Singapore Casino Guide
Integrated Resorts In Singapore

The Marina Bay district is a clean, green and picturesque area for recreation and relaxation. Comprising Marina South, Marina Centre and the bay itself, the district is now a quiet open park area with a seafood centre and a bowling alley. However, like the rest of Singapore, there are plans to inject life into the area by turning it into a hub. Construction is now underway to execute various government projects, the most hyped-up being Singapore 's first casino and Integrated Resort (IR). This process of revitalization will be completed by 2008.

The largest impact is expected to be from a family-oriented Integrated Resort, with a casino at its core. This Integrated Resort is expected to be completed in late 2009 or the beginning of 2010. A resort developer and operator was chosen on 8 December 2006. The winning proposal was the Genting/Star Cruises consortium in their bid for Resorts World Sentosa. It will have a Universal Studios Theme Park, to be known as Universal Studios Singapore which will occupy nearly half of the resort space. Development of the resort will be financed privately at a cost of $GD5.75 billion and will not receive any government subsidies. The proposal for a casino has met with extensive opposition from many conservative critics. Nevertheless, the government has constantly reassured that there would be stringent measures in place, to maintain the social fabric of the nation, and to prevent problems such as gambling addiction.

Marina Bay Sands

The design of the Marina Bay Sands is unique and will provide a memorable image and destination attraction for Marina Bay. The overall composition fits very well with existing and future developments. The setting back of the hotel towers from the waterfront opens up expansive views to the city and the entire Marina Bay. The low-rise MICE facilities, casino and theatres fronting Marina Bay are crowned by wave-like roof forms.

Although modern Singapore's founder, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has publicly said on numerous occasions that he dislikes gambling, he recognizes that Singapore's image and economy will benefit from having these integrated resorts. Singapore Casino at Marina Bay will be build and run by Las Vegas Sands Corp. Las Vegas Sands Corp is a hotel, gaming, and resort development company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Singapore Casino @ Marina Bay is expected to become the most expensive casino complex in the world. It hopes the casino, due to open in 2009, Sands will spend more than US 2 billion on the complex.

The design also has many distinctive features. The Sky Park above the hotel towers will provide breathtaking 360-degree views of Marina Bay, the city and the future Gardens-by-the-Bay. The ArtScience Museum offers a “welcoming gesture”, inviting people to Marina Bay. Visitors will enjoy attractive public spaces, such as the Event Piazza which can hold up to 10,000 people and the roof-top amphitheatre above the ArtsScience Museum.

Singapore's vibrant waterfront will feature a new and magnificent landmark, combining state-of-the-art meeting and convention facilities, internationally-renowned restaurants, a five-star hotel and casino, and an unrivalled spread of retail and entertainment outlets in one unique destination, opens its doors to the public.

Sands proposed an outstanding IR development (“Marina Bay Sands”) that will boost Singapore’s attractiveness as a premium destination for business and leisure visitors. Leveraging on Sands’ expertise and excellent track record in MICE, the proposal will create a strong MICE cluster in Marina Bay and enhance Singapore’s MICE capabilities and offerings. The Marina Bay Sands will have a combination of exhibition and meeting space amounting to 110,000 sqm in gross floor area, which is 2½ times the size of the convention and exhibition centre at Suntec City.

The Marina Bay Sands is all part of the new and vibrant Singapore with massive amounts of construction adding a buzz and excitement to Singapore, bringing world-class experiences in dining, shopping and entertainment to both leisure and business travelers from around the world. It will offer a wide range of leisure products, such as world-class entertainment in two 2,000-seat theatres, an ArtScience museum, luxury retail outlets, and unique dining venues such as the floating pavilions in the Marina Bay. There will also be attractive public spaces and interesting activity nodes such as an ice-skating rink and indoor canals. The integrated resort will have 2,500 hotel rooms, spanking modern shopping malls, up market fine dining restaurants and cutting edge convention halls including an eight thousand capacity ballroom among many other attractions for locals and tourists alike.

Resorts World at Sentosa

Resorts World at Sentosa will be Singapore’s landmark holiday destination that encapsulates fun-filled experiences with leisure, entertainment and edutainment attractions for everyone. Through the pan-regional presence of Star Cruises, our resort will also benefit regional tourism as it will create a sustained spillover of visitors to the neighbouring destinations. In addition, it will be offering a total of six exceptional and uniquely designed hotels, providing a wide array of world-class accommodation for all visitors. It will be developed at the east side of the IR site, using the theme “Ride the movies” and the attractions will be comparable to those found in Universal Studios Orlando and Islands of Adventure.

Malaysia’s Genting International has been named the winner of Singapore’s second casino licence for a gaming and entertainment complex on Sentosa island. Genting and its sister company Star Cruises have tied up with Universal Parks and Resorts of the United States for the project, promising to invest more than S$5 billion (about RM11 billion). Star Cruises which is the third largest cruise line in the world, is a global cruise brand with a combined fleet of 22 ships in service and under construction, and more than 35,000 lower berths cruising to destinations and islands in Asia-Pacific, North and South America, Hawaii, Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Mediterranean

Resorts World at Sentosa will also include a Universal Studios theme park with 22 attractions, 16 designed specifically for Singapore, and a DreamWorks animation studio. The Universal Studios theme park will take up roughly half of the site. The resort will have meeting facilities, retail stores and a 1,600-seat theater for a resident show by the team behind Cirque du Soleil

The Resorts World at Sentosa design is a collection of resorts within a resort so visitors can have a multi-resort experience. The anchor family leisure attractions include The Universal Studios Singapore Theme Park, The Quest Marine Life Park, The Equarius Water Park, The Maritime Xperiential Museum, and other entertainment offerings located along FestiveWalk.