Hong Kong’s tourism chief vows to bring overseas football to Kai Tak Sports Park
Rosanna Law also says park’s management has approached over 200 production entities to hold events at 50,000-seat main stadium
Hong Kong’s sports and tourism chief has pledged to bring overseas football teams to play at the newly opened Kai Tak Sports Park while revealing that more than 200 production entities have been approached to hold events at the 50,000-seat stadium.
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Tuesday details of some events were still being confirmed and would be announced later.
Law said that apart from concerts, the new venue would also hold a variety of sports events and she hoped to attract overseas football teams to play.
“I’m a football fan myself … I will definitely work hard to bring some teams to Hong Kong,” Law told a radio programme. “Healthy competition in the Asia-Pacific region is a good thing. I’m very confident that our Kai Tak Sports Park will be popular.”
The park held a glitzy opening ceremony in the main stadium on Saturday, with authorities hoping the HK$30 billion (US$3.9 billion) venue would mark the beginning of a new era for mega-events, concerts and sports spectacles in Hong Kong.
Singaporean singer-songwriter JJ Lin has joined the line-up of stars scheduled to perform at the venue this year, with concerts on May 24 and 25. Others include British rock band Coldplay, Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung and Taiwan superstar Jay Chou.