Anies Seeks Public-Private Partnership for New Persija Stadium
Bekasi. Governor-elect Anies Baswedan hopes to attract private companies to fund the development of the stadium he promised local football club Persija Jakarta.
"Building a stadium for Persija is one of our top concerns, the design has been there on our website. We'll build it through a mutual partnership between the government and private companies," Anies said while attending the local club's match against Barito Putera of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday (22/04).
The Liga 1 fixture match saw Persija Jakarta held to a 1-1 draw.
Anies says he knows that the club's supporters have long waited for a new home ground for Persija.
"We want to work on it. This aspiration is very strong and has for a long time not been realized," the governor-elect said. "We know sport is now part of tourism and entertainment activities."
He believes the project would not only benefit players, but also create new business opportunities and improve the livelihoods of people living in the surrounding area.
Anies said he plans to add several tourism attractions around the stadium, but declined to disclose the exact location of the site.
"The design [of the stadium] is already there, but we cannot share the location [yet]," he said.
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