The 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium is transforming Hong Kong into a major sports and events destination, as it drives repeat tourism, supports retailers and helps prop up the city’s retail property landlords, according to experts. The stadium has been ranked the world’s No 3 in ticket sales in 2025, just nine months after its debut,…
The 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium is transforming Hong Kong into a major sports and events destination, as it drives repeat tourism, supports retailers and helps prop up the city’s retail property landlords, according to experts. The stadium has been ranked the world’s No 3 in ticket sales in 2025, just nine months after its debut,…
Hong Kong’s 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium has been ranked the world’s No 3 in ticket sales in 2025, despite its debut nine months ago, with its operator saying the ranking cements the city’s status as “Asian events capital”. According to data compiled by Pollstar, a US-based trade publication for the concert and live music industry,…
A stumble on a step, a Yorkshire-lilted “ohh noh”, and world-famous Jarvis Cocker clatters down the stairs from The Listening Room. The frontman of 1990s Britpop phenom Pulp is mostly OK, but will headline Clockenflap the following evening a little less snake-hipped than usual, after breaking two ribs in this innocent attempt at returning to…
A Massachusetts entrepreneur is speaking out about the end of his marriage to a tech company executive who was infamously seen at a Coldplay concert in July in the arms of her boss. News of Kristin Cabot filing for divorce from husband Andrew Cabot recently made headlines, weeks after she was caught on a so-called…
Coldplay have arrived in the UK and recently strut their stuff in Hull, as Chris Martin and company go all out for their Music of the Spheres tour at London’s Wembley Stadium This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Coldplay fans can still…
Live Nation is set to open Tides, a 1,500-capacity live music venue in Kowloon, offering a much-needed mid-sized space for Hong Kong’s performance scene. Live Nation announced today that it will soon open Tides, a new mid-size live music venue with a standing capacity of 1,500 that occupies the first and upper-first floors of the…
The organiser that brought popular bands Coldplay and Blackpink to Hong Kong will fill a “venue gap” by opening a new mid-sized concert space this autumn, adding to the city’s efforts to develop a mega-event economy. Live Nation’s president of venue development in Asia, Stephanie Bax, said on Wednesday that the company would convert a…
Hong Kong’s rail giant has implemented two AI-powered systems to help formulate train deployment and crowd control plans for major events at Kai Tak Sports Park, with plans to consider expanding their applications. The MTR Corporation said on Friday that the two artificial intelligence (AI) tools – a ridership prediction model and intelligent crowd diversion…
Keith Rumjahn was immensely frustrated after failing to get tickets to recent shows in Hong Kong by American comedian Jimmy O. Yang and British band Coldplay. Tickets were available in the secondary market – but cost at least twice their face value. Trying to book a public basketball court is another great source of irritation…