Hong Kong Stadium
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| Hong Kong Stadium | ||
|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese: | 香港大球場 | |
| Mandarin | ||
| Hanyu Pinyin: | Xiānggǎng Dàqiúcháng | |
| Cantonese | ||
| IPA: | [hœŋ55 kɔŋ35 tɑɪ22 kʰɐʊ11 tsʰœŋ11] | |
| Jyutping: | hoeng1 gong2 daai6 kau4 coeng4 | |
| Yale: | hēung góng daaih kàuh chèuhng | |
Hong Kong Stadium (Chinese: 香港大球場, also known as 香港政府大球場) is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000, including 18,240 at the main level, 3,153 executive seats, 18,559 upper level seats and 48 seats for wheelchair users.
The stadium is located in So Kon Po, Hong Kong Island, a valley near Causeway Bay. Most international football matches held in Hong Kong are held at this stadium. It is also the location for the Hong Kong Sevens rugby sevens tournament.
Hong Kong Stadium also hosted the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens twice, in 1997 and 2005.
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The stadium was supposed to be a multi purpose entertainment and sports venue, due to its much greater capacity compared to the other popular and over used Hong Kong Coliseum, where nearly all uses are now strictly for popular entertainment. However, its open-air nature has led to noise complaints from residents in tower blocks surrounding the stadium. It has not been allowed to host entertainment events since 1999. A new multi-purpose stadium at South Eastern Kowloon is currently in the planning stage, when it is completed, the Hong Kong Stadium will be demolished to make way for housing developments.
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