Hong Kong’s sports and tourism chief has pledged to “work hard” to bring in overseas football teams to hold matches at the city’s newly opened Kai Tak Sports Park, as part of the government’s drive to build the venue into a magnet for mega-events.
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Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui also said on Tuesday that the management of the park had already approached more than 200 production entities hoping to bring them to the 50,000-seat venue.
Details of some events were yet to be confirmed and would be announced later, she added.
Law said apart from concerts, the new venue would also hold a variety of sports events and she hoped to attract overseas football teams there.
“I’m a football fan myself … I will definitely work hard to bring some teams to Hong Kong,” Law told a radio programme.
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“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 50,000-seat main stadium on Saturday, with authorities hoping that 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.