2009 East Asian Games opening ceremony was held on December 5 , 2009 at Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong . The opening began at 8 pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on a floating stage set up at Victoria Harbour . The production team was the same one that ran the 2008 Beijing olympics opening ceremony . The ceremony involved 44 decorated vessels and cost HK$ 40 million ( about US$ 5 million ) to stage , lasting 90 minutes . Tickets to the opening ceremony was sold at HK$ 1000
2008 Beijing olympics opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2009 East Asian Games opening ceremony