The Screams of Support at Senayan Stadium Become Memories for World Athletes

– For world badminton athletes, Istora Senayan has become a separate home where it is the arena for the biggest badminton tournament in the country, the Indonesia Open. They have a deep impression when playing at Istora, which this year will be their last time playing at Istora.

The Chinese men’s singles badminton athlete, Li Shi Feng, responded that the last volume of the Indonesia Open which was held at Istora Senayan Jakarta will move the venue to the Indoor Multifunction Stadium (IMS) Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) or what is known as the Indonesia Arena.

The world’s 10th ranked badminton player stated that his memories of playing at Istora are the roar and the extraordinary atmosphere of the Istora spectators in every badminton tournament performance.

“There are unforgettable memories here (Istora) namely the audience, the atmosphere, and the atmosphere, it seems wherever I play the audience is definitely very warm,” said the men’s singles player, Li Shi Feng at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, on Friday (16/6 /2023).

However, he positively welcomed the move to a venue with a larger capacity.

“To compete in a much bigger place, of course I really want to play in a new place,” he said.

Meanwhile, South Korean women’s singles player, Kim Ga-eun also has fond memories of competing at Istora. The reason is, every time he goes out to play, the support of the audience in the stands who shout his name seems to be an additional energy for him. Like the last time, when he was able to defeat his opponent from China, Chen Yu Fei.

“Indeed, so far I’m happy at Istora, because the supporters at Istora are the liveliest, right? Thank you to those who have supported all this time,” said Kim.

It is known that the Indonesia Arena, which was inaugurated this year, will become the main venue for world badminton events, replacing Istora starting in 2024. Previously, Chairperson of the PP PBSI Commercial Development Commission and Chair of the Indonesia Open 2023 Organizing Committee, Armand Darmadji, explained the reasons for moving the Indonesia Open venue to the Indonesia Arena for the sake of improvement. capacity.

For your information, Indonesia Arena can accommodate up to 16,000 spectators. Meanwhile, Istora can only accommodate 7,000 spectators. Moreover, only 6,000 tickets could be sold because the other 1,000 seats were used by the organizing committee for broadcasting.

“So as long as the field or venue is ready, we will definitely move there because of the capacity here, only 6,000 seats out of 7,000 and the other 1,000 are used for FoH purposes, match cameras and other things,” said Armand.