That Is Me-Elysia ♥: Marina Bay 专题报道

BRIEF 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 2,561-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 musuem, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystals Pavilion, 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-hectar resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The local architect of record was Aedas Singapore, and engineering was provied by Arup and Parsons Brinkerhoff (MEP). The main contractor wan Ssangyong Engineering and Construction.

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 Marina Bay Sands, the floating pavilions,were finally opened to the public when the two tenants, Loius Vuitton and Pangaea Club, opened on 18 and 22 September 2011 respectively.

Night view of Marina Bay Sands

BACKGROUND

Marina Bay Sands is one of two winning proposals for Singapore's first Integrated Resorts, the other being the Resort World Sentosa, which incorporates a family-friendly Universal Studio 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-years casino licenses, exclusive for the first ten years.

For the economy, Marina Bay Sands is projected to stimulate an addition of $2.7 billion or 0.8% to Singapore's Gross Domestic Product by 2015,employing 10,000 people directly and 20,000 jobs being created in other industries.

DESIGN

The resort is design by Moshe Safdie, who says it was initially inspired by card decks. In addition to the casino, other key components of he plan are three hotel towers with 2,500 rooms and suites, a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) ArtScience Musuem and a convention centre with 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m²) of space, capable of accommodating up to 45,000 people.

The extensive background music system was installed by Singapore based contractor Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd.

OPENING

Marina Bay Sands was originally planned to be completed in a single phase in 2009, but rising construction costs and financial crisis forced the company to open it in phases. The first phase's preview opening was futher delayed until 27 April 2010,and the official opening was pushed back to 23 June 2010. The rest of complex remained under construction and was opened after a grand opening on 17 February 2011.

On 27 April 2010, Marina Bay Sands had the first of the 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 3:18p.m as part of the "preview opening".

ATTRACTIONS

Marina ay Sands features three 55-story hotel towers which were topped out in July 2009. The three towers are connected by a 1 hectar sky terrace on the roof, named Sands SkyPark.

The SkyPark is home to the world's longest elevated swimming pool,with a 146-metre (478 ft) vanishing edge,percher 191 metre above the ground. The pool are made up of 422,000 pounds of stainless steel and can hold 376,500 gallons (1424 cubic metres) of water. The SkyParkalso boasts rooftop restaurants such as The Sky on 57 (by Justin Quek) , nightclubs such as KU DE TA, lush gardens, hundreds of trees and plants, and a public observatory deck on the cantilever with 360-degree view of the Singapore skyline.

There are four movements joints beneath the main pools, designed to help them withstands the natural motion of the towers, and each joints has a unique range of motion. The total range of motion is 500 millimetres (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 fuction properly.

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands also boasts close to 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²) of retail space with over 300 stores and F&B outlets, including numerous luxury duplexes for boutiques such as Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Cartier and Prada. Other luxury stores include Gucci, Hermès, Emporio Armani, Chopard, REDValentino, Dior, Dunhill, Vertu, Miu Miu, Yves Saint Laurent, Salvatore Ferragamo,Montblanc, Blancpain, an Hermès Watch Boutique, and Herve Leger.