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Kai Tak Sports Park - Live Music Venue in Hong Kong

Kai Tak Sports Park is a multi-purpose stadium on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong, as part of the Kai Tak Development project. The venue is located to the northwest of the old Kai Tak Airport, on the old car park.

Venue
Kai Tak Sports Park
Address
38-39 Shing Kai Road, Kai Tak, KowloonHong Kong
Town
Hong Kong, CN
Capacity
50,000

Kai Tak Sports Park is a multi-purpose stadium on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong, as part of the Kai Tak Development project. The venue is located to the northwest of the old Kai Tak Airport, on the old car park. With an approximate area of 28 hectares, Kai Tak Sports Park is the largest sports venue in Hong Kong. The site anchors the redevelopment of the former airport site, and is intended to support the future sports development of Hong Kong. South China Morning Post initially reported that the park would be finished by 2023, but it was not completed until 2024 due to a shortage of resources. The venue contains the Kai Tak Stadium, which holds 50,000 people at its maximum capacity along with a retractable roof, a 10,000-seat Kai Tak Arena and a 5,000-seat Public Sports Ground. The venue was officially opened to the public on 1 March 2025. The first musical event to take place at the venue was Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour, with four shows held from 8-12 April 2025. The performances attracted 183,980 attendees in total. American engineering firm AECOM was engaged by the Civil Engineering and Development Department to undertake the Kai Tak Development project in early 2007. In the 2011-12 policy address delivered by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, he stated that the government is studying financing options and mode of operation of the proposed multi-purpose stadium complex at Kai Tak and will start the preliminary work as soon as possible. On 5 November 2012, the Home Affairs Bureau completed an initial technical feasibility study of the Kai Tak multi-purpose complex and submitted it to the Legislative Council. In the study, the bureau proposed a "design-build-operate" approach - design, construction, operations and maintenance under a single entity - to ensure effective delivery from designing the complex to its long-term operation. The study also recommended that the project be financially supported by a combinat