Formula E: Hong Kong E-Prix ditches Lung Wo Road grandstand and halves ticket allocation, but expands E-Village
- Organisers cut available tickets by 50 per cent to around 3,000
- Two grandstands instead of three, with expanded E-Village to fill vacant space
Formula E has frozen ticket prices for the Hong Kong E-Prix next March, though only around half the overall amount of seats will be on sale compared to last year with organisers removing one of the Central Harbourfront street circuit’s three grandstands.
“Last year we had about 6,000 grandstand tickets, this year we cut it by 50 per cent,” Coffee Pang, director of market and communications for Formula E Hong Kong, said at a press conference at the Conrad Hotel in Admiralty on Wednesday.
The removal of the Lung Wo Road grandstand means the adjacent E-Village at Tamar Park will be expanded for the March 10 race. The extra space will also be filled by a paddock for the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy – the world’s first electric vehicle racing championship.
Tickets for the Observation Wheel and Tamar Park grandstands will cost HK$2,880, though there is a 15 per cent early bird discount running until December 11.
Organisers saw an increase in revenue from the HK$50 million hit they took on the city’s first Formula E race in 2016, with around 87 per cent of grandstand tickets sold for last December’s season four-opening double-header.