Marina Bay Sands

MBS Project
Las Vegas Sands has committed to spend S$3.85 billion in the project, not this includes the fixed $1.2 billion cost of the 560,000 m2 site itself. The total cost of the development is placed at S$8.0 billion. Las Vegas Sands named the project as one of the world's most challenging construction projects and definitely the most pricey stand-alone integrated resort property ever built. additionally to the casino, other key components of the plan are 3 hotel towers with 2,500 rooms and suites, a 19,000 m2 Art-Science museum and a convention centre with 111,000 m2 of space, skilled of accommodating up to 45,000 people. The resort, inspired by card decks, was designed by Moshe Safdie. The firm has promised to create ten, 400 employments for the project, 75 percent of them reserved for Singaporeans.


Features and Surroundings
Marina Bay Sands features 3 55 storey hotel towers which were topped out in July 2009. The 3 towers are involved by a 1 hectare sky terrace on the roof, named Sands SkyPark.

In front of the 3 towers include a Theatre Block, a Convention and Exhibition Facilities Block, and also the Casino Block, which have up to 1000 gaming tables and 1400 slot machines. The Art-Science Museum is constructed next to the 3 blocks and has the shape of a lotus. Its roof will be retractable, providing a waterfall by means of the roof of gathered rainwater when closed in the day and treating audiences to laser shows when opened at night. The Art-Science Museum opens in December 2010.



Latest News, opening on 27. April 2010.
Singapore (25 April 2010) - Marina Bay Sands' Team Members have started to move into their new home at Bayfront Avenue, as they prepare for the final sprint to the Preview Opening of the resort on April 27. 2010.

The first team moved in exactly after 9 a.m. this morning, an auspicious timing in line with the Marina Bay Sands feng shui consultant Master Louisa Ong-Lee. Teams from Food & Beverage, Hotel Housekeeping, Facilities and IT were the first to move into the Heart-of-House (HOH), a mammoth logistics endeavor that took 3 months to organize. Thousands of Team Members will move into the property by the closing of April.

"This move is one step ahed of a physical shift. Our team will bring Marina Bay Sands to life over the following few weeks as we prepare to welcome the world to Asia's most magnificent destination," mentioned Marina Bay Sands CEO and President Thomas Arasi.

The kitchens at Marina Bay Sands will kick off cooking their first meals. Hot cooked lunches will be served to Team Members working in the HOH situated below the hotel towers, delivering a world wide and local spread. The Team Member dining room, which has a Halal section, can seat up to 700 people and will have flat screen televisions and internet stations.

This facility, coupled with another Team Member dining room, will operate around the clock to deliver 7,000 meals every day to feed the thousands of workers working in the property once it opens. In a year, that's about 2.5 mlln. meals for the staff alone.

MBS will be the principal entertainment destination in Asia. It will feature large and flexible convention and exhibition facilities, 2,560 hotel rooms and suites, the rooftop Sands SkyPark, a museum, the absolute shopping mall in Asia, world-class megastar chef restaurants, a casino, Paiza Club for premium players, an outdoor event plaza and theaters debuting with "The Lion King."