Jakarta Convention Center or JCC ( id, Balai Sidang Jakarta) is a
convention center located in
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex
Bung Karno Sports Arena ( id, Kompleks Gelanggang Olahraga Bung Karno, known as Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex), formerly named Senayan Sports Arena ( id, Gelanggang Olahraga Senayan) from 1969 to 2001 and Asian Games Complex ( id, Kompleks Asi ...
,
Jakarta,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It is one of earliest as well as popular convention center in Jakarta. Since its inauguration in 1974 many important national and international conference, exhibition, fair, indoor sports and musical concerts were held at JCC including
11th Non-Aligned Movement Conference and
Asian-African Conference It is a very venue place throughout the year.
History
Construction of Jakarta Convention Center complex started in 1960 and was completed in 1974, in time for the opening ceremony of the 23rd annual
Pacific Asia Travel Association
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a membership association working to promote the responsible development of travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region.
History
As William J. Mullahey of Pan American Airways set about organizing th ...
conference, held in early April 1974. The conference was a major event for Jakarta and several large hotel projects, such as
Hotel Indonesia extension,
Hotel Borobudur
Hotel Borobudur is a five star hotel and serviced apartment located in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. Conceived in the 1960s by President Sukarno, it was meant to be the second international-standard hotel to be built in the newly independent count ...
, Hotel Ambassador (now Hotel Aryaduta), and Hotel Sahid Jaya, were also targeted for completion before the PATA conference began.
Facilities
It has a
plenary hall that has 5,000 seats. JCC also has an assembly hall with an area of 3,921 square metres. JCC has 13 various sized meeting rooms. JCC is connected to The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta (formerly Jakarta Hilton International) by a tunnel. The tunnel has moving walkways and is air-conditioned.
Sports events
Between mid-2016 and September 2018, JCC was used as the venue of
mixed martial arts event ONE Championship for six times. It was also became a temporary venue at the
2017 Indonesia Open, because the
Istora Gelora Bung Karno was under renovation for the
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...
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Jakarta Convention Center was used as the location of the media center and International Broadcast Center for 2018 Asian Games. It was also a venue for few indoor matches, as well as Judo, Karate, Ju-jitsu, Kurash, Sambo, and Wrestling.
Notable concerts
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1974 establishments in Indonesia
Buildings and structures in Jakarta
Convention centres in Indonesia
Tourist attractions in Jakarta
Music venues in Indonesia
Central Jakarta
Venues of the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games judo venues
Asian Games karate venues
Asian Games kurash venues
Asian Games sambo venues
Asian Games wrestling venues