The New Clark City Athletics Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. It is the primary venue of the New Clark City Sports Hub, which is part of the National Government Administrative Center. It hosted the athletics events and the closing ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Construction The construction of the whole New Clark City Sports Hub, which also includes the Athletics Stadium, began on April 25, 2018 with a cement-pouring ceremony. The cost of the stadium including the nearby training track oval and a field for throwing sports costed around billion. By early July 2019, the stadium is already 98 percent complete and the track oval is already available for use to Filipino athletes. With the stadium almost complete by September 1, 2019, the first event held in the stadium was the final leg of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association weekly relay, a qualifier for athletes aspiring to represent the Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, on that day. The construction of the stadium was finished on October 12, 2019, or 50 days ahead of the opening of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Architecture and design Local architecture firm, Budji + Royal Architecture + Design, were commissioned by the Bases Conversion Development Authority to work on the New Clark City Sports Hub. This also marks the first time that Budji + Royal Architecture + Design worked on a sports facility project and the first team involved in the project referred to the technical guidelines set by the International Association of Athletics Federations for the athletics stadium. The Athletics Stadium itself had its design was derived from Mount Pinatubo, with its posts and facade made from lahar or volcanic debris from the volcano. Its ringed roofline was made to resemble a crater and be defined by a series of curving canopies. The main facade or the main entrance was ornated with glassframes. and its pillars are painted orange to represent the local sunset. The shade of the anti-corrosive paint, provided by Norwegian firm Jotun, is patented and is branded as "B+R Active Orange". The pillars, inspired from the framework of the parol, supports the seating structure of the stadium as well as its roofing. The stadium has an open-shed architecture and a raised roofline as a remedy against the tropical and humid climate of its locale. The