Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Gelora Bung Karno Sport Palace | |
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Former names | Istana Olahraga Senayan (until 24 September 1962, 1969–2001) |
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Location | Gelora, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta |
Coordinates | 6°13′13.2″S 106°48′22.5″E / 6.220333°S 106.806250°E |
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Owner | Government of Indonesia (via Ministry of State Secretariat) |
Operator | Pusat Pengelolaan Komplek Gelora Bung Karno (Gelora Bung Karno Complex Management Center) |
Capacity | 7,166[2] Capacity history
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Field size | 50 by 25 metres (55 by 27 yd) |
Surface | Wood |
Scoreboard | Seiko |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 8 February 1960 (entire complex) |
Opened | 21 May 1961 |
Renovated | 2016–2018 |
Closed | 2016–2018 |
Reopened | 23 January 2018 |
Construction cost | $12,500,000 (1958, entire complex) Rp132 billion (2016–2018)[1] |
Architect | Friedrich Silaban[a] |
Tenants | |
Indonesia Open (badminton, 1982 - 2024) Indonesia Masters (badminton, 2018 - present) | |
Website | |
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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). The first event that held in this arena was the 1961 Thomas Cup.[3]
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.
Development
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, since January 17, 2001, Indonesian president at the time Abdurrahman Wahid reverted the sports complex name to Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, including the Istora.[7]
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.
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
Entertainment events at Istora Gelora Bung Karno | ||
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Date | Artist(s) | Tour |
February 16-18, 1988 | Tina Turner | Break Every Rule World Tour |
February 11-13, 1992 | New Kids on the Block | The Magic Summer Tour |
October 17, 1995 | Take That | Nobody Else Tour |
February 23, 2007 | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations Tour |
October 20, 2007 | The Black Eyed Peas | Black Blue & You Tour |
June 2, 2009 | The Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination Tour |
August 17, 2009 | The All-American Rejects | I Wanna Rock Tour |
August 3, 2010 | Slash | 2010 World Tour |
October 29, 2010 | Simply Red | - |
January 10, 2011 | N.E.R.D | - |
January 22, 2011 | Ne-Yo | Libra Scale Tour |
April 5, 2011 | Bruno Mars | The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour[b] |
April 27, 2011 | Maroon 5 | Hands All Over Tour |
January 17, 2012 | Simple Plan | Get Your Heart On! Tour |
September 20, 2012 | The Wanted | Live in Jakarta |
October 4 & 5, 2012 | Maroon 5 | Overexposed Tour |
March 24, 2013 | Demi Lovato | A Special Night with Demi Lovato |
May 10, 2013 | Sigur Rós | World Tour 2013 |
March 12, 2014 | Avril Lavigne | The Avril Lavigne Tour |
December 7, 2014 | JKT48 | Papan Penanda Isi Hati – Message on a Placard Handshake Festival |
March 28, 2015 | 2PM | Go Crazy World Tour |
May 22, 2015 | Boyzone | BZ20 Tour |
March 19, 2016 | JKT48 | Beginner Handshake Festival |
March 1, 2019 | Kodaline | Politics of Living Tour |
November 16, 2019 | Seventeen | Ode to You World Tour[10] |
March 1, 2020 | NCT Dream | The Dream Show[11] |
August 6, 2022 | JKT48 | Heaven: 10th Anniversary Concert |
September 30 & October 1, 2022 | The Script | Greatest Hits Tour 2022[12] |
December 10, 2022 | Treasure Jun. K Young Tak Zion.T |
Saranghaeyo Indonesia 2022[13] |
January 16, 2024 | Yoasobi | Yoasobi Asia Tour[14] |
February 23, 2025 | Keshi | Requiem[15] |
Cancelled entertainment events
Date | Artist(s) | Tour | Reason |
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November 14, 2008 February 12, 2009 |
Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad Tour | Indonesian government issued travel warning (2008)[16] Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna (2009)[17] |
March 28, 2020 | Khalid | Free Spirit World Tour | COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia[c][18][19][20][21] |
May 9, 2020 | Rex Orange County | The Pony Tour[d] | |
May 30 & 31, 2020 | One Ok Rock | Eye Of The Storm Asia Tour 2020 | |
June 27, 2020 | Lauv | How I'm Feeling Tour | |
August 15, 2020 | Stray Kids | District 9: Unlock World Tour | |
January 17, 2023 | Nightwish | Human. :II: Nature. World Tour | Undisclosed, possibly scheduling conflicts with 2023 Indonesia Masters |
November 22, 2023 | Morrissey | 40 Years of Morrissey | Technical issues[23] |
Notable international sporting events

- Indonesia Open (1982 - 2024)
- Indonesia Masters (Since 2018)
- 1961, 1967, 1973, and 1979 Thomas Cups
- 1962 and 2018 Asian Games
- 1975 Uber Cup
- 1980 and 1989 IBF World Championships
- 1986, 1994, 2004, and 2008 Thomas & Uber Cups
- 1989 Sudirman Cup
- 1992 IBF World Junior Championships
- 2015 BWF World Championships
- 2015 World Wushu Championships
- 2018 Asian Para Games
- 2022 FIBA Asia Cup
Gallery
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Friedrich Silaban, architect of the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex including the Istora.
