Menteng Stadium

Menteng Stadium was a

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Menteng Menteng is the south-central district of Central Jakarta, one of the administrative municipalities in the capital city Jakarta, Indonesia. The nexus of its heritage is the Menteng neighbourhood (Project), a new urban design developed mainly in t ...

Central Jakarta Central Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Pusat) is one of the five administrative cities () which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,056,896 at the 2 ...

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. It was used mostly for

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reserve matches and was the home stadium of Persija football team. The stadium was built in 1921 with

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architects F.J. Kubatz dan P.A.J. Moojen and was named ''Voetbalbond Indische Omstreken Sport'' (''Viosveld''). In October 2006 the stadium was demolished and a public park called

Menteng Park Menteng Park ( id, Taman Menteng) is a park located at Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. This park was formerly occupied by Menteng Stadium. In October 2006 the stadium was demolished and the park was built on the area by the administration o ...

was built on the area by the administration of

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, governor of Jakarta at that time. The demolition was very debatable amongst the

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, because minister of sports

Adhyaksa Dault Dr. H. Adhyaksa Dault, S.H., M.Si. (born 7 June 1963) was the State Minister of Youth for Sports in the United Indonesia Cabinet (2004–2009) of Mandarese descent from Gorontalo. He is also the youngest minister in the clock cabinet which ...

had not approved this action. The stadium's demolition also led to conflicts that almost disbanded

Persija Jakarta Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Jakarta'; abbreviated as Persija), is an Indonesian professional football club based in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. Persija Jakarta is one of the most suc ...

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