Hong Kong Sevens ticket sales near 40,000, largest crowd ever expected at Kai Tak Stadium
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According to organisers, they have sold nearly 38,500 three-day passes for the sevens, which will be played at the city's new 50,000-seat venue for the first time.
Total capacity for the stadium will be around 47,000, and Hong Kong China Rugby said all its corporate hospitality suites sold out months ago, while 99 per cent of the 138 temporary corporate boxes had also been snapped up.
'Hong Kong China Rugby is delighted to celebrate another milestone in the prestigious history of the Hong Kong Sevens,' Bryan Rennie, HKCR's executive director of commercial and business operations, said. 'Revenues from the tournament are put right back into the sport and the Hong Kong community, and we are grateful for the support of our fans from around the world.
'It is a great honour for the Sevens to be the first international sporting event to be held in the new Kai Tak Stadium, and we are excited to be bringing a show and a crowd worthy of this once-in-a-lifetime moment.'
Fans watch the opening ceremony at Kai Tak Sports Park on March 1. Photo: Nora Tam
In a statement announcing the numbers of tickets sold, organisers said they were 'preparing the world's biggest rugby party for Asia's premier sporting weekend'.
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