Five things about the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong

Five things about the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong City head to Hong Kong this summer for the first time since 2019 and our maiden match in the Kai Tak Stadium. Men's Team Manchester City to travel to Hong Kong as part of 2026/27 preseason tour We’ll face Italian giants Inter there in our first preseason outing ahead of the 2026/27 campaign. It’s a game that will conjure up plenty of memories of the 2023 Champions League final, when Rodri’s second-half finish was enough to seal a historic win.

Played as part of the Hong Kong Football Festival, presented by Asahi Super Dry, the game will see two of Europe’s best go head to head again. While all the focus will be on readying ourselves for the new term, we’ll also be taking in the magnificent metropolis of Hong Kong and saying hello to plenty of fans in the Kai Tak Stadium. Here’s a little more on the arena itself… Recent opening Work started on the Kai Tak Stadium in 2019 and was completed in 2024.

Situated just off the water in the east of the city, it offers stunning views of Kowloon Bay. Designed around the theme of the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, the outside has pearlescent hues, adding a prominent feature to Hong Kong’s iconic skyline. It contains 50,000 seats and a retractable roof while the pitch can be made suitable for a number of a different events.

Historic setting The stadium is built on the old car park of the famous Kai Tak airport, which serviced Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. The airport was globally renowned due to the incredible route planes would have to take in order to land on its runway. Owing to the geography of the area with water on three sides of the runway and mountains to the north-east, planes would have to have to make a low-altitude approach past tall apartment blocks.