THE new Hongkong Stadium could host flamboyant professional wrestlers, gridiron games and concerts by top pop stars, the head of the company chosen to manage the facility said yesterday.
Sir Brian Wolfson, chairman of Wembley PLC, said soccer, union and league rugby, as well as motorcross - in which motorcycle racers speed over bumpy terrain - could also be featured at the new venue, which will be completed next year.
Urban councillors voted yesterday to appoint Wembley, which runs the famous Wembley complex in Britain, to manage the Hongkong Stadium.
''The facility itself is first, international class, as a result of which it will make a very strong claim to any event that's going around,'' Sir Brian, who had flown to Hongkong for the announcement and the signing of a letter of intent, said.
He estimated there could be about 20 international sporting and entertainment events annually at the 40,000-seat facility.
The stadium will also be used for a series of local or regional sporting events, performances and festivals.
