Putra Indoor Stadium (Malay: ''Stadium Putra''), currently named as Axiata Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose

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Background

The stadium is located in the premise of the

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. It is one of several sports facilities in the National Sports Complex which includes the main stadium,

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, National Squash Centre, and National Aquatic Centre and also a Seri Putra Hall The arena has the highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in Malaysia with a maximum capacity of 16,000 seats. The stadium has 3 main doors which lead to a rectangular arena 69 × 25 meters large, which can adapt to different sports formats like boxing, badminton, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, judo, handball, wrestling and gymnastics. The stadium is also fully customisable for concerts during both day and night due to its opaque roof and can attract up to 11,000 audiences.

History

On 15 August 2009, former Malaysia's Prime Minister Tun

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opened the 2009 ASEAN Para Games in Putra Indoor Stadium. Closing ceremonies on 19 August 2009 were also attended by the Youth and Sports Minister of Malaysia. The main venue for the gymnastics competitions during Kuala Lumpur

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, this was also the venue for sport and entertainment events such as World Equestrian Games, Disney's on Ice and more. On 31 August 2010, Putra Indoor Stadium hosted the Independence Day Parade. This was in view of the ongoing

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season. It was also the first time the Independence Day Parade was held indoors. The celebration was attended by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, the Prime Minister of Malaysia and also cabinet members.

Rebranded as Axiata Arena

On 16 January 2017 Putra Stadium has been rebranded as Axiata Arena in an effort towards building a sporting nation. This is Malaysia's first corporate name stadium in partnership between

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and Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia (PSM). Axiata Arena will be the landmark for the redevelopment of

Sports Complex which will be known as

KL Sports City The KL Sports City (formerly known as ''Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex''; Kompleks Sukan Negara in Malay) in Malaysia is the largest sports complex in the country. It is located in Bukit Jalil, 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Described as ...

(KLSC). During the COVID-19 vaccination period in Malaysia, Axiata Arena is used as a large-scale vaccination center in Klang Valley to vaccinate the residents of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor area.

Notable events

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Scenic Tour, 21–22 August 1999 *

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Where Dreams Come True Tour, 26 May 2001 * Tang Long Imperial World Dragon Dance, Dragon and Lion Dance Championship 2002 *World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Smackdown Live in Malaysia 2002 *Force of Nature concert for the tsunami benefit 2005 (Backstreet Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Boyz II Men, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean) * Sting (musician) Sacred Love Tour, 1 February 2005 *Jacky Cheung's Classic Musical – Snow Wolf Lake 2005, 25–26 November 2005 *2006 AYA Festival with Delirious? Asian Youth Ambassadors *2007 BWF World Championships * 2009 ASEAN Para Games *Sandy Lam Live 09 Concert, 28 November 2009 *2010 Independence Day Parade (first National Day celebration in an indoor stadium, third stadium celebration) *Adam Lambert Glam Nation Tour, 14 October 2010 *Super Show 2 Tour, Super Show 2 – Super Junior, The 2nd ASIA Tour, 20 March 2010, with a sold-out crowd of 14,833 people. *Super Show 3 Tour, Super Show 3 – Super Junior, The 3rd ASIA Tour, 19 March 2011, with a sold-out crowd of 11,980 people. *Faye Wong's Comeback Tour 2010–12, 6 November 2011 *Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour – Jacky Cheung, 8–11 December 2011 *Malaysia Open (badminton), Malaysia Open Super Series *Disney on Ice *Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour *Annual Cheerleading Contests organized by ''The Star (Malaysia), The Star'' newspaper *Annual national-level secondary schools' brass band competition organised by the Ministry of Education (Malaysia), Ministry of Education *

Gravity Tour, Gravity Tour 2011, 7 October 2011 *Whitesnake Forevermore Tour 30 October 2011 *Anugerah Juara Lagu, Anugerah Juara Lagu 26, 2011 *One Fighting Championship, 2 February 2013 *Mayday (Taiwanese band), Mayday NOW-HERE World Tour in Malaysia, 2–3 March 2013 *S.H.E 2gether 4ever World Tour, 20 July 2013 *Super Show 5 – Super Junior, 23 November 2013, with a sold-out crowd of 13,985 people and revenue $1,855,292. *Alicia Keys Set The World on Fire Tour, 27 November 2013 *Taylor Swift The Red Tour, 11 June 2014 (The sold-out show was attended by 7,525 fans) *WWE Live Event, 10–11 October 2014 *Michael Bublé Live in Kuala Lumpur Concert, 27 January 2014 *Stefanie Sun Kepler World Tour, 20 December 2014 *G.E.M. X.X.X. Live Tour, 23–24 January 2015 *16th IIFA Awards, 5 June 2015 *Big Bang Made World Tour, 24–25 July 2015 *Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour, 14 November 2017 *G.E.M. Queen of Hearts World Tour in Malaysia, 18 November 2017 *Hatsune Miku Miku Expo, 16 December 2017 *Jacky Cheung A Classic Tour, 26–28 January 2018 *Anugerah Juara Lagu 32, 12 February 2018 *Anugerah MeleTOP ERA 2018, 8 April 2018 *Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour, 9 May 2018 *Exo planet #4 – The EℓyXiOn in Kuala Lumpur, 7 July 2018 *Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse, 15 July 2018 *Wanna One One: The World Live in Malaysia, 21 July 2018 *JJ Lin Sanctuary World Tour, 7–8 September 2018 *Boyzone 25th Anniversary World Tour in Malaysia, 24 August 2018 *Kuala Lumpur Major, The Kuala Lumpur Major, 9–18 November 2018 *Lazada Group, LAZADA 11.11 SUPER SHOW, 10 November 2018 (Special guest : Kard (group), KARD) *Anugerah Juara Lagu 33, 3 February 2019 *Joker Xue Skyscraper World Tour in Kuala Lumpur, 16 February 2019 *Dato' Sri Siti Nurhaliza On Tour, 16 March 2019 *Ong Seong-wu Fan Meeting Eternity Tour Live in Kuala Lumpur, 23 March 2019 *Anugerah MeleTOP ERA 2019, 21 April 2019 *Jason Mraz Good Vibes Tour, 13 May 2019 *List of Twice concert tours, Twice World Tour 2019 "Twicelights", 17 August 2019 *Shawn Mendes: The Tour, 5 October 2019 *M1 Mobile Legends World Championships, 15–17 November 2019 *Exo (group), EXO: Exo Planet 5 – Exploration, EXO PLANET #5- EXplOration, 14 December 2019 *IU (singer): 2019 IU Tour Concert 〈Love, Poem〉, 21 December 2019 *Namewee 4896 World Tour, 31 December 2019 * Winner (band), WINNER]
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in KUALA LUMPUR, 18 January 2020 * Anugerah Juara Lagu 34, 9 February 2020 *List of Seventeen concert tours, SEVENTEEN World Tour: 'Ode To You', 22 February 2020 - *(CANCELLED due to ''COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19'') *Super Junior Super Show 8: Infinite Time, 1 March 2020 - *(CANCELLED due to ''COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19'') *List of Got7 concert tours, GOT7 World Tour 2019–2020 "KEEP SPINNING", 7 March 2020 - *(CANCELLED due to ''COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19'') * Anugerah MeleTOP ERA 2020, 20 December 2020 * Dewa 19 Tour 30 Tahun 30 Kota, 9 - 10 September 2022

References

External links

National Sports Complex Malaysia
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