The Grounds: Hong Kong's first purpose-built pod venue
- 160+events
- 50Ktickets sold
The story
The Grounds was Hong Kong's premier socially distanced entertainment experience at AIA Vitality Park, with LED screens and professional sound in private pods along the harbourfront. An award-winning venue featured in the New York Times and Forbes.
Programming covered outdoor cinema, wellness events, sports championships, corporate functions, awards ceremonies, charity events and live music.
- Venue
- AIA Vitality Park, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
- Format
- Private pods, LED screens and professional sound
- Services
- Ticketing
- Self-scan access
- Contactless F&B ordering
- Health declarations
The challenge
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Moving targets
Running a large-scale venue during the pandemic meant compressed timelines, shifting regulations, new partnerships and rigorous safety protocols, while keeping customer confidence.
What we delivered
Zicket developed a specialised event technology toolkit to meet every operational and licensing requirement.
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Entry
Pre-registration, digital health declarations, temperature screening, paperless ticketing and self-scan access.
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Food and drink
Contactless food ordering to the pods.
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Safety
Mandatory masks and extensive sanitisation protocols throughout.
The result.
The award-winning venue achieved international media coverage, including features in the New York Times and Forbes, generating over 1.6 billion global media impressions.
- 160events hosted
- 50,000tickets sold
- 1.6Msocial media reach
Zicket are best-in-class operators and an invaluable resource when it comes to planning and executing a new event concept. They acted as an extension of our own team.
