Memorial Stadium Sports events 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games 1954 Asian Games 1966 and 1970 AFC Youth Championship 1981 and 1991 Southeast Asian Games 1993 and 2003 Asian Athletics Championships 2005 Southeast Asian Games 2005 ASEAN Para Games 2012 Asian Five Nations Division I 2012 and 2014 Philippine Peace Cup 2012 and 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Semifinals 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification Group E 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup 2017 AFC Cup 2018 AFC Cup 2017 Philippines Football League 2018 Philippines Football League 2018 Copa Paulino Alcantara 2019 Philippines Football League 2019 Philippine Premiere League 2019 Southeast Asian Games 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs 2020 AFC Cup 2022 AFF Women's Championship 2022–23 Philippines Football League The first international rugby test in the stadium was held when the Philippines hosted the 2012 Asian Five Nations Division I tournament, which doubled as a qualifying tournament for the 2015 Rugby World Cup; the goal posts were erected just days prior to the tournament. Entertainment events On July 4, 1966, the Rizal Memorial Stadium hosted two sold-out concerts of the Beatles held in Manila and was one of only three cities in Asia (other than Tokyo and Hong Kong) they have ever played in. The combined attendance was 80,000 with the evening concert registering 50,000 paying audience and became the Beatles' second-biggest concert ever. COVID-19 pandemic During the Philippine Government's "Hatid Tulong" program, the stadium was used as the designated temporary holding place for Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). The number of individuals and families hoping to be sent back to their respective provinces exceeded the limit of capacity. This raised concerns over the resulting lack of social distancing and Health and Safety guidelines due to the hundreds of people being in close proximity. With the stadium being full, many other individuals who availed of the said program ended up sleeping and gathering outside the stadium complex. See also List of football stadiums in the Philippines Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium Rizal Memorial Coliseum New Clark City Athletics Stadium Philippine Sports Stadium Biñan Football Stadium Panaad Stadium Notes References External links Rizal Memorial Stadium photo at WorldStadiums.com Athletics (track and field) venues in the Philippines Football venues in the Philippines Stadiums of the Asian Games Sports venues in Manila Buildings and structures in Malate, Manila Art Deco architecture in the Philippines National stadiums Sports venues completed in