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-like construction, right behind the KCR Hung Hom Station .]] Hong Kong Coliseum ( in Hung Hom , Kowloon , Hong Kong . It was built by Urban Council and inaugurated on 27th April , 1983 . It is now managed by Leisure And Cultural Service Department of Hong Kong Government . The coliseum has 12500 seats, which is the largest among the same kind of indoor facilities in Hong Kong. FACILITIES The Hong Kong Coliseum consists of a big arena and a number of conference rooms. Arena The arena is rectangular with sides 41m each, with a Concrete cement flooring. At times of performance, the floor may be covered with different overmounted floorings, such as demountable wooden flooring or various rubberized roll-outs, to facilitate the set-up of sporting equipments and the playing of different sporting activities such as Badminton , Basketball , Volleyball and Ice-skating . Moreover, the floor can hold strong pressures up to 1,800 kg/m2, which cannot even be done by industrial buildings. This facilitates the set up of stages, platforms and sound equipments during Concerts and other concert-like performances that requires an elevated stage and good PA systems. Different technical equipments and a 4-side colour television projection system are also present to project the performer's image onto a screen, so that audience sitting around the rear side of the stadium can also see clearly. Conference Rooms The Hong Kong Coliseum offers both open and sheltered areas for holding conventions and conferences. The demountable open stage provides the arena with an excellent forum for public assemblies as well as staging live television broadcasts of opening ceremonies. Reception Room The reception room acts as an assistant facility for hirers of the arena and the conference rooms to accommodate visiting VIPs. The room can hold 60 persons. PURPOSES Although its Chinese name relates to ''sport'' or '' Physical Education '' ("體育" as in "香港體育館"), the Venue is not limited to sport events. It is often the performance venue of top popular singers. Some Universities rent it every year for Congregation . Some performances like Ice-skating also choose Hong Kong Coliseum as their stages. EXTERNAL LINK |
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