Marina Bay Sands

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The parcel of land for the new Marina Bay Sands, the area in the background is the financial district of Singapore.
The parcel of land for the new Marina Bay Sands, the area in the background is the financial district of Singapore.
Scale model of the development together with the Singapore skyline on display in the URA Gallery.
Scale model of the development together with the Singapore skyline on display in the URA Gallery.
A larger scale model, also at the Singapore gallery, showing much of the planned waterfront promenade.
A larger scale model, also at the Singapore gallery, showing much of the planned waterfront promenade.
Construction area taken from the Marina Bay Floating Stadium on August 18, 2007
Construction area taken from the Marina Bay Floating Stadium on August 18, 2007

The Marina Bay Sands (Chinese: 滨海湾金沙综合娱乐城) is Singapore's first casino, being developed by one of the world's biggest gambling companies, Las Vegas Sands, at Marina South in central Singapore. Completion of the Integrated Resort is expected for 2009.

Las Vegas Sands has committed to invest S$3.85 billion in the project, not including the fixed $1.2 billion cost of the 6,000,000 square feet (560,000 m²) site itself, which by most estimates will make it the most expensive casino in the world. [1] In addition to the casino, other key components of the plan are three hotel towers with 2,500 rooms, a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) arts and sciences museum and a convention centre with 1,200,000 square feet (111,000 m²) of space, capable of accommodating over 52,000 people. The resort, inspired by card decks, was designed by Moshe Safdie. The company has promised to create 10,400 jobs for the project, 75 percent of them reserved for Singaporeans.

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Coordinates: 1°16′57.54″N, 103°51′30.30″E

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