Haji Agus Salim Stadium
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Haji Agus Salim Stadium is a multi-use stadium
in Padang
, Indonesia
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home stadium of Semen Padang F.C.
. The stadium holds 28,000 people.
2009 Sumatra earthquake, make Agus Salim Stadium heavily damaged. The stands are destroyed and also for some facilities, such as connection problems on lighting, dressing room are broken, and cracked and barren field that resulted this stadium is unfit for use. After that the stadium was renovated and completed in 2010.
Haji Agus Salim Stadium is a multi-use stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Padang
Padang, Indonesia
Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at . It has an area of and a population of over 833,000 people at the 2010 Census.-History:...
, 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...
. It is currently 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 is the home stadium of Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang F.C.
Semen Padang FC is an Indonesian professional football club, based in Indarung, Padang, Indonesia, that plays in the Indonesian Premier League. Was established on 30 November 1980.-History:...
. The stadium holds 28,000 people.
History
The stadium was named after Haji Agus Salim, a Muslim intellectual and national hero from local Minangkabau heritage where the stadium is located.2009 Sumatra earthquake, make Agus Salim Stadium heavily damaged. The stands are destroyed and also for some facilities, such as connection problems on lighting, dressing room are broken, and cracked and barren field that resulted this stadium is unfit for use. After that the stadium was renovated and completed in 2010.