Stadium
Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium
National stadium crowned by a vast ring-shaped steel roof built to shade its stands.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta begins at its opening in nineteen sixty-two, with a boast President Sukarno made to the crowd. It turns on the equatorial sun, the vast steel ring that wraps the stands, and a disagreement between Sukarno and the Soviet architects who helped plan it. Best heard from the stands, where you can look up at the inner edge of the roof.
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