Bung karno Stadium

• Location : Central jakarta, Indonesian
  
• Broke Ground :1960
• Opened : 24 July 1962
  
• Owner : jakarta Government
  
• Operator : Glora Senayan Foundation (BPGS)
  
• tenants : Foot Ball Association Of Indonesia (PSSI), Indonesia National Foot Ball Team, Persija Jakarta
  
• Construction Cost : $ 12.500.000
• Architect : N/A
• Capacity : 88.083

Main Stadium Gelora Bung Karno is a multipurpose stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is part of the sports complex Gelanggang Bung Karno Sports. This stadium is generally used as a soccer field the game internationally. Stadium named to honor this Soekarno, Indonesia's first President, who is also a prominent cause the idea of this complex exercise. In order to de-Soekarnoisasi, during the New Order, the name is changed to Stadium Utama Senayan Stadium. Bergulirnya after wave of reform in 1998, the name returned to the Stadium this name through the Presidential Decree No. 7 / 2001.

With a capacity of about 100,000 people, the stadium was built starting in mid-1958 and its first phase in the third quarter 1962 is one of the biggest in the world. Towards the Asia Cup 2007, made on the renovation of the stadium capacity 88,083 spectators into the stadium.

Construction was funded with soft loans from the Soviet Union as much as 12.5 million U.S. dollars which kepastiannya obtained on 23 December 1958.

Construction began on the stadium in February 8, 1960 and finished in July 21, 1962 in time to host the fourth Asian Games held in Jakarta in 1962. The stadium's original capacity of 100,800 people was reduced to 88,083 as a result of renovations for the 2007 Asian Cup. It is divided into 24 sectors and 12 entrances, and into upper and lower stands. A special feature is the huge steel roof that forms a gigantic ring and protects the spectators from the heat.

The stadium is part of a complex which includes:

* Stadion Madya, a secondary open stadium with a capacity of 20,000
* Istora, an indoor gymnasium with a capacity of 10,000
* An aquatics arena with a capacity of 8,000
* A tennis stadium with a capacity of 5,000
* A smaller indoor gymnasium with a capacity of 3,500
* A softball field with an unknown capacity
* An archery field
* A hockey field