1. ENGLISH PROJECT WORK

3. INTRODUCTION
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,
including cost of the prime land.
With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,560-room hotel, a
120,000 sq.m. convention-exhibition centre, The Shoppes mall, an
Art & Science museum, two Sands Theatres, six "celebrity chef"
restaurants, two floating pavilions, a casino with 500 tables and
1,600 slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long Sky
Park 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.

4. • The 20-hectare resort was designed by Moshe
Sadie Architects. The local architect of record
was Aedas Singapore, and engineering was provided
by Arup and Parsons Brinkerhoff (MEP).
• 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 City Center, the latter is a
mixed-use development, with condominium properties -
comprising three of the seven main structures, being sold
off.

5. •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. It
was, however, not finished at the time of the April
opening, which was marked by numerous service failures.
The Sky Park opened a day later on 24 June 2010. The
theatres were completed in time for the first performance
by River dance on 30 November 2010. The floating
pavilions are still being built and are expected to be fully
completed by December 2010. The indoor skating rink,
which uses artificial ice, opened to a spectacular
performance by Michelle Kwan on 18 December 2010. The
museum is scheduled to open on 17 February 2011.

6. CASINO
SKY
PARK

8. BACKGROUND
• Part of the parcel of land for Marina Bay Sands
in the foreground prior to development. The
parcel overlooks Singapore's financial district
in the background.
Marina Bay Sands is one of two winning proposals
for Singapore's first Integrated Resorts, the
other being the Resorts World Sentosa, which
incorporates a family-friendly Universal Studios
Theme Park. The two large-scale resorts were
conceived to meet Singapore's economic and
tourism objectives for the next decade and they
will have 30-year casino licenses, exclusive for
the first ten years.
Bidders were assessed based on four criteria:
• TOURISM APPEAL AND CONTRIBUTION
• ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT AND DESIGN
• DEVLOPEMENT INVESTMENT
• STRENGTH OF THE CONSORTIUM AND PARTNERS

9. • On 27 May 2006, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) was declared
winner of the Marina Bay site in the prime new
business district of Marina South with its
business-oriented resort. LVS highlighted its forte
in Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and
Exhibitions (MICE), of which its founder, Sheldon
Adelson, is a pioneer in Las Vegas and the key to
his early business success.[9] In the Design
Evaluation portion of the tender, a panel of local
and international architects commended Sands'
design as superior to other bids in terms of
pedestrian circulation and layout, and it also fit
in with the Marina Bay landscape best. They liked
that the hotel towers was set back from the
waterfront to open up expansive views of the city
and the entire Marina Bay, making the skyline for
Singapore's downtown more attractive and
distinctive.

10. • Singapore Tourism Board highlighted Sands' line-
up of six celebrity chefs, such as
Australia's Tetsuya Wakuda and Thomas
Keller (Napa Valley, California, USA) and Charlie
Trotter (Chicago, USA).LVS submitted its winning
bid on its own. Its original partner City
Developments Limited (CDL), with a proposed 15
per cent equity stake, pulled out of the
partnership in the second phase of the tender
process. CDL's CEO, Kwek Leng Beng said his
company's pullout was a combination of factors -
such as difficulties in getting numerous
companies he owns to comply in time, as well as
reluctance of some parties to disclose certain
private information in probity checks required by
the Singapore government. However, Kwek was
retained as an advisor for Sands' bid.

12. INVESTMENT
• Las Vegas Sands initially committed to invest S$3.85 billion in
the project, not including the fixed S$1.2 billion cost of the
6,000,000 square feet (560,000 m2) site itself. With the
escalating costs of materials, such as sand and steel, and
labour shortages owing to other major infrastructure and
property development in the country, Sheldon Adelson place
the total cost of the development at S$8.0 billion as of July
2009.
• Las Vegas Sands declared the undertaking as "one of the
world's most challenging construction projects and certainly
the most expensive stand-alone integrated resort property
ever built". It expects the casino to generate at least $1 billion
in annual profit. Two months after the initial phased opening,
the casino attracts around 25,000 visitors daily, about a third
being Singaporeans and permanent residents who pay a $100
daily entry levy or $2,000 for annual unlimited access. Half a
million gamblers passed through the casino in June 2010.

