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| Hong Kong Coliseum | |
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 Hong Kong Coliseum (May 2022) | |
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| Alternative names | Hung Hom Coliseum |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Minimalism |
| Location | Hung Hom Bay,Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Address | 9 Cheong Wan Road |
| Coordinates | 22°18′5.33″N114°10′55.23″E / 22.3014806°N 114.1820083°E /22.3014806; 114.1820083 |
| Construction started | March 1973; 52 years ago (1973-03) |
| Completed | August 1981; 43 years ago (1981-08) |
| Inaugurated | 27 April 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-27) |
| Renovated | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
| Cost | HK$ 140 000 000 HK$ 168 600 000 (2008-2009 renovation) |
| Client | Urban Council |
| Management | Leisure and Cultural Service Department |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | reinforced concrete |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Urban Council |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 12,500 |
| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港體育館 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港体育馆 | ||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Hēunggóng Táiyuhkgún | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 紅磡體育館 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 红磡体育馆 | ||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Hùhngham Táiyuhkgún | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 紅館 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 红馆 | ||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Hùhnggún | ||||||||||||||
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Hong Kong Coliseum, commonly known as theHung Hom Coliseum, is a multi-purposeindoor arena, inHung Hom Bay,Kowloon, Hong Kong nearHung Hom station. It is inYau Tsim Mong District.[1]
It was built by theUrban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983. The opening of the stadium coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Urban Council.[2] The coliseum has 12,500 seats, which is the second largest among indoor facilities in Hong Kong, only behind the 2005-openedAsiaWorld–Arena.
It is now managed by theLeisure and Cultural Service Department of theHong Kong Government.
The Hong Kong Coliseum consists of a big arena and a number of conference rooms.
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The arena floor is a rectangular shape with seats surrounding it on all four sides, the highest and farthest rows rising up to 41 metres (134’6”). The entire facility has aconcretecement flooring.
During performances, the floor may be covered with different overmounted floorings, such as demountable wooden flooring or various rubberized roll-outs, to facilitate the set-up of sporting equipment or the execution of different athletic events, such asfutsal,badminton,basketball,volleyball andice-skating.
Moreover, the floor can hold strong pressures up to 1,800 kg/m2, which cannot even be done by industrial buildings. This facilitates the setup of music and performance stages, platforms and large pieces of sound and set equipment forconcerts and any other live entertainment that requires an elevated stage and good audio and PA (public address) systems.
Strategically placed speaker systems, among other sound equipment, and a four-sided, colour television screen projector system (suspended from the centre of the arena ceiling) are also available, to project the event's live footage onto a screen, and to allow any member of the audience sitting at the farthest points of the stadium to hear and see clearly.
The Hong Kong Coliseum offers both open and sheltered areas for holding conventions and conferences. The demountable open stage provides the arena with an excellent forum for public assemblies as well as staging live television broadcasts of opening ceremonies.
The reception room acts as an assistant facility for hirers of the arena and the conference rooms to accommodate visiting VIPs. The room can hold 60 persons.
Even though its formal name in Chinese roughly translates to "Sports Arena", thevenue often serves as a concert venue for popular singers. In addition, someuniversities rent it every year forcongregation. Some performances likeice-skating also choose Hong Kong Coliseum as their stages. It was also used every year from 1991 to 2010 to hold theMiss Hong Kong Pageant, except for 2008.
It also hosts a part of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (before:FIVB World Grand Prix) for volleyball every year.
David Bowie played the two final dates of his 1983Serious Moonlight Tour at the venue. The final date - December 8 - was the third anniversary of John Lennon's death and to signify that, Bowie played Lennon's "Imagine".
On 3 June 2001, Irish vocal pop bandWestlife held a concert for theirWhere Dreams Come True Tour supporting their albumCoast to Coast.
In November 1988 it was a venue for three days (18-20th) ofWhitney Houston'sMoment of Truth World Tour performance. Other performers at the Coliseum in the late eighties/early ninety's includedStevie Wonder,Phil Collins, andKylie Minogue.
The Hong Kong Coliseum was one of the venues for the 5thEast Asian Games that was hosted inHong Kong in 2009.[3]
A HK$168.6 million makeover was undergone to ensure that the coliseum would up to international standards for competition. The makeover included:[4]
The makeover lasted for 6 months spanning from 1 July 2008 to 27 January 2009, during which the Coliseum had to be closed. It was reopened in 28 January 2009.
On 28 July 2022, during a concert by a local boy bandMirror, a moving, elevated giant TV-screen fell from the ceiling of the venue and landed directly on a dancer's head, and further collapsed onto a second dancer. Both dancers were immediately taken to hospital, with one being in serious condition admitted to theIntensive Care Unit, and the other being stable. All remaining concerts had to be cancelled and investigations were initiated by the government.[5][6]
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| Preceded by | FIFA Futsal World Championship Final Venue 1992 | Succeeded by |
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