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The Kai Tak Sports Park is a multisports development on the site of the old airport at Kai Tak in Hong Kong. First mooted in 2007, it will have a 50,000-seat main stadium with a retractable roof, an indoor sports centre with 10,000 seats and a public sports ground with 5,000 seats. The groundbreaking was held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, and the HK$30 billion park is to be finished by June, 2023.
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