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,…
Hong Kong recorded a 17 per cent rise in visitors in November to 4.2 million, compared with the same month last year, bringing total arrivals for the first 11 months close to the full-year forecast. The Hong Kong Tourism Board announced on Monday that between January and November, tourist arrivals rose 12 per cent to…
Hong Kong continues to count the economic losses from the city’s deadliest fire in decades, with the disaster having destroyed 1,736 flats at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, turned residents’ valuables into ashes and triggered the cancellation of banquets and mega-events. Economists and industry leaders estimate the losses could run into billions of Hong Kong…
Korean girl group Twice will go ahead with its concert at the 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium over the weekend, despite several others being cancelled or postponed after Hong Kong’s most fatal fire in decades. The concert organiser on Friday also said it would donate part of its revenue from ticket sales to support relief measures…
The recent flurry of sporting events has thrown up a number of aspects which I found particularly inspiring. With much of the media focus on China’s 15th National Games naturally on the sporting contests, less attention was paid to the fact that the event could only have been successfully organised with the support of local…
Asia’s largest K-pop award show, scheduled for Friday evening and Saturday at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium, will be downsized in light of the Tai Po fire, with boy band Mirror becoming the latest performers to pull out of the event. The group announced on Friday that they would not appear at the two-day 2025…
China’s National Games marked a historic milestone this year: for the first time since the event’s inception in 1959, competitions were held throughout the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area – a clear sign of the region’s increasing connectivity and spirit of cooperation. Hong Kong achieved its highest medal tally, with nine golds, two silvers and…
Ticket details have been revealed for the 2026 Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, as the tournament prepares to celebrate half a century in existence. Next year’s edition, to be held at Kai Tak Stadium from April 17 to 19, will mark 50 years since the event’s inception in 1976. The first key date for ticket sales…
Hong Kong authorities will conduct road tests for buses on the Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass starting next week, with trials for other forms of public transport to begin gradually ahead of its expected opening by the end of the year. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Saturday…
Hong Kong is perfectly positioned for sports investors interested in collaborating with mainland China, the city’s sports minister Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Thursday. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the World Football Summit, hosted at the city’s AsiaWorld-Expo, Law highlighted the successful summer events hosted by Hong Kong as evidence that it could consider…