Marina Bay Sands
June 23, 2010 ( Official Opening )
April 27, 2010 ( preview opening )
Marina Bay Sands is a resort at Marina Bay in Singapore, which was built by Las Vegas Sands and opened in 2010. The 20 -hectare resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The system consists of a casino, a hotel, a conference and exhibition center, a shopping center, an arts and science museum, two theaters, a variety of catering options, bars and nightclubs as well as two floating pavilions.
The three 55-storey hotel towers carry on 191 meters height a 340 meter-long roof garden. Part of the largest public cantilever platform is a 146 meter long infinity pool. The resort is considered the most expensive standalone casino complex in the world. Counting the cost of land, the construction should have cost 8 billion Singapore dollars (about 4.6 billion euros ).
- 3.1 Development Plan Integrated Resorts in Singapore
- 3.2 procurement procedures
- 3.3 opening
Location
The Marina Bay Sands is located in the Central Area in the southern part of town east of the Downtown Core Downtown said. The building complex is located on the sea on the peninsula between the Cove Marina Bay at the mouth of the Singapore River and the Strait of Singapore.
Architecture
Building
The resort was designed by architect and Harvard professor Moshe Safdie, used the stack of playing cards as a template. The architecture of the resort essential, subsequent design modifications have been approved by various feng shui masters. The locally commissioned architect was Aedas Singapore, the engineering work was provided by Arup and Parsons Brinkerhoff (MEP).
The building consists of three hotel towers with 55 floors each, which reached its maximum height of 191 meters in July 2009. The roofs of the three towers are connected by a rooftop terrace, called the Sands SkyPark.
The accessible to the public observation deck covers an area of 1.2 hectares of garden with trees and the longest 146- meter infinity pool, which consists of three basins and contains 1424 cubic meters of water. This is the world's largest outdoor pool at such a height. From the roof terrace, which offers 3900 people, the visitor has a 360 -degree panoramic view of Singapore. To compensate for the problems caused by wind movements of the towers, four movement joints between the three pools were incorporated with up to 500 mm width. Individual lifting supports under each pool to compensate for the expected, different setting of the towers, thereby limiting the pool level.
Use
The system consists of a casino that has more than 600 tables and 2,500 slot machines, a hotel resort with 2561 rooms, 120,000 square feet of conference and exhibition center, a shopping mall, an art and science museum, two theaters, six gourmet restaurants, various other catering options, bars and nightclubs as well as two floating pavilions.
The SkyPark is home next to the garden and swimming pool as well as restaurants and nightclubs. The Stems in front of the hotel towers include a theater complex, a convention and exhibition complex and the casino. In addition, the Art- Science Museum is in the shape of a lotus flower with a sliding roof, through which, when closed, the rain patters down in a waterfall, are projected on the night in good weather laser shows.
Moshe Safdie designed within the resort an " art trail " (sort Path), which includes seven installations by five artists, including Sol Lewitt, Antony Gormley and Zheng Chongbin. The art objects are to play with environmental factors such as light, water and wind.
Michelle Kwan opened in December 2010, the ice rink at the resort.
History
Development Plan Integrated Resorts in Singapore
Marina Bay Sands is one of two winning proposals for Singapore's first Integrated Resorts - the name in Singapore for a holiday resort with Casino. The second Integrated Resort is the Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, which also includes an amusement park of Universal Studios. The two large resorts have been designed to ensure the development of Singapore's economy and tourism in the next decade. The casinos have a license for 30 years will receive - exclusive for the first ten years.
The contract was awarded on the basis of four criteria:
- Tourism appeal and contribution
- Architectural concept and design
- Bauinvestiton
- Strength of Konsortioums and partners.
