Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium publishes seating chart. But is it enough to address concerns?
Lawmaker calls for protection of consumers, saying sale of tickets with obstructed views benefits neither performers nor audience
Patrons called for more transparency over the venue’s seating arrangements after some forked out large sums of money for tickets close to the stage for British band Coldplay’s concerts earlier this month and Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung’s shows, which began on Thursday.
“It would be best if tickets for seats with obstructed views were not put up for sale,” lawmaker Johnny Ng Kit-chong, who sits on the Legislative Council’s culture panel, said on Friday.
“[Selling them] is good for neither the performers nor the audience. The most important thing is the protection of consumers. They did not expect the tickets they bought would have obstructed views.”
He also said that if such tickets had to be sold, they should be cheaper and it should be a “prerequisite” to clearly state any obstructions.
Ng cited his own experience at one of Coldplay’s concerts.