Selangor Badminton Association (SBA) Hall,Kampung Atap,Kuala Lumpur

 A very famous badminton hall built from donations of rich patrons,just like many older

 institutions in early Malaya.Players who have played there include Wong Peng Soon,

 Eddy Choong,Tan Aik Huang, Gunalan, the Sideks, Tang Xian Hu, Hou Jia Chang etc.

 Today it has been renovated with rubber courts and plastic seats, gone are the parquet

 flooring and timber seats.Funds to upgrade the hall were sourced from the Federal

 government, the reason for the photos of patrons plastered everywhere.Li Ning is also

 the sponsor for the Selangor team.

 The hall is located in Kampung Atap, an area opposite Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur and

is located behind the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and near Hotel Midah.

It is no longer as popular as before because of intense competition from other centres

and also the high court charges plus uncalled for expensive parking charges late into the

night, managed by politicians and the local Yakuza, protected by the ruling politicians.

If you are considering hosting world class tournaments here,dont,simply because the

base lines of the courts are all out of alignment and staggered and will have international

class players tearing their hair out.With so much competition in terms of ambience and

pricing,the main reason why there are still customers is because of its location in the

CBD attracting office workers as well as those frequenting the place for nostalgic

reasons.


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Car park

                                                                Main entrance

Courts  

Courts

Canteen

Main gate

The SBA Hall before renovation