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The Kai Tak Sports Park is a multisports development on the site of the old airport at Kai Tak in Hong Kong. First mooted in 2007, it will have a 50,000-seat main stadium with a retractable roof, an indoor sports centre with 10,000 seats and a public sports ground with 5,000 seats. The groundbreaking was held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, and the HK$30 billion park is to be finished by June, 2023.
The city’s new commissioner for sports with his rare mix of athletic and management experience has a great deal of work ahead of him.
- Sports chief Kevin Yeung is confident about chances of success Olympics although smaller delegation expected as some teams fall short of qualification
- Six-hour time difference with Paris may help economy as people can more easily dine out and watch Games after work, he says
Readers discuss talk of moving the Sevens rugby tournament to Kai Tak Sports Park, and the suggestion that the government take a stake in Cathay Pacific.
‘It’s a totally different thing to organise,’ head of Hong Kong committee Yeung Tak-keung says as he reveals city will have test events and join torch relay.
Hong Kong will also host rugby sevens, golf, triathlon, beach volleyball, men’s handball and under-22 men’s basketball.
The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens roared into action on Friday, with sold-out crowds revelling in home success and splashing out on city stays
Sevens expected to move to new 50,000-seat venue at Kai Tak Sports Park in 2025 after 42 years at Hong Kong Stadium.
Government proposing to build 3.5km elevated smart mass transit system in Kai Tak, with five stations, document submitted to district council says.
Over the past decade Hong Kong has invested tens of billions of dollars in its pursuit of sporting success. This series examines where that money has gone, whether it was spent well, and what comes next.
Operators and government refuse to answer questions on how they plan to fill the new 50,000-seat stadium, as local options fail to draw crowds and world’s best athletes and entertainers head to regional rivals.
The long-awaited Kai Tak Sports Park is expected to open by the end of next year.
Monorail plan scrapped in 2020, but project on track to return amid mounting calls for better public transport in Kai Tak, source says.
Government confirms plan to stage eight sports in Hong Kong when it co-hosts the Games with Guangdong and Macau.
Discussions reveal which sports may be staged in the city, with Kai Tak Sports Park an ideal venue for several and Tseung Kwan O’s velodrome already tried and tested.
An architect behind the enormous Kai Tak Sports Park, slated for completion in 2024, describes it as a kind of neighbourhood, catering to the Hong Kong community as well as visitors.
Flagship event still third-tier Super 500 tournament for 2023-26 despite effort to raise level. Officials hope moving to new facility in 2025 will help them compete with other cities on the Badminton World Tour.
Commissioner of Sports Yeung Tak-keung confirms delays, citing interruptions to shipments of materials – and it could mean continued need for Hong Kong Stadium.
With Hong Kong’s first international-standard ice skating rink still in the works, Hong Kong’s Beijing Winter Olympics chef de mission Karl Kwok targets more cross-border training and ‘snow sports tourism’.
Proposed redevelopment of site would see running track added and seats drop from 40,000 to just 9,000, but government says nothing is set in stone.
