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Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex also known as Senayan Sports Complex, is a sports complex located in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The sports complex host main stadium with capacity of 88,000 spectators, athletic tracks, football fields, aquatics stadium, tennis courts, hockey, baseball and archery fields, and several indoor gymnasiums. It is named after Sukarno, Indonesia's 1st President. It is the largest and one of the oldest sport complex in Jakarta, and also one of the largest in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium is the main building within this sports complex. The word Gelora itself is abbreviations of Gelanggang Olahraga which means "Sport Arena", and it also means "vigorous" (like the flame or ocean wave) in Indonesian.
Other than hosting numbers of sports facilities, the Senayan sports complex is also a popular place for Jakartans to do physical exercises; jogging, bicycling, aerobics and calisthenics especially during weekend.
The sports complex was built to host 4th Asian Games in 1962. Construction began on the stadium on February 8, 1960 and finished on July 21, 1962.' Its construction was partially funded through a special loan from the Soviet Union. The stadium's original capacity of 100,800 people was reduced to 88,083 as a result of renovations for the 2007 Asian Cup.
The Bung Karno Stadium hosted the 2007 Asian Cup Final between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Other competitions held there are several Tiger Cup finals and domestic cup finals. The Istora Senayan hosted numbers of Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton competitions. The sports complex hosted multi-event sport such as Pekan Olahraga Nasional and Southeast Asian Games. The complex was the host of Pekan Olahraga Nasional for nine times between 1951 to 1996. The complex host Sea Games in 1979, 1987, 1997 and 2011 co-host with Jakabaring Sport City in Palembang.

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