Istora Gelora Bung Karno

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Istana Olahraga Gelora Bung Karno
Gelora Bung Karno Sport Palace
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Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Former namesIstana Olahraga Senayan
(until 24 September 1962, 1969–2001)
Location Gelora, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta
Coordinates 6°13′13.2″S106°48′22.5″E / 6.220333°S 106.806250°E / -6.220333; 106.806250
Public transit
Owner Government of Indonesia
(via Ministry of State Secretariat)
OperatorPusat Pengelolaan Komplek Gelora Bung Karno (Gelora Bung Karno Complex Management Center)
Capacity 7,166 [1]
Capacity history
  • 10,000 (1962–2008)
  • 9,500 (2008–2016)
  • 7,166 (2018–present)
Field size50 by 25 metres (55 by 27 yd)
SurfaceWood
Scoreboard Seiko
Construction
Broke ground8 February 1960 (entire complex)
Opened21 May 1961
Renovated2016–2018
Closed2016–2018
Reopened23 January 2018
Construction cost $12,500,000 (1958, entire complex)
Rp132 billion (2016–2018) [a] [2]
Architect Friedrich Silaban (entire Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex)[ citation needed ]
Tenants
Indonesia Open (badminton, 1982 - 2024)
Indonesia Masters (badminton, 2018 - present)
Indonesia men's national basketball team (until 2023)
Website
Website

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace (Indonesian : Istana Olahraga Gelora Bung Karno, abbreviated as Istora), (formerly named Istora Senayan between 1969 and 2001) is an indoor arena located in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia. The capacity of the arena after 2018 reopening is 7,166. This arena is usually used for badminton tournaments, especially the BWF tournaments Indonesia Open (1982 - 2024) and Indonesia Masters (since 2018), as well as the Indonesia men's national basketball team. The first event that held in this arena was the 1961 Thomas Cup. [3]

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It was also used during the 1962 Asian Games and was renovated to host the 2018 edition. Its first post-renovation event was the 2018 Indonesia Masters. During the latter Games, it hosted the badminton and later stages of basketball events.

The arena originally was planned to stage the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and becoming the only Indonesian venue in the three-country joint bid but was moved to a newly-built arena inside the complex. It hosted the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup instead.

History

As an architect and civil engineering graduate, Sukarno proposed a sports center location near M. H. Thamrin Boulevard and Menteng (Karet, Pejompongan, or Dukuh Atas) for the 1962 Asian Games. Then he was accompanied by Friedrich Silaban to review the location of the proposed sports complex by helicopter. Silaban disagreed with the selection of Dukuh Atas because he argued the construction of a sports complex in the center the future downtown area will potentially create a massive traffic congestion. Sukarno agreed Silaban recommendation and instead assigned the project to the Senayan area with an area of approximately 300 hectares. [4] [5]

The sports complex construction began on 8 February 1960, Istora construction finished on 21 May 1961, in time to host the 1961 Thomas Cup that held in June of that year.

During the New Order era, due to the de-Sukarnoization policy by military junta government under Suharto, the complex was renamed to Gelora Senayan Sports Complex and the Istora was also renamed to Istora Senayan in 1969. [6] However, the name of the sports complex (and the Istora) was reverted by Indonesian president at the time Abdurrahman Wahid since 17 January 2001. [7] although the Istora Senayan name is still used informally.

Istora had a U-shaped indoor lobby attached on its front since some time after the 1960s to 2016. The court and tribune were surrounded by multi-functional rooms. [8] Those were demolished during the subsequent renovation. [9] The rooms are incorporated underneath the tribune, leaving no other buildings attached to it.

The 2016 - 18 renovation of Istora for the 2018 Asian Games cost Rp132 billion (around US$10 million with the exchange rate at the time), reducing the capacity from 9,500 to around 7,000 spectators. During the latest renovation, there were already some delft blue single seats installed on the mid-section of west and east tribune along with yellow (4 corners) and green (mid-section of north and south tribune) wooden bleachers. Those were scrapped and replaced by single seats, consist of 3 shades of grey. However, to preserve the memory of the old Istora, there are five rows of seat using new all-brown wooden bleachers, placed near Gate 1.

