Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, September 2 (Zheng Shibo) the closing ceremony of the Jakarta Asian Games will be held at the pungano sports center in Jakarta on the evening of the 2nd. The 16-day Asian Games flame will also be slowly extinguished here. It is reported that compared with the grand opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will create a relaxed atmosphere, and will express sympathy to athletes through artistic performances to show the spirit of unity and friendship of the Asian Games.
According to the introduction of the organizing committee of the Asian Games, the theme of this closing ceremony is “thanks”, which focuses on expressing the Indonesian people’s gratitude for the passion and dedication of participating athletes, coaches and tens of thousands of volunteers.
Indonesia has 55000 spectators at the closing ceremony, of which about 40000 tickets are sold to the public at a price of 500000 rupees (about 232 yuan) between 2 million rupees (about 928 yuan). These tickets were sold out only 24 minutes after the sale on August 28.
For the audience who did not buy the tickets, the organizing committee set up 3 large live screens at the pengano sports center, and the audience can buy the “Festival tickets” with a friendly price on the day of the opening ceremony to watch, feel the atmosphere of the closing ceremony of the Asian Games.
Pulba, the director of the opening and closing ceremony of this Asian Games, said that in the past two weeks or so, Asian athletes have struggled hard in the stadium and participated in the competition, and they should receive sympathy and gratitude. In addition, the closing ceremony of this Asian Games will cultivate the sports concept of unity and friendship through various performances.
In order to ensure the smooth and safe closing ceremony of the Asian Games, Indonesia also deployed more than 9,000 security personnel in the pengano sports center.