Bukit Jalil National Stadium

One of the places of attraction referring to sport tourism is Bukit Jalil National Stadium. Stadium National Bukit Jalil in Bukit Jalil is located in the National Sports Complex to the south of the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, is an 87,411capacity all-seated multi-purpose stadium. It was officially inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, on 1 January 1998 ahead of the 1998 Commonwealth Games and staged the Games' opening ceremony. Bukit Jalil National Stadium's capacity makes it the 10th largest stadium in the world and the second largest football stadium in the world. It is also the largest stadium in Southeast Asia. It was built by United Engineers Malaysia, Bhd and designed by Arkitek FAA. It was completed three months ahead of schedule. Designed to host a multitude of events, the National Stadium is the central and most prominent sports venue at the 1.2 km² National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil.

The impact of sport tourism towards it was luring youth tournaments. A successful sports complex would lure youth tournaments and the free-spending parents who travel from several states away to watch their children compete. All the while, those visitors would be expected to pump money into the local economy via hotel stays, gasoline, meals and more. That activity would prompt more hotels, restaurants and the like to open, generating more property and sales taxes for the county and city, supporters say. That could help to justify the investment, even if the county has to continue subsidizing the complex’s operating expenses for a time. The biggest fallacy that’s ever been perpetuated on the sports industry is ‘if you build it, they will come”. A city or county building a complex has to confirm they’ll be able to fill it with local users during the week, in addition to attracting out-of-town visitors to tournaments many weekends.