Gelora Bangkalan Stadium is a

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Bangkalan Bangkalan is a town on the western coast of Madura Island in Indonesia, the government seat of the Bangkalan Regency. Tourism Mount Jaddih is 10 kilometres from Bangkalan and can be accessed by a motorcycle to the mountain top to see Bangkalan ...

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. It is located in Jalan Soekarno-Hatta,

History

The stadium was built in 2012 with the

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of 15.000. It is located in Jalan Soekarno-Hatta,

. The building of the stadium was also meant to support the bid of their neighbouring city

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

, for the 2019 Asian Games. It have their own food center located in the north area of the stadium.

Other uses

Persepam Madura United Persatuan Sepak Bola Pamekasan Madura Utama, commonly known as Persepam Madura Utama or Madura Utama, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Pamekasan, East Java. The club plays in the Liga 3. History In season 2012–13 the c ...

use this stadium for their home games.

Persebaya Surabaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...

will also temporarily use this stadium for the 2013 Indonesian Premier League, because of the renovation of

Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium Stadion Gelora Bung Tomo is a multi-purpose stadium in Benowo, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. It is a part of the Surabaya Sports Center. The rest of the sports complex consists of an indoor stadium and a mosque. This stadium is used mostly for ...

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Madura Island Madura United F.C. Buildings and structures in East Java Sports venues in Indonesia Football venues in Indonesia Athletics (track and field) venues in Indonesia Multi-purpose stadiums in Indonesia Football venues in East Java Athletics (track and field) venues in East Java Sports venues completed in 2012 Persepam Madura