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Johnny Wan

A 700,000 sq ft shopping centre in Hong Kong’s soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park began operating on Wednesday, with hundreds of people queuing for cash coupons.
Scores of stores in the Kai Tak Mall opened their doors, with occupancy at about 80 per cent. The mall is a key part of the park, located in the heart of East Kowloon and about a five-minute walk from Kai Tak MTR station.
The park is due to open in March next year.
“We definitely encourage people coming for shows, or sport events, to come earlier and enjoy our restaurants and spend as well,” said Crystal Wong Ho Kwan, head of retail of Kai Tak Sports Park.
“We are also in discussions with some of our restaurant partners to stay open even after events, and of course, there will be some flexible arrangements.”
Regular operating hours are from 10am to 10pm daily.

The mall is composed of three sections and is connected by a 700-metre (2,300-foot) long Sports Avenue that integrates the retail complex with the surrounding park.
Wong said the retail space was positioned as the city’s first “sportainment” concept mall, which combined sports and entertainment.
One-third of the retailers offer both sports and entertainment elements.
As key sports features, there is an international-standard 40,000 sq ft bowling centre with 40 lanes and a 17.5-metre covered rock climbing wall, which is the tallest in the city.
A 20,000 sq ft “food gala” food court at Kai Tak Mall 1, featuring more than 10 first-in-town brands from mainland China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe, will open in March.
Before the soft opening on Wednesday morning, hundreds of people queued outside Kai Tak Mall 2, hoping to claim a HK$100 (US$13) voucher offered to the first 300 customers.
A 62-year-old retiree, who gave her surname as Leung, said she had queued for almost two hours. Leung, who lives in the neighbourhood, said the Kai Tak area was well planned and she was more than satisfied with the mall.
“Everywhere is so convenient here,” she said. “I am ready to fill my shopping bag today. I expect to spend about HK$1,000.”

Kelvin Man, 39, a rope skipping athlete and founder of Gaintree Education House, which provides courses, including sports ones, said he picked the mall for his centre because the location was favourable.
“About 500,000 residents live in this area, not to mention that more public and subsidised housing is coming. So our courses can attract different people regardless of the prices,” he said.
A spokeswoman for LH Group, which operates four Japanese eateries including Shabu Days and Gyukaku J. in the mall, said they expected footfall from East Kowloon residents on weekdays and weekends, not just from visitors.
She added that menu prices were similar to those of the same brands in other areas.
There is also a Health and Wellness Centre near the park’s Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground and Kai Tak Mall 2, and is home to Joypolis Sport, the first overseas flagship sportainment complex operated by Japan’s gaming company Sega.
The five-storey sportainment complex contains three major themed zones, “Sonic Stadium”, “Ninja Dojo” and “Future Arena”, as well as a rooftop restaurant.
Hong Kong elements include a virtual horse racing game honouring the recently retired legendary racehorse “Golden Sixty”.


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The mall is composed of three sections and is connected by a 700-metre-long Sports Avenue. Photo: Dickson Lee

 The shopping centre has been positioned as the city’s first “sportainment” concept mall. Photo: Dickson Lee

 The mall’s occupancy is about 80 per cent. Photo: Dickson Lee

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The 700,000 sq ft shopping centre at soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park opened with hundreds of people queuing for cash coupons


The 700,000 sq ft shopping centre at soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park opened with hundreds of people queuing for cash coupons.
