AsiaWorld–Expo

AsiaWorld-Expo

East Entrance of AsiaWorld-Expo
Location	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Type	Exhibition centres
Capacity	AsiaWorld Arena: 13,500
Construction
Opened	21 December 2005
Construction cost	$2.35 billion HKD

AsiaWorld–Expo
Traditional Chinese	亞洲國際博覽館
Simplified Chinese	亚洲国际博览馆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin yàzhōu guójì bólǎnguǎn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping aa3 zau1 gwok3 zai3 bok3 laam5 gun2

AsiaWorld-Expo viewed from Terminal 2, HKIA

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. AsiaWorld-Expo is located in the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok island, Hong Kong, where the Hong Kong International Airport is located. It is operated by AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited and was opened on 21 December 2005 by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

At a construction cost of HK$2.35 billion, AsiaWorld-Expo offers over 70,000 square metres of rentable space, including 10 exhibition halls and the 13,500 seat AsiaWorld-Arena for exhibitions, conventions, concerts, sports and entertainment events.

Exhibitions and events

Concerts

The following list presents worldwide famous artists and performers :

• Oasis Live in Hong Kong! - 25 February, 1998
• Jamie Cullum Live in Hong Kong - 6 June, 1998
• Coldplay Twisted Logic Tour - 13 July, 1998
• [[]] The Monkey Business Asian Tour - 16 July, 1998
• Westlife Face to Face Asian Tour - 9 September, 2006
• Eric Clapton World Tour 2006-2007 - 17 January, 2007
• John Legend Live in Hong Kong - 20 January, 2007
• Il Divo Live in Hong Kong - 22 January, 2007
• Lloyd Banks Live in Hong Kong - 10 February, 2007
• Muse Live in Hong Kong 2007 - 3 March, 2000
• Brandy Never Say Never World Tour - 3 July, 2000
• The Cure A Light with The Cure - 30 July, 2007
• Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour - 16 August, 2007
• Avril Lavigne - Promotional Tour 2007 - 18 August, 2007
• Nine Inch Nails - Live in Hong Kong - 13 September 2007
• Linkin Park -Live in Hong Kong - 20 November, 2007
• My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade World Tour - 29 January 2008
• Björk - The Volta Tour - 28 February 2008
• Backstreet Boys - Unbreakable Tour - 29 February 2008
• Placido Domingo - Live in Hong Kong - 1 March 2008
• Santana Live Your Light Tour - 7 March, 2008
• Maroon 5 - Live in Hong Kong - 19 March 2008
• Kenny G -Rhythm and Romance Live in Hong Kong - 9 May 2008
• L'Arc-en-Ciel - Tour 2008 L'7~Trans Asia via Paris~ - 24 May 2008
• Akon - Live in Hong Kong - 26 July 2008
• Alicia Keys - As I Am Tour - 29 July 2008
• Travis - Live in Hong Kong - 31 July 2008
• Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd. World Tour - 12 August 2008 (CANCELED)
• Ayumi Hamasaki - Asia Tour 2008 ~10th Anniversary~ Hong Kong Station - September 20-21, 2008
• Misia - The Tour of Misia Discotheque Asia 2008 - Hong Kong - 4 October 2008
• Kylie Minogue - KylieX2008 - 27 November 2008
• X-Japan - 18 January 2009
• Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour - 25 March, 2009

Others

• A Citywide Christmas Celebration (24 December 2005), hosted by Christian organisation City Renewal. It was the first large scale event held at AsiaWorld-Expo. Deputy CEO of AsiaWorld-Expo Allen Ha offered free venue space for the host organisation. This event was sponsored by the MTR Corporation, and Airport Express was designated the official railway of the event.

• Hong Kong Spring Fair (10 January 2006 – 13 January 2006); the first exhibition held at the venue.

• Chan Po Chu & HKCO (4 February 2006), a concert featuring Hong Kong artist Chan Po Chu and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra; the first live performance at the Arena of AsiaWorld-Expo featuring an Asian artist.

• ITU Telecom World 2006 (4 December 2006 – 8 December 2006), hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); the first time the conference is held in any city other than Geneva, Switzerland.

• K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong (4 August 2007)

• Asian Aerospace 2007 was held here from 3 September to 6 September. It was previously held in Singapore only. The exhibition included an Airbus A380 flying low over Victoria Harbour at 8am on 3 September 2007. [1]

Transport

• MTR Airport Express - AsiaWorld-Expo Station
• Buses:
  • A43 (Luen Wo Hui <> Airport, 0700-1900 Airport bound only)
  • E11 (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Causeway Bay (Tin Hau))
  • E21 (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Island Harbourview)
  • E22 (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Lam Tin (North)
  • E22A (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Po Lam)
  • E22P (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Yau Tong, Mondays to Fridays evenings only)
  • E32 (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Kwai Fong MTR Station, with some departures detouring Tsing Yi South)
  • E41 (AsiaWorld-Expo <> Tai Po Tau)
  • S1 (Tung Chung MTR Station > AsiaWorld-Expo Circular)
    • Passengers can enjoy a free interchange from E11, E21, E22, E22A, E22P from AsiaWorld-Expo towards Airport to routes A11, A12, A21, A22, E23 towards city centre.
    • Passengers can enjoy a free interchange from E32, E41 from AsiaWorld-Expo towards Airport to routes E31, E33, E34, E42, A31, A33, A41, A41P, A43 towards New Territories.

• AsiaWorld-Expo special services towards Urban area, which will depart 15 minutes after major cultural events have ended:
  • X11 (towards Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace), via Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Cross Harbour Tunnel)
  • X22 (towards Lam Tin MTR Station, via Jordan Road, Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City and Kwun Tong)
  • X33 (towards Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun)
  • X35 (towards Mui Wo Ferry Pier)
  • X41 (towards Yu Chui Court, Sha Tin)

External links

• AsiaWorld-Expo Web Page