Axiata Arena, Indoor sports venue in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia
Axiata Arena is an enclosed sports hall in Bukit Jalil, a district in southern Kuala Lumpur, serving as a venue for team sports and music events. The stands rise across several levels and offer space for thousands of spectators depending on the type of event, while the central playing floor adapts to different formats.
The hall opened in 1998 as part of the National Sports Complex and hosted gymnastics competitions during that year's Commonwealth Games. The building was later renamed after telecommunications company Axiata, which took over the naming rights and continued using the hall for national and international events.
The arena's name changed with its sponsors: Putra Indoor Stadium became Axiata Arena on 16 January 2017 under a ten-year, RM55 million deal between Axiata Group Berhad and Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia, Malaysia's first corporate-named stadium. From 6 March 2026 it is Unifi Arena, after Telekom Malaysia took the naming rights. The annual Anugerah Juara Lagu song contest has been staged here repeatedly, in 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The arena stands inside the National Sports Complex at Bukit Jalil, alongside the national stadium, hockey stadium, squash centre and aquatic centre. It has three main doors leading into the rectangular arena floor. The hall is fully enclosed under an opaque roof, so events run day or night regardless of weather.
On 31 August 2010 the arena hosted Malaysia's Independence Day parade, the first National Day celebration held indoors; the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Prime Minister and cabinet members attended. The date fell during Ramadan that year.
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