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General Nasution, chair of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly (MPRS) congratulating General Suharto on his inauguration as Acting President on 12 March 1967 at the Istora.
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Istora in January 2008
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The front lobby of Istora; it was demolished during 2016–18 renovation
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Istora in March 2016
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Interior of Istora during the 2018 Indonesia Masters
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Istora's new wooden bleachers
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Rihanna have cancelled her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour in this arena twice, first due to the travel warning by Indonesian Government and the second due to Chris Brown assault to the singer, the concert was scheduled to be held on November 14, 2008, then February 12, 2009.
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Due to Covid-19, Five artist were forced to cancel the concert at istora, namely Khalid, Rex Orange County, One Ok Rock, Lauv and Stray Kids. Stray Kids were scheduled to perform at Istora on August 15, 2020.
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Nightwish were forced to cancel their Human. :II: Nature. World Tour scheduled in this arena in January 2023 without any official reason.
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40 Years of Morrissey tour, which was scheduled in this arena on November 22, 2023, was cancelled due to technical issues.
See also
Other venues in the complex
Other concert venues in Jakarta
- Beach City International Stadium
- Indonesia Convention Exhibition
- Jakarta International Expo
- Jakarta Convention Center
- Sentul International Convention Center
References
- ^ Femi Diah (18 October 2017). "Potensi Masalah Setelah Istora Tiba-Tiba Jadi Venue Basket Asian Games 2018". Detik.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Ganesha, Amal (23 January 2018). "Jokowi Inaugurates Newly Renovated Istora Sports Hall". jakartaglobe.id. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Bagas Abdiel (18 January 2017). "Indonesia Pertahankan Piala Thomas 1961 di Istora Senayan". okezone.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Sukarno dan GBK". historia.id (in Bahasa Indonesia). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Sejarah Istora Senayan, Venue Utama Indonesia Open Dari Masa ke Masa". kontenjatim.com (in Bahasa Indonesia). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (2021-11-04). "De-Soekarnoisasi, Upaya Soeharto Melemahkan Pengaruh Soekarno Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (2018-07-10). "Perubahan dan Asal Usul Nama Gelora Bung Karno". KOMPAS.com (in Bahasa Indonesia). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Unit 3 : Istora". gelorabungkarno.co.id (in Bahasa Indonesia). PPKGBK. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Mercy Raya (29 September 2017). "Mengembalikan Keaslian Istora 1962". Detik.com (in Bahasa Indonesia).
- ^ "[ANNOUNCEMENT] SEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR <ODE TO YOU> IN JAKARTA - Official Seatplan". Twitter. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "NCT Dream Akan Konser di Jakarta 1 Maret 2020, Tour The Dream Show". Tirto. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "The Script 'Greatest Hits Tour 2022' akan Konser di Jakarta". Prambors. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Ini Bocoran Artis K-Pop yang Bakal Manggung di Saranghaeyo Indonesia 2022". Suara.com. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "@yoasobi_staff_ is coming to Jakarta for their Asia Tour Live 2024 on 16 January 2024 at Istora Senayan!". Instagram. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ PK Entertainment (19 July 2024). "@keshi is officially coming back to Jakarta on 23 February 2025 at Istora Senayan". Retrieved 14 September 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Rihanna Batal Konser di Jakarta". Viva.co.id. June 17, 2024.
- ^ "Rihanna Kembali Batalkan Konser di Indonesia". Antara. June 17, 2024.
- ^ "#SplashNews Khalid : Tunda "Free Spirit World Tour " Wabah virus korona (Covid-19)". June 17, 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Konser Rex Orange County di Jakarta ditunda akibat corona". Antara. June 17, 2024.
- ^ "Konser ONE OK ROCK "The Eye Of The Storm Asia Tour 2020 Indonesia" Resmi Ditunda". creativedisc.com. September 14, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rex Orange County Awali Tur Asia di Jakarta Mei 2020". Medcom.id. May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Morrissey Batal Konser di Jakarta 22 November". CNN Indonesia (in Bahasa Indonesia). 14 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
Notes
- ^ Friedrich Silaban is responsible for architecting entire Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, including the Main Stadium, Istora & Madya Stadium
- ^ The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour was originally to be held at Tennis Indoor Senayan, but later moved to Istora to accommodate more spectators.
- ^ During pandemic period, Indonesia government prohibits event that trigger a crowd, including music concerts.
- ^ Before eventually cancelled, The Pony Tour was originally planned to be held at the Tennis Indoor, but later relocated to Istora due to demand.[22]
External links
Media related to Istora Gelora Bung Karno at Wikimedia Commons
- Profile on GBK Sports Complex official website Archived 2018-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
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- Indoor arenas in Indonesia
- Basketball venues in Indonesia
- Boxing venues in Indonesia
- Gymnastics venues in Indonesia
- Volleyball venues in Indonesia
- Music venues in Indonesia
- 1961 establishments in Indonesia
- Sports venues in Jakarta
- Badminton venues in Jakarta
- Basketball venues in Jakarta
- Boxing venues in Jakarta
- Gymnastics venues in Jakarta
- Volleyball venues in Jakarta
- Badminton in Indonesia
- Venues of the 1962 Asian Games
- Venues of the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games badminton venues
- Asian Games table tennis venues
- Sports venues completed in 1961
- Works by Friedrich Silaban