 At the start of the season until the middle of the 2017 Liga 1, Persiba is forced to use the Gajayana Stadium in Malang as their home ground because their actual ground, Pertamina's owned by state-owned oil company, was going to be demolished to make way for their oil expansion refinery as their newly-built replacement, Batakan Stadium, was still under construction and won't be ready until June.However, Pertamina allows Persiba to return to using Persiba Stadium for one month, from June 1 to 30.After the round of negotiations, Persiba extended this permit and continued to use Parikesit until Batakan was ready and passed verification.