Super League as the home venue of theSan Juan Knights franchise since 2018.Alab Pilipinas also used the arena as one of its home venues during their time in theASEAN Basketball League. TheFiloil EcoOil Preseason Cup (since 2007) andPhilippine Collegiate Champions League are among the events that take place in the Centre.
The arena has also become known as the country's "volleyball central", having also hosted its share of volleyball leagues such as thePremier Volleyball League and the defunctPhilippine Super Liga. The UAAP and NCAA also use the venue for their respective volleyball tournaments. The Centre was also used as a main venue for the San Juan Mayor's Cup, a basketball and volleyball tournament for the San Juan government employees.
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