Plan · Wed 28 Oct 2026
Getting to Kai Tak Sports Park: the train, the walk and where to stay
Kai Tak Stadium and Kai Tak Arena host BIGBANG and the Hong Kong Open badminton in November, then the Sevens in April. Two Tuen Ma line stations, a 10 to 15 minute walk, and the districts worth basing yourself in.
Kai Tak Sports Park, built on the old airport site at 38-39 Shing Kai Road in Kowloon City, has quickly become the venue Hong Kong plans its year around: the 50,000 seat Kai Tak Stadium, the indoor Kai Tak Arena beside it, and a run of event weeks that fills both. In the next few weeks alone the Stadium hosts BIGBANG and the Arena hosts the Hong Kong Open badminton. This page is the practical version: how to get there, how to get home, and where to stay. The park's venues and listings are on the events calendar.
By train: the way in and out
Take the MTR. The park is served by two stations on the Tuen Ma line, Kai Tak station and Sung Wong Toi station, and the Stadium is a 10 to 15 minute walk from either, following the signs; those timings are from the Hong Kong Sevens' official venue and directions page, written for the Stadium's busiest weekend. On event days, follow the station signage for the park rather than your phone's shortest route, and expect the walk back to the platform afterwards to be managed in waves when a stadium crowd leaves at once. The train is not the backup plan here; it is the plan.
Buses and the ferry
If you are coming from a district the Tuen Ma line does not serve, the Sevens directions list three major bus stops by the park: Kowloon City Bus Interchange (also signed as the Regal Oriental Hotel and Sung Wong Toi Park stops), Argyle Street Playground and Kowloon City Ferry Bus Terminus, with more than 60 bus routes in the vicinity. There is also a harbour option: the ferry from North Point Ferry Pier to Kowloon City Ferry Pier, then a short walk to the park.
Why not drive
Driving is the weak option on an event day. Taxis can drop off at the Stadium taxi stand by Shing Kai Road, but private cars and coaches cannot enter the Stadium's drop off areas, and the park publishes special traffic arrangements event by event. Check the arrangements for your date before setting out, and default to the train.
What is on at Kai Tak in the next few weeks
BIGBANG play four Stadium shows on 13, 14, 15 and 17 November (there is no show on 16 November), with tickets from HK$699 through HK Ticketing. The LI-NING Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships, a HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500, runs at Kai Tak Arena from 17 to 22 November; its official site lists tickets through HK Ticketing and Damai, including a six day premium package at HK$5,000. Stray Kids follow at the Stadium on 5 December. And the date the park was built around returns in spring: the Hong Kong Sevens, 9 to 11 April 2027.
Where to stay, and where to eat before
The natural base is the district itself. Kowloon City, a short walk from the park, holds the city's best Thai and Chiu Chow eating streets, the right pre event dinner; our Kowloon City and the East guide covers it. If you would rather stay on a direct line, anywhere along the Tuen Ma line keeps the trip to one train: Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui for the harbour hotels, Tai Wai towards the New Territories end. The hotels page works through the districts by how they feel on a big event weekend. Book early for Stadium weekends: 50,000 people leaving one venue is also 50,000 people looking for the same rooms.
More reading on the articles page, or go straight to the events calendar.