Jakarta Convention Center Balai Sidang Jakarta
Main entrance to the venue (c.2013)
Address	Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Jakarta 10270 Indonesia
Location	Gelora
Owner	PT. Graha Sidang Pratama
Architect	Soejoedi Wirjoatmodjo[1]
Inaugurated	15 March 1974
Opened	3 April 1974
Renovated	1992
Former names	Jakarta Convention Center (1974-92; 1995-present) Jakarta Hilton Convention Center (1992-95)
Banquet/ballroom	3,500 (Assembly Hall) 2,000 (Cendrawasih Room) 700 (Kasuari Lounge) 150 (Summit Lounge)
Theatre seating	5,000 (Plenary Hall)
Enclosed space
• Exhibit hall floor	22,002 m2 (236,830 sq ft)
• Breakout/meeting	1,735 m2 (18,680 sq ft)
• Ballroom	7,081 m2 (76,220 sq ft)
Public transit access	(3F) (10H) Senayan
Website
Convention Center Website

Jakarta Convention Center or JCC (Indonesian: Balai Sidang Jakarta) is a convention center located in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia. 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 the 11th Non-Aligned Movement Conference in 1992, the Asian-African Conference in 2015,^[2] and the ASEAN Summit in 2023. 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 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 Ambassador (now Hotel Aryaduta), and Hotel Sahid Jaya, were also targeted for completion before the PATA conference began.^[3]

In 1992, JCC received a major renovation for the 10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement on 1-6 September 1992. The renovation was inaugurated by President Suharto 25 August 1992.^[4] Because the building was under the same management with the Jakarta Hilton International Hotel (now Hotel Sultan) at the time, it was renamed to Jakarta Hilton Convention Center (JHCC). However, the name was reverted to Jakarta Convention Center again in 1995.

On 25 June 2023, JCC received a minor renovation for the 43rd ASEAN Summit on 5–7 September 2023. It focuses on interior refurbishments, along with the readjusment and extension of the lobby area. The canopy on the lobby area was also extended. The renovation took 105 days and it was finished on 25 August 2023.^[4]

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, 13 various sized meeting rooms, and two exhibition halls (A and B) where each have an area of 3,060m² and 6,075m². 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.^[5]

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 also became a temporary venue at the 2017 Indonesia Open, because the Istora Gelora Bung Karno was under renovation for the 2018 Asian Games.^[6]

Jakarta Convention Center was used as the location of the media center and International Broadcast Center for 2018 Asian Games.^[7] It was also a venue for few indoor matches, as well as Judo, Karate, Ju-jitsu, Kurash, Sambo, and Wrestling.^[8]

Notable concerts

References

Cited works

• Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.

External links

• Official website

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