PhilSports Stadium stampede
The PhilSports Stadium Stampede was a crowd crush that occurred at the PhilSports Stadium in Pasig, Metro Manila in the Philippines on February 4, 2006. It killed 73 people and injured about 400. About 30,000 people had gathered outside the stadium waiting to participate in the first anniversary episode of the former television variety show Wowowee.
PhilSports Stadium (pictured in 2018) where the stampede occurred.
Pasig, officially the City of Pasig, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
Image: Ortigas Center, Emerald Avenue (Pasig; 04 15 2022)
Image: Tanghalang PasigueƱo, Pasig City, Feb 2024
Image: Pasig Cathedral, Feb 2024
Image: Plaza Rizal in Pasig City January 2020