Hong Kong Stadium

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香港大球場
Hong Kong Stadium
Po Tau (埔頭)
Hong Kong Stadium-1.jpg
Hong Kong Stadium as seen from Eastern Hospital Road in November 2012
Hong Kong Stadium
Former namesGovernment Stadium
Location55 Eastern Hospital Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°16′25.9″N114°11′19.4″E / 22.273861°N 114.188722°E / 22.273861; 114.188722
Public transit      Causeway Bay station
Exit A and F1
Owner Leisure and Cultural Services Department
OperatorLeisure and Cultural Services Department
Capacity 40,000 [1]
Field size105 by 68 metres (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1953;71 years ago (1953)
Renovated1994;30 years ago (1994)
Construction costUS$85 million
Architect HOK Sport [2]
Tenants
Hong Kong national football team
Hong Kong national rugby union team
Eastern (2018–2019)
Website
lcsd.gov.hk/hks
  1. ↑ "Hong Kong Stadium". Hong Kong Stadium and Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Hong Kong Stadium Archived 21 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine architect: Populous
  3. ↑ Takungpao, 1956-09-05, page 8
  4. ↑ "Australia 14-19 New Zealand". November 2008.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  6. ↑ "Football: Wembley may lose foreign deal". The Independent. London. 4 April 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  7. ↑ Major overhaul on the cards for troubled stadium [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Provisional Urban Council terminates Wembley's Management Agreement for the Hong Kong Stadium". Info.gov.hk. 26 May 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ACTION NO.8518 OF 1998 BETWEEN SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE Plaintiff AND WEMBLEY INTERNATIONAL (HK) LIMITED first Defendant WEMBLEY PLC second Defendant". Legalref.judiciary.gov.hk. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  10. ↑ (in Chinese) 資料庫：正賽爆棚　紅旗再現 Apple Daily. 22 October 2009.
  11. ↑ (in Chinese) 持票者甩底　大球場未滿座 Apple Daily. 13 December 2009.
  12. ↑ "2009/10賽季各球會主場". Paper.wenweipo.com. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  13. ↑ "Man City romp past Kitchee amid crowd protests". South China Morning Post. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "All Blacks take series 3-1". Sky Sports . 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "League counts cost of Asian tour". The Standard. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Hong Kong Stadium mudbath blamed on poor management". 29 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Kelly Ip (31 July 2013). "Returfing looms after pitch fiasco". The Standard. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Hong Kong Stadium turf pitch reconstruction making good progress (with photo)". Hong Kong Government. 23 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "China's Olympic gold medallists to visit Hong Kong (with photo)". Info.gov.hk. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  20. ↑ Delfino, Brendan (25 May 1996). "Councillors hopping mad at bungee jumper". South China Morning Post.
  21. ↑ Mary Ann Benitez and Eddie Luk (17 January 2013). "Kai Tak Fantasy will become reality". The Standard. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
Hong Kong Stadium
Traditional Chinese 香港大球場
Simplified Chinese 香港大球场
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng Dàqiúcháng
Wade–Giles Hsiangkang Tach'iuch'ang
Yale Romanization Syānggǎng Dàchyóucháng
IPA [ɕjáŋkàŋ tâtɕʰjǒʊʈʂʰǎŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Hēunggóng Daaihkàuhchèuhng
Jyutping Hoeng1gong2 Daai6kau4coeng4
IPA [hœ́ːŋkɔ̌ːŋtàːikʰɐ̏utsʰœ̏ːŋ]
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