Hong Kong will attract about 840,000 visitors and HK$3.3 billion (US$424.1 million) worth of spending in the first half of the year thanks to mega-events, the city’s leader has said, while also vowing to tap national development opportunities. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that the line-up of mega-events being held in the…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is “ready to open” on March 1, authorities have declared after organising almost 20 test runs over the past four months. Officials were speaking on Sunday following the HK$30 billion park’s final large-scale stress test, which involved more than 50,000 participants across three venues. The new park, where British…
Cantopop star and actor Nicholas Tse Ting-fung is set to be the first Hong Kong musician to hold a solo concert at a new 50,000-seat stadium in the soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park, with tickets for the April shows priced at up to HK$1,380. Tse announced his “Evolution Nic Live” shows on social media on…
Hong Kong’s soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park hosted an emergency fire evacuation drill on Sunday as part of a four-hour stress test involving 12,000 people, who left the area using specially arranged trains, buses and taxis. Operations at the park’s 5,000-seat outdoor Youth Sports Ground and 10,000-seat indoor Kai Tak Arena were under the spotlight…
Kai Tak Sports Park is undeniably the most anticipated infrastructure project in Hong Kong. Ahead of its opening next year, hype has been built up around its hosting of the Hong Kong Sevens and Coldplay concerts, and the economic and social benefits to the surrounding area. A world-class venue for sports and entertainment is long…