The Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC, formerly known as the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre or HITEC), is an exhibition center, shopping mall and performance venue situated at 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was developed by Hopewell Holdings Ltd. In 2021, a consortium led by Billion Development bought the venue for $1.4 billion US dollars to redevelop it into three grade-A office buildings. As a result, the KITEC ended its operations at 17:00 on June 30, 2024.
Recorded Here
Recorded or filmed here, from this catalogue:
- Hatsune Miku - Hatsune Miku Live Party 2013 in Kansai - Hatsune Miku, released August 30, 2013 (
MKPB-2002-1). Filmed At.
History
From the en.wikipedia article Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1370406401.
Convention and Exhibition Spaces
Multi-functional venues, including Music Zone @ E-Max, Rotunda 1, Rotunda 2, Rotunda 3 and Star Hall, can accommodate exhibitions, concerts, banquets and business functions. There was an auditorium with 702 tiered seats and a conference center with 17 meeting rooms on the 6th and 7th floors.
E-Max Shopping Mall
The mall provides dining in the forms of Chinese and western restaurants and cafés. Major tenants included:
Hong Kong Bowling City Kowloon Bay Integrated Auto Mall Premier Home Forum PetMax Starbucks The Metroplex, self-operated independent cinema with 9 screens and a total capacity of over 1,100 people, G/F. (Opened on February 14, 2014)
Offices
The center offers office spaces ranging from 56 m2 (600 sq ft) to an entire floor of 9,300 m2 (100,000 sq ft). It has included several divisions of the Registration and Electoral Office.
Star Hall
Star Hall (匯星) was the performance venue inside KITEC. It can accommodate audiences of 3,600 people. It was a popular venue for concerts. The 4-story Star Hall measuring 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft) offers column-free space.
Notable Events
FanFan - We Are Friends Concerts - August 21, 2009
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q6435073.
- en.wikipedia, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (revision 1370406401), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: HITEC.jpg on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5, by Baycrest.
