Istora Gelora Bung Karno

Sports venue in Jakarta

Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace (, abbreviated as Istora), formerly named Istora Senayan is an indoor sporting 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 and Indonesia Masters. The first event that held in this arena was the 1961 Thomas Cup. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. Those were demolished during the subsequent renovation. 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 at Istora Gelora Bung KarnoDateArtist(s)TourAttendance1980s16 February 1988Tina TurnerBreak Every Rule World Tourrowspan="3" 17 February 198818 February 19881990s11 February 1992New Kids on the BlockThe Magic Summer Tourrowspan="3" 12 February 199213 February 199217 October 1995Take ThatNobody Else Tour2000s23 February 2007MuseBlack Holes and Revelations Tour 7,00020 October 2007The Black Eyed PeasBlack Blue & You Tour14 November 2008RihannaGood Girl Gone Bad TourConcert cancelled due to security concerns2 June 2009The Pussycat DollsDoll Domination Tour17 August 2009 The All American Rejects I Wanna Rock Tour 2010s3 August 2010 Slash 2010 World Tour 29 October 2010 Simply Red colspan=2 10 January 2011 N. E. R. Dcolspan=2 22 January 2011 Ne Yo Libra Scale Tour 5 April 2011Bruno MarsThe Doo Wops & Hooligans Tour 27 April 2011 Maroon 5 Hands All Over Tour 17 January 2012 Simple Plan Get Your Heart On! Tour 20 September 2012 The Wanted Live in Jakarta 4 October 2012Maroon 5Overexposed Tour rowspan="2" 5 October 201224 March 2013Demi LovatoA Special Night with Demi Lovato 10 May 2013 Sigur Rós World Tour 2013 12 March 2014Avril LavigneThe Avril Lavigne Tour 7 December 2014JKT48Papan Penanda Isi Hati – Message on a Placard Handshake Festival 28 March 20152PMGo Crazy World Tour22 May 2015 Boyzone BZ20 Tour 19 March 2016JKT48Beginner Handshake Festival 1 March 2019 Kodaline Politics of Living Tour 16 November 2019SEVENTEENSEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR : 'ODE TO YOU' 2020s1 March 2020NCT DreamThe Dream Show 28 March 2020KhalidFree Spirit World TourConcert cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemic9 May 2020Rex Orange CountyThe Pony Tour27 June 2020LauvHow I'm Feeling Tour15 August 2020Stray KidsDistrict 9: Unlock6 August 2022JKT48Heaven: 10th Anniversary Concert≈5,00030 September 2022The Script Greatest Hits Tour 2022 14,0001 October 202216 January 2024YoasobiYoasobi Asia Tour