Entertainment events

1961–1999

DateArtist(s)Tour
16–18 February 1988 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour
11–13 February 1992 New Kids on the Block The Magic Summer Tour
17 October 1995 Take That Nobody Else Tour

2000–2009

DateArtist(s)Tour
4 April 2005 Avril Lavigne Bonez Tour
23 February 2007 Muse Black Holes and Revelations Tour
20 October 2007 Black Eyed Peas Black Blue & You Tour
2 June 2009 The Pussycat Dolls Doll Domination Tour
17 August 2009 The All-American Rejects I Wanna Rock Tour

2010–2019

DateArtist(s)Tour
3 August 2010 Slash 2010 World Tour
29 October 2010 Simply Red —
10 January 2011 N.E.R.D —
22 January 2011 Ne-Yo Libra Scale Tour
5 April 2011 Bruno Mars The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour
27 April 2011 Maroon 5 Hands All Over Tour
17 January 2012 Simple Plan Get Your Heart On! Tour
20 September 2012 The Wanted Live in Jakarta
4 & 5 October 2022 Maroon 5 Overexposed Tour
24 March 2013 Demi Lovato A Special Night with Demi Lovato
10 May 2013 Sigur Rós World Tour 2013
12 March 2014 Avril Lavigne The Avril Lavigne Tour
7 December 2014 JKT48 Papan Penanda Isi Hati – Message on a Placard Handshake Festival
28 March 2015 2PM Go Crazy World Tour
22 May 2015 Boyzone BZ20 Tour
19 March 2016 JKT48 Beginner Handshake Festival
1 March 2019 Kodaline Politics of Living Tour
16 November 2019 Seventeen Ode to You World Tour [10]

2020–present

DateArtist(s)Tour
1 March 2020 NCT Dream The Dream Show [11]
6 August 2022 JKT48 Heaven: 10th Anniversary Concert
30 September & 1 October 2022 The Script Greatest Hits Tour 2022 [12]
10 December 2022 Treasure, Jun. K, Young Tak, Zion.T Saranghaeyo Indonesia 2022 [13]
16 January 2024 Yoasobi Yoasobi Asia Tour [14]
5 October 2024 WayV 2024 Wayv Concert [15]
14–15 December 2024Several artists Trans Media 23rd Anniversary: Semangat Baru
2 February 2025 Yura Yunita Konser Bingah [16]
13 February 2025 Wave to Earth 0.03 World Tour [17]
26–27 February 2025 Yoasobi Chō-genjitsu Asia Tour [18]
12 April 2025 BoyNextDoor KNOCK ON Vol.1 [19]

Cancelled entertainment events

DateArtist(s)TourReason
14 November 2008 Rihanna [b] Good Girl Gone Bad Tour Enforcement of travel warning to Indonesia due to execution of 2002 Bali bombings convict [20]
12 February 2009Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna [21]
28 March 2020 Khalid Free Spirit World Tour COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia [c] [22] [23] [24] [25]
9 May 2020 Rex Orange County The Pony Tour [d]
30 May 2020 One Ok Rock Eye of The Storm Tour
31 May 2020
27 June 2020 Lauv How I'm Feeling Tour
14 September 2021 [e]
15 August 2020 Stray Kids District 9: Unlock World Tour
15 January 2023 Nightwish Human. :II: Nature. World Tour Floor Jansen's radiation therapy following breast cancer surgery in October 2022 [27] [f]
22 November 2023 Morrissey 40 Years of MorrisseyTechnical issues [28] [29]
23 February 2025 Keshi Requiem World Tour

Notable international sporting events

Exterior of Istora during the 2018 Asian Games Istora AG18 (1).jpg
Exterior of Istora during the 2018 Asian Games

