Indonesian Youth & Sports Minister Roy Suryo Urges Administration To Build New Stadium

Indonesian Youth & Sports Minister Roy Suryo "has urged the Bali administration to develop an international-class stadium to replace the province’s rundown 13-year-old sports arena," according to Made Arya Kencana of the JAKARTA GLOBE. Construction of the stadium, "which is supposed to accommodate 25,000 people, kicked off 13 years ago but it still has not been completed." The unfinished stadium has instead "been used as the home base for the Bali Devata football club since it joined the Indonesian Premier League in 2011." Suryo said that he would "soon travel to the United Kingdom to lobby for Manchester United to open a football academy, and that he hoped Indonesia, including Bali, could be prepared with decent stadiums and supporting facilities" (JAKARTA GLOBE, 4/7).