Live Entertainment in Manila

Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila is named after Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. — the Philippine opposition leader whose assassination at Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983 (by a gunman connected to the Marcos regime) triggered the People Power Revolution of 1986 that became the world's most famous non-violent popular uprising and ended the Marcos dictatorship. The stadium's name carries the weight of Philippine democratic history and its ongoing use for sports and entertainment creates a venue of considerable Philippine national significance.

Rizal Memorial Sports Complex is the Philippines' most historically important sports venue — a Manila stadium complex named after José Rizal (the Philippine national hero, polymath physician, poet, and sculptor who was executed by Spanish colonial authorities in 1896, triggering the Philippine Revolution) that has served as the primary national sports venue for Philippine athletics for over 70 years. Rizal Memorial's remarkable historical significance and its continued role in Philippine national sports create a sports arena of genuine Philippine national heritage significance.