Most of you don't get to see the old girl more than once or twice a year and it's a pity, it really is, because Hong Kong Stadium deserves a second look.
It was beckoning one and all last Sunday for a festive display of footy, all in the name of giving thanks to our mainland rulers. The Reunification Cup featured three matches, two of which were largely forgettable but one which was of a surprisingly high calibre.
Yet all I could think of was how wonderful it was to be in the stadium without having to worry about some drunken fund manager in his grass skirt spilling beer on me.
Although the festive Hong Kong Sevens is undoubtedly the premier annual sporting event to be held at the criminally under-utilised stadium, it's nice to occasionally take in the stadium in all its unadorned splendour.
This is one of the most aesthetic and unforgettable urban stadiums in the world.
If you don't believe me, try sitting in the upper deck in the late afternoon and looking north towards our claustrophobic harbour and the majestic mountains that frame Kowloon. It's a hypnotic urban vista which often elicits oohs and aahs from visitors to Hong Kong. We take it for granted, they don't.
