Ref.: Anna Ferrer / Mariecar Jara-Puyod
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July 20, 2004
Scrambling for the best seats for the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is no longer a problem as the three mass rail transit systems in Metro Manila are accessible to the game sites.
Light Rail Transit Authority Administrator Pacifico M. Fajardo has encouraged the hordes of UAAP fans to take LRT 1 (Yellow Line), the Metrostar of MRT 3 (Blue Line), and LRT 2 (Purple Line), in going either to the Big Dome at Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City or the Ultra in Pasig City on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
DLSU is the host university of the crowd-drawing annual collegiate basketball games for this year.
"If the games were scheduled at the Big Dome, those coming from the university belt in Manila could take the LRT 1 that runs throughout Taft Avenue from Monumento to Baclaran and alight at EDSA station to proceed to the Pasay-Taft station of the MRT,", Fajardo said.
"They no longer need to walk the street because there is a pedestrian link between the two rails," Fajardo added.
All MRT users will have to do is get off at the Farmers'-Cubao Station that connects to Farmers' Plaza, several steps away from the Araneta Coliseum.
They can also take the train at LRT 2 Legarda Station at the back of San Beda College to the Araneta Center-Cubao Station, a little more than a block away from the venue.
The spectators from the eastern side of the metropolis can ride the LRT 2 from either the Santolan Station along Marcos Highway in Pasig City, Katipunan Station or Anonas Station in Quezon City, to the Araneta Center-Cubao Station.
On the other hand, if the games were held at the Ultra, UAAP game enthusiasts can alight at the EDSA-Shaw Station of the MRT 3 then take a ride to the venue inside the Department of Education complex.
Fajardo said that with the use of the mass rails for the games, UAAP fans would be able to enjoy more of the games without having to worry about traffic and parking space.
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