See also

Other venues in the complex

Other concert venues in Greater Jakarta

References

  1. ↑ Ganesha, Amal (23 January 2018). "Jokowi Inaugurates Newly Renovated Istora Sports Hall". jakartaglobe.id. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Femi Diah (18 October 2017). "Potensi Masalah Setelah Istora Tiba-Tiba Jadi Venue Basket Asian Games 2018". Detik.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Bagas Abdiel (18 January 2017). "Indonesia Pertahankan Piala Thomas 1961 di Istora Senayan". okezone.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sukarno dan GBK". historia.id (in Indonesian). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Sejarah Istora Senayan, Venue Utama Indonesia Open Dari Masa ke Masa". kontenjatim.com (in Indonesian). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  6. ↑ Media, Kompas Cyber (2021-11-04). "De-Soekarnoisasi, Upaya Soeharto Melemahkan Pengaruh Soekarno Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  7. ↑ Media, Kompas Cyber (2018-07-10). "Perubahan dan Asal Usul Nama Gelora Bung Karno". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Unit 3 : Istora". gelorabungkarno.co.id (in Indonesian). PPKGBK. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Mercy Raya (29 September 2017). "Mengembalikan Keaslian Istora 1962". Detik.com (in Indonesian).
  10. ↑ Mecimapro [@mecimapro] (18 September 2019). "[ANNOUNCEMENT] SEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR <ODE TO YOU> IN JAKARTA - Official Seatplan. MCP Fanclub sales start from September 20th (19:00 WIB). General Sales will open on September 27th (14:00 WIB). #SVTinJKT #SEVENTEENinJKT #OdeToYouInJKT" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 May 2024– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Maria Ulfa (23 January 2020). "NCT Dream Akan Konser di Jakarta 1 Maret 2020, Tour The Dream Show". Tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  12. ↑ Ipan Fanani (1 June 2022). Diffa Zahra (ed.). "The Script 'Greatest Hits Tour 2022' akan Konser di Jakarta". Prambors (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  13. ↑ Sumarni (7 December 2022). "Ini Bocoran Artis K-Pop yang Bakal Manggung di Saranghaeyo Indonesia 2022". Suara.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  14. ↑ PK Entertainment [@pkentertainment.id] (24 November 2023). "@yoasobi_staff_ is coming to Jakarta for their Asia Tour Live 2024 on 16 January 2024 at Istora Senayan!" . Retrieved 26 March 2024– via Instagram.
  15. ↑ "[TICKETING INFO] Seat plan for 2024 WayV CONCERT [ON THE Way] IN JAKARTA is out! Let's assemble and make some noise for WayV's first-ever concert on October 5th, 2024 at Istora Senayan, WayZenNis!". Instagram. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "Rayakan Satu Dekade, Yura Yunita Siap Gelar Konser di Istora Senayan". Warta Ekonomi. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  17. ↑ @ckstar.id (26 November 2023). "let's celebrate the month of love with the one we love the most - it's loving seasons♡ wave to earth is making their return to jakarta~" . Retrieved 3 December 2024– via Instagram.
  18. ↑ @ngekonser (6 December 2024). "📢YOASOBI LIVE IN JAKARTA ‼️ Siap untuk bertemu Yoasobi di Jakarta?! Catet ya ! 🗓️: 26&27 Februari 2025 📍: Istora Senayan 🎟️: www.yoasobiinjakarta.com" . Retrieved 16 December 2024– via Instagram.
  19. ↑ @boynextdoor_official (23 September 2024). "BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR 'KNOCK ON Vol.1' 🔊 Announcement" . Retrieved 12 November 2024– via Instagram.
  20. ↑ "Rihanna Batal Konser di Jakarta". viva.co.id. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  21. ↑ "Rihanna Kembali Batalkan Konser di Indonesia". antaranews.com. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  22. ↑ @koranjakarta.id (16 February 2020). "#SplashNews Khalid : Tunda "Free Spirit World Tour " Wabah virus korona (Covid-19)" . Retrieved 17 June 2024– via Instagram.
  23. ↑ "Konser Rex Orange County di Jakarta ditunda akibat corona". jatim.antaranews.com. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  24. ↑ "Konser ONE OK ROCK "The Eye Of The Storm Asia Tour 2020 Indonesia" Resmi Ditunda". creativedisc.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  25. ↑ Mecimapro [@mecimapro] (30 July 2020). "[NOTICE] Stray Kids World Tour 'District 9 : Unlock' Concert in Jakarta - Postponement Announcement" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 May 2024– via Twitter.
  26. ↑ "Rex Orange County Awali Tur Asia di Jakarta Mei 2020". Medcom.id. May 22, 2024.
  27. ↑ "NIGHTWISH Singer's Radiation Therapy Rescheduled For January; Asian Tour Postponed". blabbermouth.net. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  28. ↑ "Morrissey Batal Konser di Jakarta 22 November". Hiburan (in Indonesian). 14 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  29. ↑ "Konser Keshi di Jakarta Batal, Promotor Pastikan Refund Tiket Lancar". Kompas.com. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

Notes

  1. ↑ equivalent to about US$10.000.000 with the 2018 exchange rate
  2. ↑ Rihanna was the only artist that have cancelled the concert at the Istora until 2019.
  3. ↑ During pandemic period, Indonesia government banned event that trigger a crowd, including music concerts, to prevent the spread of the virus.
  4. ↑ Before eventually cancelled, The Pony Tour was originally planned to be held at the Tennis Indoor, but later relocated to Istora due to demand. [26]
  5. ↑ The concert was originally rescheduled to 14 September 2021, but later cancelled due to pandemic uncertainty.
  6. ↑ Possible reason as no official reason was given by organizer.

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