Address:10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956
Opening date
Grand opening – 15th Febuary 2011
Official opening – 23 June 2010
Preview opening – 27 April 2010
No. of rooms: 2,561
Permanent shows: Disney’s The Lion King
Signature attractions:
Sands SkyPark, The Shoppes atMarina Bay
Sands, The Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Bay Floral, MarinaBay Club,
MarinaBay Sands Art Path, ArtScienceMuseum and Wonder Full
Notable restaurants :
CUT, DB Bistro Moderne, SavoySingapore,
Imperial Treasure Fine Chinese Cuisine, SANTI, Waku Ghin, Pizzeria and
Osteria Mozza, Hide Yamamoto, Rasapura Masters, L’Atelier de Joël
Robuchon and Chinois by Susur Lee
Casino type: Land-Based
Owner: Las Vegas Sands Corp
Website: marinabaysands.com
Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort
frontingMarina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is
billed as the world’s most expensive standalone casino property at S$8
billion, including cost of the prime land.
With the casino complete, the resort
features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2)
convention-exhibition centre, the 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m2), The
Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, a museum, two large theatres, seven
“celebrity chef” restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice
skating rink, and the world’s largest atrium 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 150m infinity swimming
pool, set on top of the world’s largest public cantilevered platform,
which overhangs the north tower by 67m.
The 20-hectare resort was designed by
Moshe Safdie Architects. The local architect of record was
AedasSingapore, and engineering was provided by Arup and Parsons
Brinkerhoff (MEP). The main contractor was Ssangyong Engineering and
Construction.
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 to complete the
integrated resort.
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.
The resort was officially opened with a
two-day celebration on 23 June 2010 at 3.18 pm, after a partial opening
(which included the casino) on 27 April 2010.
The SkyPark opened a day later on 24 June
2010. The theatres were completed in time for the first performance by
Riverdance on 30 November 2010.
The indoor skating rink, which uses
artificial ice, opened to a performance by Michelle Kwan on 18 December
2010. TheArtScience Museum opened to the public and the debut of a
13-minute light, laser and water spectacle called Wonder Full on 19
February 2011 marked the full completion of the entire Integrated
Resort.
The grand opening of Marina Bay Sands was
held on 17 February 2011. It also marked the opening of the seven
celebrity chef restaurants. The highly-anticipated Broadway musical The
Lion King debuted on 3 March 2011.
The last portion of the Marina Bay Sands,
the floating pavilions, were finally opened to the public when the two
tenants (Louis Vuitton and Pangaea Club) opened on 18 September 2011 and
22 September 2011 respectively.
