The National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia is a 100,000 capacity all-seater, 120-hectre multi-purpose stadium that was built in 1998 to host the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Located 20 km south of the capital, it was built by United Engineers Malaysia Bhd and completed three months ahead of schedule. Designed to host a multitude of events, the National Stadium is the central and most prominent sports building at the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil. National Stadium Bukit Jalil File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... National Stadium Bukit Jalil File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The 1998 Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 11 to August 21 making it the first Asian host. ...
Other facilities at the complex include the Putra Indoor Stadium, the National Aquatic Centre, the National Hockey Stadium, and the National Squash Centre. Described as the "sports complex in a park", it is the only one of its kind in the country or region when it is fully developed. It was also declared open by the then Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on July 11, 1998. The stadium has also been the venue for national team matches and the final of the country's biggest domestic competition, the Malaysia Cup.
The stadium is just a 20-minute ride from the city centre via the STAR Light Rail Transit System and is conveniently located near two major highways.
The main focus for the games and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies was the newly built National StadiumBukitJalil, a 100,000 spectator capacity stadium.
The logo for these games was inspired from the national flower of Malaysia, the Hibiscus, and was the first time that the colour yellow was introduced in the logo.
In front of 20,000 fans at the Petaling Jaya Stadium, Rugby Sevens in particularly were an enormous success with New Zealand collecting its 100th Commonwealth Games medal with a 21-12 win over the plucky Fiji, (the reigning world champions).
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