National Sports Complex, Malaysia

The Dawei 2000 World Table Tennis Championship held from 19-26th February was played at the Putra Stadium. Being an indoor stadium, the building is located between the National Squash Centre and the National Aquatic Centre at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex locality. Entrance to the stadium and movement within the facility is made easy with three main entrance and surrounding pedestrian plazas. Sixteen thousand spectators can comfortably enjoy concerts, expositions, gatherings and conferences as there are 13,000 permanent and another 3,000 retractable seats. In addition, you will enjoy the conditioned air fed through the diffusers beneath your seat.

The rectangular indoor arena at a size of 69m x 39.4m, is the stadium's best feature. Its adjustable nature enables the stadium to be used for various indoor sports activities ranging from boxing, badminton, basketball, volleyball, tennis, fencing, handball, judo, wrestling, gymnastic to even a five-a-side soccer match. Like earlier mentioned, concerts and seminars can be held during the day with a night atmosphere because the structure of the venue is such that no light is allowed to enter. The Putra Indoor Stadium is also a great place for holding grand weddings and major corporate events such as product launches and exhibitions.

Spectators and games community share different functional areas found on the two basement floor levels. Lighting, public address, sound system, broadcasting commentaries and interpretation services are facilitated through house control centers. Results and event information is brought to you in no time by a full colour video matrix scoreboard, which is further enhanced by the 103dB sound system. A 1500 lux pre-programmed floodlighting system is the stadium's main source of illumination.

Putra Stadium is every exhibitor's solution to common problem of space shortage for loading and preparatory works. The stadium's large courtyard (enough for 14 forty feet containers) linking the venue and neighboring training halls is an excellent loading corner. In short, Putra Stadium is your answer to a well-organized indoor activity, be it related to sports or a glitzy event.