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Encyclopedia > Hong Kong Coliseum
Facade of Hong Kong Coliseum.
Facade of Hong Kong Coliseum.
Hong Kong Coliseum, the inverted pyramid-like construction, right behind the KCR Hung Hom station.
Hong Kong Coliseum, the inverted pyramid-like construction, right behind the KCR Hung Hom station.

Hong Kong Coliseum (traditional Chinese: 香港體育館; simplified Chinese: 香港体育馆; informally, 紅磡體育館, 香港紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built by Urban Council and inaugurated on 27th April, 1983. It is now managed by Leisure and Cultural Service Department of Hong Kong Government. The coliseum has 12,500 seats, which is the second largest among the same kind of indoor facilities in Hong Kong, only behind the newly built, AsiaWorld Arena. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixels, file size: 245 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) en:Hong Kong Coliseum Date:25 March, 2005 Photographer:User:Simon Shek File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixels, file size: 245 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) en:Hong Kong Coliseum Date:25 March, 2005 Photographer:User:Simon Shek File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared... For other uses, see facade (disambiguation). ... Download high resolution version (3585x1497, 294 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (3585x1497, 294 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other meanings, see pyramid (disambiguation). ... Facade of the Hung Hom station, in front of the Hong Kong Coliseum Platform of the station Hung Hom (Chinese: 紅磡, Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hung4 ham3; Mandarin Pinyin: Hóngkàn; lit. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... The following is a list of indoor arenas. ... Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple Hong Kong Polytechnic University The landmark of Whampoa Garden, a ship-like shopping centre building. ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tates Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and... Symbol of the Urban Council from its inception in the 1960s until its abolishment in 1999. ... (Redirected from 27th April) April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (traditional Chinese: ) , often abbreviated as LCSD, is a department in the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... AsiaWorld Arena is an arena located next to the Hong Kong International Airport. ...

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Facilities

The Hong Kong Coliseum consists of a big arena and a number of conference rooms.


Arena

The arena is rectangular with sides 41m each, with a concrete cement flooring. This article is about the construction material. ...


At times of performance, 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 equipments and the playing of different sporting activities such as futsal, badminton, basketball, volleyball and ice-skating. Futsal in Germany Futsal is an indoor version of football (soccer). ... This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is traveling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without the boots, tied to regular footwear). ...


Moreover, the floor can hold strong pressures up to 1,800 kg/m2, which cannot even be done by industrial buildings. This facilitates the set up of stages, platforms and sound equipments during concerts and other concert-like performances that requires an elevated stage and good PA systems. A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ...


Different technical equipments and a 4-side colour television projection system are also present to project the performer's image onto a screen, so that audience sitting around the rear side of the stadium can also see clearly.

Stage setup for the Reflection of Joey's Live concert series

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 145 pixelsFull resolution (6526 × 1184 pixels, file size: 481 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) View of main arena from Green (Western) Section of Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom, Hong Kong. ...

Conference Rooms

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.


Reception Room

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.


Purposes

Although its Chinese name relates to sport or physical education ("體育" as in "香港體育館"), the venue is not limited to sport events. It is often the performance venue of top popular singers. Some universities rent it every year for congregation. Some performances like ice-skating also choose Hong Kong Coliseum as their stages. Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ... A Venue is the location of an event, usually a meeting. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... A congregation is the assembly of senior members of a university, especially in the United Kingdom. ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is traveling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without the boots, tied to regular footwear). ...


Venue for 2009 East Asian Games

To organize the 5th East Asian Games that will be hosted in Hong Kong in 2009, Hong Kong Stadium will be one of the venue of HKEAG. The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries. ...


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Hong Kong Coliseum (Traditional Chinese: 香港體育館; Simplified Chinese: 香港体育馆; informally, 紅磡體育館, 香港紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a major multi-purpose indoor stadium in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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