Asian Games 2018 Venues

The 2018 Asian Games, which will be the 18th edition of the multi-sport event is scheduled to take place from 18th August to 2nd September. Also known as the Jakarta Palembang 2018, it is for the first time that Asian Games are being co-hosted in two cities – the Indonesian capital, Jakarta and the capital of the South Sumatra province, Palembang. The opening and closing ceremonies are to be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.

The Asian Games 2018 venue clusters have previously organized several major multi-sports events, including the 2011 Southeast Asian Games for 4,000 athletes from 11 National Olympic Committees. There are two exhibition centres hosting around 13 indoor sports events. Facilities have been laid down in the capital city of Jakarta and Palembang in four different clusters (three in Jakarta and one in Palembang). It has been reported that 15 arenas for matches and 11 training arenas in West Java and Banten (sharing border with Jakarta) will be used for execution of the Games. In aggregate, there will be 80 venues for competitions and training.

The centerpiece, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, inaugurated on January 14 by Indonesian President Joko Widodo prior to the country’s men's football friendly against Iceland, will alone be hosting 13 sporting events, including athletics. The complex also has facilities for aquatics, archery, badminton, baseball and softball, basketball, hockey, squash and tennis.

The sporting events to be taking place at Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex are-

Venue	Events	Capacity
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Opening and closing ceremonies, Athletics	76,127
Istora	Badminton, Basketball	7,110
Aquatic Center	Aquatics (diving, swimming, artistic swimming, water polo)	8,630
Tennis (indoor)	Volleyball	3,300
Tennis (outdoor)	3×3 basketball	5,000
Basketball Hall	Basketball	2,920
Hockey Field	Field hockey	350
Baseball Field	Baseball	2,500
Softball Field	Softball	503
Archery Field	Archery	256
Rugby Field	Rugby sevens
Training Facility	Squash
Jakarta Convention Center	Fencing ,Judo, Karate, Martial Arts (Jujitsu, Wrestling, Kurash and Sambo), Taekwondo	Temporary Venue

Jakarta

Jakarta's suburbs are set to play host to seven sports, including canoeing, mountain biking, road cycling, men's football, modern pentathlon and paragliding.

The Pakansari Stadium in Cibinong, the Stadion Wibawa Mukti in Cikarang, the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi and the Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium in Bandung will be seen hosting the men's football. Road cycling will be staged from Jalan Raya Subang to Bandung Barat, while mountain biking will be held on Khe Bunhill in Subang.

Arthayasa Stables and Country Club in Depok will be hosting the modern pentathlon while Paragliding and canoeing will take place at Gunung Mas Agro Tourism amusement park in Bogor and at Bendungan Rentang dam in Majalengka, respectively.

The 2018 Asian Games venue list in Jakarta includes the following -

Venue	Events	Capacity	Location
Jakarta International Velodrome	Cycling (track)	4,000	Rawamangun, East Jakarta
Rawamangun Baseball Field	Baseball		Rawamangun, East Jakarta
Jakarta International Equestrian Park	Equestrian	920	Pulomas, East Jakarta
Pulomas International BMX Center	Cycling (BMX)		Pulomas, East Jakarta
Ancol Beach Marina	Sailing, Jet Ski		Ancol, North Jakarta
Pencak Silat Hall	Pencak silat		Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta
Theater Garuda	Kabaddi	1,500	Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta
Jakarta International Expo	Boxing, Contract Bridge, Gymnastics, Wushu, Table Tennis, Weightlighting	Temporary Venue	Kemayoran, Central Jakarta
Pondok Indah Golf Course	Golf		Pondok Indah, South Jakarta
POPKI Sport Hall	Handball		Cibubur, East Jakarta
Bulungan Sport Hall	Volleyball		Bulungan, South Jakarta

Palembang

Palembang will play host to 10 sporting events comprising of beach volleyball, bowling, canoe sprint, women's football, roller sports, rowing, sepak takraw, shooting, sport climbing, tennis and soft tennis, and triathlon. Women’s football matches will be held combinedly at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium. The Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium is based in the Jakabaring Sport City (JSC) along with all other venues in the cluster. The JSC Lake will organize canoe sprint and rowing, while triathlon will take place there and in the neighbouring area.

Beach volleyball, bowling, roller sports, shooting and sport climbing will be hosted by the JSC Beachball Arena, JSC Bowling Center, JSC Roller Skate Track, JSC Shooting Range and JSC Sport Climbing Stadium, respectively while Sepak Takraw will take place at the JSC Ranau Stadium.

Venue	Events	Capacity	Location
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium	Women's football	27,000	Jakabaring Sports City
Tennis Court	Tennis, Soft tennis		Jakabaring Sports City
Jakabaring Lake	Canoeing (sprint and traditional boat race), Rowing, Triathlon		Jakabaring Sports City
Ranau Sport Hall	Sepak takraw	2,000	Jakabaring Sports City
Jakabaring Bowling Center	Bowling	300	Jakabaring Sports City
Sport Climbing Arena	Sports climbing		Jakabaring Sports City
Beach Volley Arena	Beach volleyball		Jakabaring Sports City
Shooting Range	Shooting		Jakabaring Sports City
Roller Sports Arena	Roller sports		Jakabaring Sports City
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium	Women's football	7,000	Palembang

Other

Venue	Events	Capacity	Location
Jalak Harupat Stadium	Men's football	27,000	Bandung Regency
Pakansari Stadium	Men's football	30,000	Bogor
Patriot Stadium	Men's football	30,000	Bekasi
Wibawa Mukti Stadium	Men's football	28,778	Cikarang, Bekasi Regency
Gunung Mas	Paragliding	-	Puncak, Bogor Regency
APM Equestrian School	Modern pentathlon	-	Tigaraksa, Tangerang Regency
Streets of Subang	Cycling (MTB and road race)	-	Subang Regency
Bendung Rentang	Canoeing (slalom)	-	Majalengka Regency

Athletes’ Village

The Asian Games village is the new complex built at Kemayoran, Jakarta, in the area of 10 hectares of land, with around 7424 apartments spread across 10 towers. It has been reported that the total accommodation capacity of 22,272 surpasses the International Olympic Committee standards, which requires Olympics hosts to provide rooms for 14,000 athletes. Meanwhile, the athletes' village at the Jakabaring Sport City at Palembang will be seen housing 3000 athletes and officials.