Procurement procedures
On 27 May 2006, announced that Las Vegas Sands the lot will be sold for the terrain in the new business district of Marina South in the Marina Bay. Las Vegas Sands emphasized in particular its strengths in business MICE. The company's founder, Sheldon Adelson, was the first to introduce this type of tourism in Las Vegas, followed by his first commercial success based. In addition, the architectural design of the project by local and international architects has been praised outstanding compared to the other projects, particularly with regard to pedestrian traffic and the spatial arrangement. In addition, the design fit best into the cityscape of Marina Bay: The architects liked that the hotel towers set back from the shoreline are what opens up a far-reaching views over the city and Marina Bay. Singapore's skyline is appealing and distinctive.
The Tourism Association of Singapore stressed the commitment of six gourmet chefs, including Tetsuya Wakuda from Australia, the Californian Thomas Keller and Charlie Trotter from Chicago.
Las Vegas Sands handed his successful project alone. The original partner City Developments Limited, which should hold a share of 15 %, withdrew in the second phase of the tender. The CEO of City Developments Limited, Kwek Leng Beng said that the withdrawal had various causes, including the timely coordination with various companies in which he is involved, and the reluctance of certain investment partners to disclose information for the required by the Singaporean authorities integrity testing. Kwek Leng Beng remained the project in spite of everything as HOWEVER consultant.
Opening
The plant was originally to be opened in 2009. In addition to the skyrocketing costs led the lack of human and material from the beginning to delays. In addition, the financial crisis led to the Las Vegas Sands had to delay the project.
On 27 April 2010 the casino, parts of the conference center, various shops, a few restaurants, 963 hotel rooms and the event plaza were opened for the auspicious time to 15.18 clock at the Preview Opening.
The ongoing work had operational problems. In early April the first conference at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre took place, but a half-finished equipment and a power failure disrupted the event, which led to a legal proceeding between the organizers and the hotel.
On 23 June 2010, the two-day official opening of the resort began. Were dedicated to the Sands SkyPark, more shops, restaurants and bars as well as the rest of the hotel room. Part of the opening ceremony were the World Championship Climb, where 21 climbers from around the world climbed the glass facade of the building to the SkyPark, and a concert by Diana Ross, Kelly Rowland and other artists. The SkyPark was made on the second day open to the public and visited on this day of 2000 people.
First performances in the theaters took place in late November 2010. For December 2010, the construction is completed at the floating crystal pavilions was provided. The opening of the museum took place on February 19, 2011. Since March 2011 the musical The Lion King is played in one of the theaters.
Financing
Counting the cost of land, the construction should have cost 8 billion Singapore dollars (about 4.6 billion euros ).
Las Vegas Sands originally wanted around S $ 3.85 billion (around € 2 billion ) to invest in the project. The land costs of approximately S $ 1.2 billion (approx. € 700 million ) for the 560,000 m² site are not yet included. With caused by rising material costs, for example for sand and steel as well as other major infrastructure and building projects in Singapore labor shortages, the total cost of the project amounted known around s $ 8 billion ( € 4.5 billion ), as Sheldon Adelson in July 2009 was. Although the cost of Marina Bay Sands are in a similar order of magnitude as for the City Center project by MGM in Las Vegas, the comparison seems, as it is in the City Center area of a mixed-use building project with condominiums.
Las Vegas Sands described the company as one of the most challenging construction projects in the world and certainly the most expensive stand-alone integrated resort property that has ever been built. It is expected that the resort at least S generates $ 1 billion profit annually. Two months after the first part of opening the casino has seen around 25,000 visitors every day. About one- third of whom are Singaporeans and residents in Singapore, the need to pay $ 100 for a day ticket or $ 2,000 for annual access. Contrast Foreign visitors pay no entrance fee. A total of half a million players have visited the casino in June 2010.
It is expected that Marina Bay Sands contributes to the year 2015, the economy of the city-state around $ 2.7 billion, representing 0.8 % of Singapore's gross domestic product. The casino employs 10,000 people directly and creates 20,000 jobs in other companies.
Transport links
The complex is served by the new station on the Circle Line Bayfront subway MRT. The entrance is located directly below the resort. In addition, there are connections to various bus routes.