Forceful argument for keeping historic sports complex

The Inquirer’s editorial titled “In the name of history” (Opinion, 1/5/17) gave a very forceful argument on why the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) must be preserved.

The RMSC evokes in me fond memories of thrills and excitement.

I was in third year high school when I became a member of Ateneo de Manila University’s AAL swimming team. When I was in fourth year high school, I became the assistant team manager of our school’s varsity track and field team. Competition was held at the oval stadium which also houses the football court. When I was in second year college, I was a member of our school’s varsity swimming team. We swam in the Olympic-size swimming pool.

The RMSC was constructed in 1934. One of the teams that played in the newly constructed, historic basketball court was De La Salle University’s 1934-35 senior varsity basketball team skippered by my late father, Sergio P. Corpus. With the proposal to convert the RMSC into a commercial complex, the members of that team must now be turning in their graves.

I join the thousands who clamor for the preservation of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

ANTONIO MA. O. CORPUS, Las Piñas City