Culinary Destination Around Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

CULINARY SPOT

PICTURE

PUBLIC SPOT

HISTORY OF GBK STADIUM

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 Nasi Goreng
Patal Bubur Kwang
Tung

Sate Taichan
Nasi Uduk
Bang Amir
Betawi Udik

Bakso
Lapangan
Tembak Mie Ayam Gaul
Senayan
 FACILITIES
 Sport spot
 Indoor Stadium
 Outdoor Stadium
 Aquatic Stadium
 Mosque
 Pedestrian
 Water Fountain
 Toilets
History of Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

GBK was built 14 years after Indonesia gained independence, when then
President Soekarno issued Presidential Decree No. 113/1959 on the formation
of the Indonesia Asian Games Council. Teaming up with then minister of
information Raden Maladi, previously the chairman of the Indonesian Football
Association, and Frederik Silaban as the architect, Soekarno, popularly known
as Bung Karno, planted the first pole to mark the construction of Indonesia’s
national stadium on Feb. 8, 1960. The ground-breaking ceremony was
witnessed by then-leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, as the
government had secured US$12.5 million from the Soviet Union to finance
the construction of the stadium. Soekarno inaugurated the stadium, with a
capacity of 110,000, on Aug. 24, 1962, together with the first broadcast of the
Indonesian Television Station (TVRI). The stadium serves as a soccer venue
for international games and is surrounded by a 920-meter athletic track, with a
105 x 70-meter soccer field in the center. Ahead of the 2007 Asia Cup, the
stadium was renovated, reducing the capacity to 88,083. The reduction was
aimed at providing room for disabled spectators. The name Stadion Gelora
Bung Karno was once changed to Stadion Utama Senayan under the Suharto
administration. It returned to its original name under the leadership of
Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001.