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Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium, a part of Surabaya Sports Center, is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

in Surabaya

Surabaya

Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. The stadium itself opened on August 6, 2010. The rest of the sports complex are currently under construction. This stadium will be used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

matches and will be the new home stadium of Persebaya Surabaya

Persebaya Surabaya

Persebaya Surabaya is a major Indonesian soccer team located in Surabaya, East Java. Persebaya generally play in the top league of Liga Indonesia, the Indonesia Super League but in 2010-11 are in the second tier....

, replacing Gelora 10 November Stadium

Gelora 10 November Stadium

Gelora 10 November Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Surabaya, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people...

. The stadium will hold 50,000 spectators.

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