PHILIPPINE Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez said on Friday that a 50-hectare Sports Olympic City inside Clark Development Zone in Pampanga would be constructed for the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.

The new sports complex in the former American Air Base will house the new training center for the country’s elite athletes, modern competition venues, athletes village, sports tourism attractions, and the Philippine Institute for Sports, according to Ramirez.