Tickets for Manchester United’s match in Hong Kong next month went on general sale on Friday, as it emerged that the city’s Football Festival in July would take place days after a similar event in Singapore.
A five-year partnership to host European teams at a Festival of Football was announced by TEG Sport and the Singapore Tourism Board, starting this year with Arsenal and AC Milan, both of whom will be en route to Hong Kong.
The announcement of the city state’s festival, which will also feature Newcastle United, reiterated its enduring appeal for touring football clubs, after the completion of Kai Tak Sports Park boosted Hong Kong’s ability to vie for the same spoils.
During Hong Kong’s festival, confirmed last month and also promoted by TEG, Arsenal will face Tottenham Hotspur on July 31 in the first North London derby outside the UK, after Milan take on Liverpool on July 26. Both will take place at Kai Tak Stadium.
Fans in Singapore will have the earlier chance to see Arsenal and Milan, at the National Stadium. Arsenal will play Milan there on July 23 and host an open training session two days later before meeting Newcastle on July 27.
Tickets for Hong Kong Stadium’s upper tier were selling fast on Friday. Photo: Sam Tsang
First to arrive in the region, however, will be United, for their match against Hong Kong’s representative team on May 30 – their first fixture in the city since 2013. The encounter will take place at Hong Kong Stadium, rather than at Kai Tak, which is unavailable because of concerts by Singaporean singer JJ Lin on May 24 and 25.
