| Native Name: | Kompleks Gelanggang Olahraga Bung Karno |
| Logo Image: | Gelora Bung Karno logo.png |
| Fullname: | Gelanggang Olahraga Bung Karno |
| Former Names: | Asian Games Complex |
| Mainvenue: | Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium |
| Mainvenue Capacity: | 77,200[1] |
| Otherfacilities: | Madya Stadium Aquatic Stadium Sports Palace Tennis Indoor Tennis Outdoor Baseball Stadium Softball Field Rugby Field Archery Field Squash Stadium Indonesia Arena |
| Location: | Gelora, Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | -6.2186°N 106.8025°W |
| Broke Ground: | 8 February 1960 |
| Built: | 1960–1962 |
| Renovated: | 2016–2018 |
| Opened: | 1961–1962 |
| Closed: | 2016–2018 |
| Reopened: | 2018 |
| Owner: | Government of Indonesia |
| Operator: | Pusat Pengelolaan Komplek Gelora Bung Karno (PPKGBK, Gelora Bung Karno Complex Management Center) |
| Cost: | $12,500,000 (1958) Rp3,5 trillion (renovation) |
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex (Indonesian: Kompleks Gelanggang Olahraga Bung Karno, formerly named Senayan Sports Complex (Indonesian: Kompleks Olahraga Senayan) from 1969 to 2001. This sports complex is located in Gelora, Central Jakarta, bordering the Senayan, South Jakarta because of its large location. This sports complex, as the name suggests, was built by the first President of Indonesia, Soekarno, to prepare for the holding of the fourth Asian Games 1962 in Jakarta. This sports complex consists of a main stadium, secondary stadium, the Sports Palace, football fields, aquatic stadium, tennis stadiums (indoor and outdoor), hockey, baseball and archery fields, and several indoor gymnasiums. This complex was built in 1960 and is new - recently underwent major reconstruction for the Asian Games 2018 and Asian Para Games 2018.
After the Asian Games Federation declared Jakarta to host the 1962 Asian Games in 1958, the minimum requirement that was yet to be met by Jakarta was the availability of a multi-sport complex. In response to this, President Sukarno issued Presidential Decree No. 113/1959 dated 11 May 1959 about the establishment of the Asian Games Council of Indonesia (DAGI) led by Minister of Sports Maladi. Sukarno, as an architect and civil engineering graduate, proposed a location near M. H. Thamrin Boulevard and Menteng, namely the area of Karet, Pejompongan, or Dukuh Atas. Friedrich Silaban, a renowned architect who accompanied Sukarno to review the location by helicopter, disagreed with the selection of Dukuh Atas because he argued the construction of a sports complex in the center of the future downtown area will potentially create massive traffic congestion. Sukarno agreed and instead assigned the Senayan area with an area of approximately 300 hectares.[2]
The first pole erection was done symbolically by Sukarno on 8 February 1960. Construction of Istora was completed in May 1961. The secondary stadium, Swimming Stadium, and Tennis Stadium followed in December 1961. The main stadium was completed on 21 July 1962, a month before the games.[3]
The sports complex hosts a main stadium with a capacity of 77,193 seats,[1] athletic stadium, football fields, aquatic stadium, tennis stadiums (indoor and outdoor), hockey, baseball and archery fields, and several indoor gymnasiums.[4] Built over 279 hectares of land, it is the largest sports complex in Indonesia.[5] The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium is the main building within this sports complex. The abbreviation Gelora also means "vigorous" (like the flame or ocean wave) in the Indonesian language. Other than hosting several sports facilities, the sports complex is also a popular place for people of Jakarta to do physical exercises; jogging, bicycling, aerobics, and calisthenics, especially during the weekend.
For the first time, the sports complex was host fourth Asian Games in 1962. The main stadium hosted the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Other competitions held there were several AFF Championship finals and domestic cup finals. The Istora hosted numbers of BWF World Championships, Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton competitions. The tennis stadium hosted most of Indonesia's home matches at the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
The sports complex hosted multi-event sport such as Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON, National Sports Week) and Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). The complex hosted the PON seven times between 1973 and 1996. The complex hosted the SEA Games in 1979, 1987, 1997 and 2011; the latter was co-hosted with Jakabaring Sport City complex in Palembang. It also hosted 2018 Asian Games along with Palembang's complex and some other venues across Palembang, Banten, Greater Jakarta and West Java, while it served only with other venues across Greater Jakarta and West Java during the subsequent Para Games.
