Hong Kong has made effective crowd management a top priority at a soon-to-open, 50,000-seat mega stadium ahead of Coldplay’s arrival next year, the city’s No 2 official has said, pledging the venue will hold trial runs before its opening.
Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said on Saturday that conducting test runs would allow stakeholders to familiarise themselves with how to smoothly enter and exit the venue at Kai Tak Sports Park.
“Being able to disperse a crowd at Kai Tak Sports Park efficiently is our most important work goal. We will do plenty of trials before the venue is put to use next year, so we can ensure the dispersal of crowds will be safe and orderly,” he told a radio programme.
Chan also said the site already had sufficient public transport connections.
Lawmakers a day earlier raised concerns that the local transport network could struggle to accommodate crowds of Coldplay fans heading to and from the stadium for the band’s performances on April 9, 11 and 12.
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