Manila, Oct. 5 -- This highly urbanized city has unveiled the Bacolod Skate Park, considered the largest covered skate park in the country, in Barangay Vista Alegre.

The national government-funded 1,355-square-meter facility was inaugurated Saturday by Mayor Greg Gasataya and Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, in the presence of other government officials and members of the local skating community.

"We're aligning Bacolod as one of the sports destinations in the country. I just sent this development to Philippine Sports Commission Chairman John Patrick Gregorio, that the biggest covered skate park is in Bacolod City," Gasataya said.

The skate park and an adjacent multi-purpose center with a basketball court and bleachers com...