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was held at a new 17,150 seater arena within the sports complex known as Indonesia Arena; Indonesia was the co-host along with Japan and the Philippines.
| Venue | Purpose | Capacity | Built | Notes | Tenants | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium | Multi-use, mostly football | 77,200 | 1960 | Largest stadium in Indonesia | Indonesia national football team and Persija Jakarta | |
| Istora Gelora Bung Karno | Multi-use, mostly badminton | 7,166[6] | 1960 | Indonesia Open (1982-2024) and Indonesia Masters (since 2018) | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium | Aquatic sports | 7,800[7] | 1960 | Formerly named "Swimming Stadium" | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Indoor Stadium | Multi-use, mostly volleyball and concerts | 3,750[8] | 1993 | First sports arena in Southeast Asia to use retractable roof, it is no longer operable. | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Outdoor Stadium (Center Court) | Tennis | 3,800[9] | 1960 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium | Athletics and football | 9,170[10] | 1960 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall | Basketball | 2,400[11] | 1960 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field | Baseball | 1,320[12] | 2016 | Built on site of 12 tennis clay courts and 6 tennis hard courts | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field | Field Hockey | 818[13] | 1973 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Softball Field | Softball | ≈500[14] | 1996 | Also called Lapangan Softball Pintu Satu (Gate One Softball Field) to distinguish it with the nearby, now-demolished Cemaratiga Softball Field. Can be upgraded with temporary seats to 2,000 capacity. | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Archery Field | Archery | 97[15] | 1973 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field | Rugby | N/A | 2017 | Built on the site of Lapangan D (D Football Field) | ||
| Shooting range | Shooting | N/A | 1992 | New location. Mulia Hotel now stands in the original site. | ||
| GBK Arena | Multi-sports training halls | N/A | 2016 | Located outside the main complex on the west, built on the site of Asia Afrika Sports Hall, a badminton training hall (originally completed in 1986) | ||
| Volleyball Training Hall | Volleyball training | N/A | 1988 | |||
| A, B, and C Football Field | Football training | N/A | 1970 | |||
| Gateball Court | Gateball | N/A | 2017 | |||
| Beach Volleyball Court | Beach volleyball | N/A | 1996 | |||
| Gelora Bung Karno Squash Stadium | Squash | 560[16] | 1996 | Also called D Hall (Indonesian: Hall D) | ||
| Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Court | Tennis | N/A | 1993 | Two hard courts | ||
| Indonesia Arena | Multi-use | 16,500 | 2023 | Previously known as "Indoor Multifunction Stadium" | Indonesia Open (planned from 2025) and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
Initially, the sports complex covers a much larger area than it is today. During the 1980s to 1990s, several land plots were developed into non-sport facilities. The northern area was developed into government offices while the southern area was developed into hotels and shopping malls. The complex also had a radio-controlled car circuit northwest of the main stadium, which was scrapped during the 2017 renovation.
The southern area was originally an athlete village for the 1962 Asian Games. The village was demolished in the 1970s. Several buildings now stood in their location.
| Date | Artists | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 1972 | Bee Gees | Trafalgar Tour | |
| December 4 & 5, 1975 | Deep Purple | - | |
| December 30, 1988 | Mick Jagger | - | |
| September 21, 2011 | Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns World Tour | |
| September 22, 2012 | SM Entertainment artists | SM Town Live World Tour III | |
| March 9, 2013 | K-Pop performers | Music Bank World Tour | |
| August 25, 2013 | Metallica | Metallica Summer Tour 2013 | |
| December 13, 2013 | Slank | ||
| August 23, 2014 | Super Junior-M and several local performers | Mahakarya RCTI 25 Tahun | |
| March 25, 2015 | One Direction | On the Road Again Tour | |
| September 11, 2015 | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi Live! | |
| November 8, 2018 | Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | |
