Indoor Stadia

The 12 500-seat Hong Kong Coliseum and 3 500-seat Queen Elizabeth Stadium are well-designed, multi-purpose indoor stadia that allow the staging of a wide variety of activities. Their flexible seating arrangements and excellent facilities are ideal for holding large-scale events that range from spectacular entertainment and cultural performances to international sports and celebratory events. In December 2009, the two stadia were the major competition venues for the Hong Kong 2009 EAG.

Hong Kong Coliseum

Hong Kong Coliseum event highlights during the year included concerts by popular singers Stefanie Sun from Singapore and Amit, Join Love Club, Lollipop, Mayday, S.H.E., Super Band, Wu Bai, and Harlem Yu from Taiwan. Local artists performing at the Coliseum included Big Four, Eason Chan, Ekin Cheng, Sammi Cheng, Grasshopper, Sam Hui, Leo Ku, Leon Lai, George Lam, Kay Tse and Liza Wang, in addition to stand-up comedian Jan Lamb and Cantonese operatic star Chan Po Chu.

Lollipop, the popular Taiwanese boy band, showed off their drumming talent during their Lollipop I am Legend 2009 Asia Tour at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Other significant events included the volleyball competition, basketball final competition and closing ceremony of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG, the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix ----- Hong Kong volleyball tournament, the World Hong Kong Luminous Dragon Dance & Lion Dance Championships 2010, the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2009 and a variety show held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Hong Kong Coliseum was the venue for the joyful closing ceremony of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG. As the theme song 'You Are the Legend' echoed throughout the arena, the athletes created their own legends after two weeks of intense competition and excellent performances.

The World Hong Kong Luminous Dragon Dance & Lion Dance Championships 2010 represented a twist on the conventional dragon dance, with international teams from around the globe gathering to compete in eye-catching dragon dance performances in the darkened Hong Kong Coliseum.

In total, the Coliseum hosted 154 performances that attracted a total audience of 1 371 000.

Queen Elizabeth Stadium

Queen Elizabeth Stadium played host to a wide variety of entertainment and cultural events, including popular concerts by Alice Amu, at17, Louie Castro and Chow Kai Sang, stand-up comedy by Wong Tsz Wah, Bravo! Broadway & Hollywood by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Nouvelle Vague Meets High Tone during Le French May 2009, a children's musical by the Little Big Club, the Summer Fun Series Parent-Child Puppet Party, the Hong Kong Youth Music Interflows Symphonic Band Contest, the 2010 International a Cappella Extravaganza, a variety show in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China and the 2009 XXXIII Asian Hairstyling Competition.

In April 2009, young artists Ellen Loo and Eman Lam of popular local girl band at17 delivered two nights of pop music to thousands of fans at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium.

Sporting events included the table tennis and badminton competitions of the Hong Kong 2009 EAG, the 2nd Hong Kong Games Badminton Competition, the 2009 Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championships, the 2009 ITTF Junior Circuit ----- 1st Hong Kong Junior Open table tennis competition, the 2009 Hong Kong Open International DanceSport Championships and the Hong Kong Open Badminton Super Series 2009.

Ko Lai-chak, the renowned table tennis star of the Hong Kong team, swept to the mixed doubles gold with his teammate Tie Yana at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in the Hong Kong 2009 EAG.

The Stadium hosted 273 performances for a total audience of 426 000 during the year.