FIBA World Cup 2023: Indonesia will soon build a venue with a capacity of 16 thousand spectators at GBK
November 5, 2021, 18:58 WIB
Left to right : Anies Baswedan (Jakarta Governor), Junas Miradiarsyah (IBL Secretary General), Nirmala Dewi (Indonesia Basketball Association (PERBASI) Secretary General), Erick Tohir (SOE Minister).
SCOR.id - Indonesia is certain not to use Istora Senayan at Gelora Bung Karno (
GBK ) Jakarta to hold
2023 FIBA World Cup , 25 August-10 September 2023.
Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Central Board of the All Basketball Association
Indonesia (PP
Perbasi ),
Nirmala Dewi , mentioned
Indonesia will have a new venue when it becomes the host.
According to her, the basketball arena is located next to the Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall (
GBK ), Jakarta, on the helicopter pad.
Currently, the tender process for the construction of the venue by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (KemenPUPR), has been completed.
In other words, the contractor who will work on the basketball venue project with a capacity of 16,000 people is already known.
PP
Perbasi targets that the groundbreaking of the new basketball arena will be carried out in early December 2021.
The venue is expected to be completed in January 2023 or about seven months before
the 2023 FIBA World Cup rolls around.
The reason is, before holding the FIBA World Cup,
Indonesia plans to hold a test event first.
"So far, the
timeline for the construction of the venue is still in line with the
Perbasi agenda ," said
Nirmala Dewi , Thursday (11/5/2021).
"Early next month it is hoped that the groundwork will be laid, while in January 2023 the venue will be completed," he added.
If you refer to the building with a capacity of 16,000 spectators, this will be the grandest basketball venue in
Indonesia .
For comparison, currently, the best basketball arena in
Indonesia is still held by the BritAma Arena, Mahaka Square.
The building, located in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, can accommodate up to 5,000 spectators.
As for Istora Senayan, which can hold many sports, it only accommodates 10,000 people.
The plan is that the venue adjacent to the
GBK Basketball Hall will also have a multi-purpose status like Istora.
Thus, the place is not only for basketball events, but for many sports to music performances.
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Precisely what I have expected (you can find my comment in previous post) that the new venue will be built just next to GBK Basketball Hal, so that GBK Basketball Hall can be used as warming up/exercise for the team that will play in World Cup 2023.
Basketball Hall in GBK Complex, Senayan, South Jakarta