He symbolically officiated the 17 football facilities by pressing a button on a stage set up at the venue stadium, which was among the inaugurated facilities.
The president took time to inaugurate the stadiums in the afternoon after opening a metal smelter operated by PT Freeport Indonesia in Gresik District in the same province earlier.
Between 2023 and 2024, the Ministry of Public Works utilized a budget of Rp1.74 trillion (US$106.2 million) to work on the stadiums, which are listed below:
- Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang City, South Sumatra;
- Indomilk Arena Stadium in Tangerang District, Banten;
- Pakansari Stadium in Bogor District, West Java;
- Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Bekasi District, West Java;
- Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi City, West Java;
- Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium in Bandung City, West Java;
- Maguwoharjo Stadium in Sleman District, Yogyakarta;
- Jatidiri Stadium in Semarang City, Central Java;
- Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium in Jepara District, Central Java;
- Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang District, East Java;
- Surajaya Stadium in Lamongan District, East Java;
- Gelora Delta Sidoarjo Stadium in Sidoarjo District, East Java;
- Gelora Madura Ratu Pamelingan Stadium in Pamekasan District, East Java;
- Joko Samudro Stadium in Gresik District, East Java;
- Demang Lehman Stadium in Banjar District, South Kalimantan;
- Segiri Stadium in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan;
- B.J. Habibie Stadium in Parepare City, South Sulawesi.
The attendees comprised Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, State-owned Enterprises Minister and PSSI Chairman Erick Thohir, Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo, Youth and Sports Minister Dito Ariotedjo, and East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
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