13. • For the economy, Marina Bay Sands is projected to
stimulate an addition of $2.7 billion or 0.8 per cent to
Singapore's Gross Domestic Product by 2015,
employing 10,000 people directly and 20,000 jobs
being created in other industries.
• The resort is designed by Moshe Safdie, who says it was
initially inspired by card decks. In addition to the
casino, other key components of the plan are three
hotel towers with 2,500 rooms and suites, a 200,000-
square-foot (19,000 m2) Art-Science museum and a
convention centre with 1,200,000 square feet (111,000
m2) of space, capable of accommodating up to 45,000
people. The resort's architecture and major design
changes along the way were also approved by its feng
shui consultants, the late Master Chong Swan Lek and
Master Louisa Ong-Lee.

14. OPENING
Marina Bay Sands was originally planned to be completed in a single
phase in 2009,but rising construction costs and the financial crisis
forced the company to open it in phases. The first phase's preview
opening was further delayed until 27 April 2010, and the grand
opening was pushed back to 23 June 2010. The rest of the complex
remain under construction and will not be completed before 2011.
On 27 April 2010, Marina Bay Sands had the first of a planned 3 to
4 phase openings. The casino, parts of the conference hall, a
segment of the Shoppes, 963 hotel rooms and the event plaza were
opened at the auspicious time of 3:18 p.m as part of the "preview
opening".
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) held the first conference
at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre on 2–5 May 2010, but the
event was marred by uncompleted facilities and a power failure
during a speech. IPBA withheld payment of S$300,000 and was
consequently sued by Marina Bay Sands. In June IPBA counter-
sued, describing the venue as a "complete disaster" and that its
earlier payments had been imposed by "duress, fear and force". An
"amiable settlement" with undisclosed terms was announced in
August.

15. • On 23 June 2010, the resort had its official opening with a "2-day
celebration"; this includes the Sands Sky Park, the Event Plaza
along Marina Bay, more shops, additional dining options and nightlife
offerings, and the rest of the hotel rooms. First day events
included - a "World Championship Climb" on the glass facade of the
building to the Sky Park, with 7 teams of 21 top rock climbers from
around the world competing, and an evening concert for 4,000
invited guests and customers, featuring Diana Ross, Kelly
Rowland, JJ Lin among others. The Sky Park was opened on the
second day at 2 pm with about 2,000 adult tickets costing S$20
each sold.
• The two Sands theatres were completed in time for the first
performance by River dance on November 30 2010.
• Timeline forecast
• In December 2010, the two floating Crystal Pavilions will be
completed.
• By March 2011, the Art Science Museum will be completed and
opened.
• In March 2011, Disney's The Lion King musical production will debut
at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre.

16. ATTRACTIONS
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 Sky Park.
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.

17. • The Sky Park also boasts rooftop restaurants, nightclubs,
gardens hundreds of trees and plants and a public
observatory with 360-degree views of the Singapore skyline.
• There are four movement joints beneath the main pools,
designed to help them withstand the natural motion of the
towers, and each joint has a unique range of motion. The
total range of motion is 500 millimeters (19.68 inches). In
addition to wind, the hotel towers are also subject to
settlement in the earth over time, so engineers built and
installed custom jack legs to allow for future adjustment at
more than 500 points beneath the pool system. This jacking
system is important primarily to ensure the infinity edge of
the pool continues to function properly.

18. • The Sky Park is home to the world's longest elevated
swimming pool with a 146-metre (478-
foot) vanishing edge, perched 191 meters above the
ground. The pools are made up of 422,000 pounds of
stainless steel and can hold 376,500 gallons (1424
cubic meters) of water.
• Moshe Safdie designed an Art Path within the resort,
incorporating seven installations by five artists
including Zheng Chongbin, Antony Gormley, and Sol
Lewitt. The pieces are meant to play on
environmental influences including light, water and
wind, integrating art with architecture.