Gen. Santos City Gym undergo much-needed repairs
A few days before the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I decided to drop by the Gen. Santos City Gym (formerly called Lagao Gym) after learning that it is now ready for the National Cooperatives Teamshop‘s 2,000 delegates.
Gen. Santos City Gym (formerly Lagao Gym)
For three months, it underwent some major improvements to the tune of P5,000,000, funded by the office of City Mayor Jun Acharon.
Newly-installed blue window blinds
This included the repairs of the toilets and the water system; the repairs of the 10 airconditioning units and the purchase and installation of window blinds for the uppermost glass windows, among others.
Construction Signboard
This is great news for the next set of event organizers who are planning to stage their concerts, conventions, competitions inside the 8,000-seater gymnasium which was built through the office of the Representative of the First District of South Cotabato more than a decade ago.
The Courtyard
As for myself, I couldn’t wait to witness the live telecast of Manny Pacquiao’s fight here against Oscar dela Hoya because for sure, the airconditioning will be working just fine despite the capacity crowd of generals all eager to cheer for their hometown champ inside what is South Central Mindanao’s biggest air-conditioned structure.
Electronic Score Board
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rodner/pixar/rodney Says:
slamat mr.avel sa pag post n2 kung aNO ang updates sa gensan gym..
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:32 PM
m1k3 Says:
unta pintrahan nila ang exterior. murag mao mana ang kulang diha. pila na na ka tuig gihimo hangtod karon wala pa gyapon pinturahi. kung muagi ka diha sa tiongson st. murag dilin nimo mapansin ang gym kay ordinary kaayo tan awon.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 7:16 AM
m1k3 Says:
dako kaayo ang budget sa pagrenovate unya murag wala ray nahitabo. mao lang gyapon ang itsura. gipalit na lang unta na og mga pintura para manindot. kasayang sa kwarta dagko kaayo ang budget gamay ra man ang improvements. basig nahulog sa bulsa ang uban.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 7:19 AM
White Knight Says:
Gymnasium is always been a sense of pride in every city. It can also be considered as a gauge of how a city has been progress and develop. I’m half happy that our city renovated our gym but I’m not fully satisfied of the renovation done. How about the facade improvements, the paintings outside,landscaping, etc? I think our gym still looks unfinish until now if we compared it honestly to Marbel’s gym na talagang tapos at maganda tingnan. We have to be world class.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 8:41 AM
bariles Says:
Hi guys! P5,000,000 was budgeted for the repairs of the interiors only especially the toilets which are badly needed for the National Coop Team Shop plus the purchase of the blinds which will make it darker whenever a Pacquiao live feed is shown on the big screen above the stage. It is not enough for the paint job of the whole structure.
The city government prioritized on these things first for the benefit of the recently concluded National Coop Teamshop, which was one of the largest gatherings in the city so far.
Am sure they have plans for the repainting and all in the near future.
Konting pasyente pa.
As they say, patience is a virtue.
Thanks guys! You’re all great!
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 9:32 AM
hamel Says:
eh ano kasi…kulang ung promotion ng tourism natin…kaya yan ang epekto ng gym natin…di masyadong nagamit.
hayaan nyo pag ako ang naging opisyal jan…ewan ko lang ba kung ano ang kahahantungan ng GENSAN!!
beautiful, lovable at fruitful talaga…
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Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 10:13 PM
orman Says:
well it’ about time…
now let’s get those city hall toilets repaired.
que barbaridad!
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Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 2:15 AM
orman Says:
why can’t we have really good and working public toilets? nakakairita talagang isipin na nagmamalaki tayo na boom city and we can’t even fix our PUBLIC TOILETS!
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Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 2:48 AM
jasper0127 Says:
@orman – I agree with you Sir Orm dapat priority natin and public toilets para impressive yong city natin parang hindi na mahirapan ang taong bayan every now and then.
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 2:51 PM
epm Says:
The facade is not impressive at all.
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Kritiko Says:
Good to hear …Gensan is now on its way to transformation
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Kritiko Says:
ala news sa ebiz? lalo na sa E-comp winners? updates po
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 12:52 AM
m1k3 Says:
dapat nga may mga public toilets.. ang toilets naman sa oval naka lock. dyan na lang kayo sa tabi2x magweewee…
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 6:15 AM
Pacnoy Says:
sagwa kaayo gym s laga0…murag pabaya lng!!!…la kabuhay buhay!!
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 1:18 PM
orman Says:
naka-lock ito kasi ninakaw ang lahat ng facilities sa loob. so now ang tanging naiwan sa loob eh yung mapanghing ihi at sandamakmak na ebak! grrrr!!!
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 AM
Nate Marx Says:
Ganda naman! Sana may theater na tayo sa sunod..hahaha.. After due time..I’ll be putting up shows as large scale na ganito na kalaki venue ang need.hehehe.. I wish…=-)
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 7:56 PM
archmykel Says:
the gym still needs a lot of improvements. Isa na doon ang decent parking lot.
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 11:44 PM
rj Says:
wahaaha!!!kelangan talaga nakakahiiuya sa mga tourist na yun itsura ng gym…..
Posted on November 6th, 2008 at 10:01 PM
mr.c Says:
la man parn improvement….
d parn tlga mwla ag corruption,hai:-(
Posted on January 20th, 2011 at 3:27 PM