How To Get To The Arena in San Juan (FilOil Flying V Arena)?

The Arena in San Juan, which was renamed to FilOil Flying V Arena in 2009, is a sports coliseum located in Brgy Corazon De Jesus, San Juan City (along Santolan Road). A lot of tournaments and invitationals are held in the Arena. Philippine Basketball League (PBL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), Filoil Flying V Invitational Cup, Philippine Collegiate Championship (PCC) basketball games and key sports are played in this arena. Televised volleyball games of the Shakey's V-League are also being played here. The newly crowned and first ASEAN Basketball League champs Philippine Patriot also treats this arena as their homecourt. Note that The Arena is also known as Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People (or ERAP).

Directions on how to travel/commute to FilOil Flying V Arena (San Juan Arena): 
Remember to take note that San Juan Arena's main landmark street is Santolan Road. Pinaglabanan Shrine, San Juan Police and Fire Station, San Juan Central Post Office, LTO Eastern, and Flying V gas station are around the area.

From Camanava:
Camanava stands for Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela

Option 1. From Monumento, you can ride a bus passing through EDSA going to going to Ayala, MIA, SM Mall of Asia or Baclaran and get down in Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. You can also take a bus up to North Avenue and then ride the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

From Quezon City:

Option 1. From EDSA, ride a bus going to going to Ayala, MIA, SM Mall of Asia or Baclaran and get down in Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. Ride the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

From Makati and Pasay:

Option 1. From EDSA, ride a bus going to going to Monumento or Fairview and get down in Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. Ride the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

From Manila (basically those who can access LRT 1 or 2):
via LRT 1:

Option 1. Ride an LRT 1 bound for EDSA-Taft Avenue or jeepney bound for Baclaran (get down at EDSA). From EDSA, ride a bus going to going to Monumento or Fairview and get down in Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. Ride an LRT 1 bound for EDSA-Taft Avenue or jeepney bound for Baclaran (get down at EDSA). Transfer to the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

via LRT 2:

Option 1. Ride an LRT 2 bound for Araneta-Cubao and get down there. From EDSA, ride a bus going to going to Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. Ride an LRT 2 bound for Araneta-Cubao and get down there. Transfer to the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 3. Ride an LRT 2 bound for Gilmore Station and get down there. Ride a San Juan bound jeepney. Ask the driver to bring you to the area nearest San Juan Arena.

via jeepney: You can also try riding a Cubao-bound jeepney from Quiapo/Divisoria. Go down at Gilmore and ride a San Juan bound jeepney. Ask the driver to bring you to the area nearest San Juan Arena.

From more southern areas (South of Makati like Paranaque, etc):

Option 1. Ride a bus going to going to Monumento or Fairview and get down in Ortigas. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

Option 2. Ride a bus going to going to Monumento or Fairview and get down in Magallanes MRT Station. Ride the MRT and get down at Ortigas Station and walk northbound. From the corner of EDSA and Ortigas, ride a jeepney or bus (G-Liner) bound for San Juan or Quiapo and get down at San Juan Arena.

From Ortigas, from the corner opposite of Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) or Robinson's Galleria, there are jeepneys bound for San Juan or buses bound for Quiapo, ride those buses and get down at San Juan Arena.

For private vehicles: San Juan Arena is located along Santolan Road. From EDSA southbound, it is accessible either via Ortigas Avenue then left turn to Santolan Road. From Manila, you can take N. Domingo, turn right at Pinaglabanan; go straight until you pass by San Juan Central Post Office. Main landmarks are the Flying V Oil station and San Juan Central Post Office. Parking space is ample.

Of course, you can ride a taxicab from any area around the metro and just mention "San Juan Arena", "FilOil Flying V Arena" or "LTO Eastern sa Santolan" and the driver already knows where to go. 

Here's a map around The Arena in San Juan (Filoil Flying V)  via Google Maps (click to enlarge):

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