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Hong Kong airport’s 11 Skies complex to get ‘deep-sea adventure experience’ as shopping mall landlords beef up entertainment offerings

  • The 3.8 million square-foot complex is adding ‘Vquarium’ to its list of attractions, says operator K11 Group
  • Hong Kong’s malls and shopping centres have been increasingly boosting their entertainment offerings

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Vquarium will have a vertical space of up to 13 metres to create a sense of the deep-ocean environment, enhanced by simulators with special effects and mixed reality technology. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Cheryl Arcibal
11 Skies, the 3.8 million square-foot complex touted as Hong Kong’s largest indoor entertainment hub, is adding Vquarium, the city’s first-ever “virtual deep-ocean adventure experience”, to its list of attractions, according to the K11 Group, a unit of New World Development.
As part of the Hong Kong International Airport’s Skycity, the 11 Skies complex will house more than 800 shops and 120 dining options. It also has an office property component with three grade-A office buildings that have already opened, combining leisure, business, wealth management and wellness services, aiming to serve the Greater Bay Area.

The complex – whose retail and entertainment elements are scheduled to open in phases from the end of this year – is located close to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.

Scheduled to open in 2025, Vquarium is a joint venture between the K11 Group and the US entertainment technology firm Falcon’s Beyond, which has worked with the likes of Marvel Studio and Lotte World in South Korea.

The museum will have three levels with areas divided into different themes. The levels will have a vertical space of up to 13 metres to create a sense of the deep-ocean environment, enhanced by simulators with special effects and mixed reality technology.

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Other attractions in the entertainment section of 11 Skies are the “Paddington Play Adventures” that features the much-loved and well-mannered bear named Paddington that lives in London, and a children’s educational zone called KidZania.

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