Hong Kong opens sports park with 50,000-seat and US$3.8bil stadium with mega show and a full-house attendance

Dancers perform at the opening of the Kai Tak Sports stadium, a multi-purpose sports venue at the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong on March 1, 2025. Hong Kong's years-long plan for a sprawling sports complex came to fruition as officials and celebrities opened the 3.86 billion USD Kai Tak Sports Park at its centrepiece 50,000-seat stadium. - AFP

HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong launched a sprawling sports complex on Saturday (March 1), with officials and celebrities opening the HK$30 billion (US$3.86 billion) Kai Tak Sports Park at its centrepiece 50,000-seat stadium.

The 28-hectare sports park has transformed the Kai Tak neighbourhood, once the site of Hong Kong's airport which sat amidst dense urban development at the harbour's edge -- a famously challenging landing spot for pilots.