Stray Kids World Tour: RUN IT - Hong Kong: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Hong Kong)

A stadium built on an old runway

Kai Tak Stadium stands on the site of Hong Kong’s old airport. For decades, jets came in low over Kowloon City’s rooftops to land here. The airport closed in 1998, and the land now holds Kai Tak Sports Park. The stadium at its centre opened in 2025.

On December 5, 2026, Stray Kids brought their “RUN IT” world tour to this bowl. It holds roughly 50,000 people under a retractable roof. For the eight-member JYP Entertainment group, it is the biggest venue in the city. For STAY, as the fandom calls itself, it meant a full stadium night instead of an arena show.

The date and how tickets work

The Hong Kong stop is a single night: Saturday, December 5, 2026. A weekend date matters in a city that pulls fans from across the region. A Saturday show suits fans flying in from Macau, Shenzhen, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, who can stay the weekend.

The tour’s Hong Kong promoter runs ticketing, and its sales page sets the seating map, price tiers and entry rules. Stadium K-pop shows in Hong Kong usually sell on named, ID-linked tickets with limits on how many each buyer can hold. At high-demand shows, fans tend to treat resale offers on social media with suspicion.

Getting to Kai Tak

The MTR is how almost everyone gets here. The Tuen Ma Line has two stations at the edge of the sports park:

• Kai Tak Station: the usual choice for the stadium, with walkways leading toward the park.
• Sung Wong Toi Station: one stop away, on the Kowloon City side, handy if you are eating in the old neighbourhood before the show.
• Interchanges: the Tuen Ma Line connects with the Tsuen Wan Line at Mei Foo and the East Rail Line at Hung Hom. From most hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui or Central, the trip takes about 25–40 minutes.

Taxis and ride-hail cars run into the area too. After a stadium show, though, the roads around Kai Tak back up quickly. Most attendees take the train both ways.

Inside the night

December is Hong Kong’s driest, mildest month. Evenings are typically cool rather than cold, and a light jacket is usually enough. The retractable roof means the stadium does not depend on the weather, a real worry at outdoor shows in summer.

Before doors, the park fills with fans in tour shirts. Many carry the group’s official lightstick, and stadium shows like this one usually link the lightsticks to a central system so the whole bowl changes colour with the music. Fan-made banners and slogan cards are a common sight. Fan groups often organise a group chant or a banner event for a particular song.

Concourse food and drink are on hand inside. The real eating, however, happens before the show in the streets nearby.

Merch lines, freebies and the crowd home

K-pop fans in Hong Kong follow a clear routine on show day:

• Official merch: lines at the merchandise booths usually form hours before doors, and popular items can sell out. Many fans pay by Octopus card or contactless card where the booth takes them.
• Freebies: fans hand out free photocards, stickers and keychains they made themselves, usually near the stadium approaches. Asking politely, often in English or Cantonese, is normal; taking one and giving one back is good form.
• Trading: photocard swaps happen on the spot. Fans who trade a lot carry them in sleeves and binders.
• Bags: stadiums here typically limit large bags and outside food, so most fans bring a small crossbody.

The real pinch point comes after the encore, when tens of thousands of people head for the same two stations. A common approach is to walk the extra stop to Sung Wong Toi, or to wait out the first rush over dinner in Kowloon City.

Before and after in Kowloon City

The stadium sits next to one of Kowloon’s best food districts. Kowloon City has long been known for its Thai restaurants and grocers, a legacy of the Thai community that settled near the old airport. The streets around South Wall Road and Nga Tsin Wai Road are full of noodle shops, dessert spots and Chiu Chow eateries.

Kowloon Walled City Park is a short walk away. It is a landscaped garden on the site of the dense enclave that was cleared in the 1990s, with the old yamen building and the remains of the south gate still standing. Closer to the water, the Kai Tak waterfront looks across Victoria Harbour toward Kwun Tong and Hong Kong Island. Fans with a spare afternoon often finish the weekend on the old runway’s promenade.