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Joey Villar - The Philippine Star
March 10, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Five years ago during the pandemic, SM Supermalls president Steven Tan envisioned a hub in all its shopping centers in the country to promote an active, healthy lifestyle.
It has become a reality with Tan personally launching his brainchild called the SM Active Hub, the country’s largest sports playground, yesterday at the SM Mall of Asia Activity Center.
The SM Active Hub houses 44 pickle ball courts and 14 running hubs across its 21 malls and 87 shopping centers all over the country to give Filipinos a place where they could take part in sports activity.
That is apart from its newly built football center atop the MOA as well as its skating rinks in its chain of SM Malls.
“We realized during the pandemic that health is something that we should really push them to do, and not just in the Mall of Asia, but across the country from Luzon all the way down Mindanao,” said Tan.
“We decided, why limit it to Mall of Asia only, we need to do it also in at least 87 of our shopping centers across the country,” he added.
Tan is optimistic the SM Active Hub will revolutionize fitness and sports engagement in the country.
To discover a range of SM Active Hub events, interested parties are encouraged to check the SM Malls Online app where they could also earn rewards, discounts and freebies.
