Sunday, May 29, 2011

Marina Bay Sands Skypark"engineering wonder" – Singapore--world’s most expensive casino










Its architecture, construction, location and beauty are at their best and unique. This is the breathtaking place in Singapore. When you see the beauty of the sky park you may forget to take a breath for a while. You would definitely think that how and who would have constructed this architectural masterpiece.Marina bay is located in the southern part of Singapore. This is called 24/7 destination for the people who want to find new living and lifestyles, want to exchange business ideas. On the other hand if you want some recreation and enjoy your holidays then you will get more here in Marina Bay. In front of Marina Bay, Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort.Marina Bay Sands is a famous tourist and gamblers’ attraction in Singapore. In June 2010, 500,000 gamblers visited the casino. Average 25,000 visitors come to visit the casino. It is projected that it will contribute $2.7 billion to the GDP of Singapore.It is one of the world’s ever best structures.
Marina Bay Sands is the world’s most expensive casino with the property cost of S$8 billion. The total area of the resort is 20 hectare. The resort consists of casino, a hotel with 2,561 rooms, convention and exhibition center which is spread over 120,000 sq.m area, shopping malls, a unique art and science museum, two sand theatres, seven celebrity chef restaurants, two floating pavilions. The casino is so big that there are 500 tables arranged and 1600 slot machines are operating. At the top of the complex there is the most amazing feature of the resort, a park which is named Sky Park. This park has the capacity of 3,900 people and an amazing 150m infinity swimming pool. This pool is on the top of the world’s largest cantilevered platform. The designer or architect of the project is Moshe Safdie architects. The engineers were from Arup & Parsons Brinkerhoff. The main contractor of this most amazing project was Ssang Yong Engineering & Construction. Some difficulties like labour shortage, global financial crisis and cost of material delayed the opening of the resort which was planned in 2009.

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