| May 3, 2019 | Ed Sheeran | Divide Tour[18] | |
| February 25, 2023 | Raisa | Raisa: Live in Concert[19] | |
| March 11 & 12, 2023 | Blackpink | Born Pink World Tour[20] | |
| August 12, 2023 | Dewa 19 | All Stars Stadium Tour[21] | |
| September 23, 2023 | SM Entertainment artists | SM Town Live 2023: SMCU PALACE @JAKARTA[22] | |
| November 15, 2023 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour[23] | |
| May 18, 2024 | NCT Dream | The Dream Show 3: DreamScape[24] |
| 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 |
| 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 | SEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR : 'ODE TO YOU'[25] |
| March 1, 2020 | NCT Dream | The Dream Show[26] |
| August 6, 2022 | JKT48 | Heaven: 10th Anniversary Concert |
| September 30 & October 1, 2022 | The Script | Greatest Hits Tour 2022[27] |
| December 10, 2022 | Treasure Jun. K Young Tak Zion.T | Saranghaeyo Indonesia 2022[28] |
| January 16, 2024 | Yoasobi | Yoasobi Asia Tour[29] |
| Dates | Artists | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 & 14, 2024 | NCT 127 | Neo City – The Unity[30] | |
| June 8, 2024 | Echosmith The Fray | Playboox 2024: Mempertemukan Jakarta[31] | |
| June 29 & 30, 2024 | Treasure | Asia Tour: Reboot[32] | |
| July 27, 2024 | Kim Seon-ho | KIM SEONHO ASIA TOUR | |
| August 24, 2024 | JJ Lin | JJ20 World Tour[34] | |
| November 2, 2024 | Krisdayanti Ruth Sahanaya Titi DJ Lyodra Tiara Andini Ziva Magnolya | Konser Super Diva[35] | |
| November 9, 2024 | Dua Lipa | Radical Optimism Tour |
| Date | Artists | Events |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2009 | Lamb of God | Wrath Tour |
| April 29, 2010 | Kelly Clarkson | All I Ever Wanted Tour |
| September 28, 2012 | Keane | Strangeland Tour |
| November 3, 2012 | Wonder Girls | Wonder World Tour |
| May 27, 2013 | Carly Rae Jepsen | The Summer Kiss Tour |
| October 19, 2013 | CNBLUE | Blue Moon World Tour |
| February 14, 2015 | Taeyang | Rise World Tour |
| November 18, 2018 | iKon | iKon 2018 Continue Tour |
| March 24, 2019 | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight Tour |
| August 13 & 14, 2019 | LANY | Malibu Nights World Tour |
| November 30 & December 1, 2019 | Day6 | Gravity World Tour |
| December 28 & 29, 2019 | IU | Love, Poem |
| January 19, 2020 | Bon Iver | I, I Tour |
| July 14, 2022 | Louis Tomlinson | Louis Tomlinson World Tour |
| February 4, 2023 | Itzy | Checkmate World Tour |
| April 30, 2024 | All Time Low | Forever |
| May 26, 2024 | Eve | Eve Asia Tour 2024 "Culture"[36] |
| June 8, 2024 | BabyMonster | See You There[37] |
| August 10, 2024 | Suho | SU:HOME[38] |
| November 13, 2024 | Take That | THIS LIFE ON TOUR[39] |
| Date | Artists | Events |
|---|---|---|
| December 28, 2022 | Seventeen | Be The Sun World Tour[40] |
| February 11, 2023 | Westlife | The Wild Dreams Tour[41] |
| May 25, 2024 | Avenged Sevenfold | Life Is but a Dream... Tour[42] |
| December 21, 2024 | Stray Kids | Dominate World Tour[43] |
| Date | Artists | Events |
|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2023 | D4vd | Petals to Thorns Tour[44] |
| July 6, 2024 | Lisa | LiVE is Smile Always Asia Tour 2024[45] |
| Date | Artists | Events | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Stadium | |||
| December 1 & 2, 1993 | Michael Jackson | Dangerous World Tour | The singer went through rehabilitation[46] |
| June 3, 2012 | Lady Gaga | Born This Way Ball | Security measures[47] |
| Istora | |||
| November 14, 2008 February 12, 2009 | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad Tour | Security concerns (Indonesian government issued travel warning) (2008)[48] Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna (2009)[49] |
| March 28, 2020 | Khalid | Free Spirit World Tour | COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia[50] [51] [52] |
| May 9, 2020 | Rex Orange County | The Pony Tour | |
| June 27, 2020 | Lauv | How I'm Feeling Tour | |
| August 15, 2020 | Stray Kids | District Nine: Unlock | |
| January 17, 2023 | Nightwish | Undisclosed, possibly scheduling conflicts with 2023 Indonesia Masters | |
| November 22, 2023 | Morrissey | 40 Years of Morrissey | Technical issues[53] |
| Tennis Indoor/Outdoor | |||
| May 24, 2019 | Lauv | Asia Tour 2019 | May 2019 Jakarta protests and riots |
| Madya Stadium | |||
| November 2 & 3, 2022 | Justin Bieber | Justice World Tour | Justin Bieber's health issues |