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Marina
Bay Sands is an integrated resort
fronting Marina Bay in Singapore.
Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is
billed as the world's most expensive
standalone casino property at S$8
billion (US$5.7 billion), including
cost of the prime land.
When
complete, the resort will feature a
2,560-room hotel, 120,000 sq-meter
convention-exhibition center, The
Shoppes mall, six restaurants, an
Art & Science museum, two Sands
Theatres, two floating pavilions, a
casino with 500 tables and 1,600
slot machines. The complex is topped
by a 340m-long SkyPark with a
capacity of 3,900 people and a a
150m swimming pool, set on top of
the world's largest public
cantilevered platform, which
overhangs the north tower by 67m.
The 51-acre resort was designed by
Moshe Safdie.
Originally set to open in 2009, Las
Vegas Sands faced delays caused by
escalating costs of material and
labour shortages from the onset. The
severe global financial crisis also
pressured the company to delay its
projects elsewhere in order to
complete the Singapore IR. Although
Marina Bay Sands has been compared
on scale and development costs to
MGM's CityCenter, the latter is a
mixed-use development, with
condominium properties - comprising
three of the seven main structures,
being sold off.
Marina
Bay Sands features three 55-storey
hotel towers which were topped out
in July 2009. The three towers are
connected by a 1 hectare sky terrace
on the roof, named Sands SkyPark.
In
front of the three towers include a
Theatre Block, a Convention and
Exhibition Facilities Block, as well
as the Casino Block, which have up
to 1000 gaming tables and 1400 slot
machines. The Art-Science Museum is
constructed next to the three blocks
and has the shape of a lotus. Its
roof will be retractable, providing
a waterfall through the roof of
collected rainwater when closed in
the day and with laser shows when
opened at night. The Art-Science
Museum opens in December 2010.
The
SkyPark will be home to the world's
longest elevated swimming pool, with
a 475-foot vanishing edge, perched
200 meters above the ground. The
pools are made up of 400,000 pounds
of stainless steel and can hold
380,000 gallons (1440 cubic metres)
of water. The SkyPark will also have
rooftop restaurants, nightclubs,
gardens hundreds of trees and plants
and a public observatory with
360-degree views of the Singapore
skyline.
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