The Singapore Sports Hub In Kallang, Singapore
The Singapore Sports Hub is a proposed sports complex located in Kallang, Singapore to be built on the present site of the National Stadium, which was officially closed on 30 June 2007 and demolition started on 29 September 2010. Construction will begin in 2011, with the foundations laid by February 2011, and is expected to be opened by April 2014.
The Singapore Sports Hub Consortium has been selected by the Singapore Government and the Singapore Sports Council to help achieve the Nation’s vision for a thriving sports, entertainment and lifestyle ecosystem. The evaluation committee cited significant strengths in programming and events, team culture and partnership, its design and operational functionality, and best value for money solution for Singapore.
Located in the heart of the city, on the waterfront and developed on a 35-hectare site, the center piece of Premier Park includes a 55,000 seat Olympic stadium with extend-able tiers – the largest ultra-lightweight tropical dome in the sporting world, with a sliding roof that lights up at night and doubles up as a projection screen to create the most dramatic effects for night events. Central air cooling will provide comfort to public seating by blowing fresh and treated air beneath every seat. To create a total sporting culture, the Sports Promenade, which will be Singapore’s largest covered outdoor space, has been designed as an urban recreation center for all Singaporeans with a host of activities.
The Sports Promenade will link the stadium and all other facilities. This includes an aquatic center with Olympic and recreational pools, a water sports center for dragon boat, rowing, kayaking, two-multi-purpose indoor halls capable of hosting 9 different sports simultaneously, a shopping mall, an office building, a sports medical center, a Sports museum and library, and the existing Singapore Indoor Stadium, a 12,000 seats arena. Beyond the tender’s requirements, Premier Park offers an Olympic and recreational white water rafting course and a 500-room hotel that will bring in the live-in population and tourists to the hub.
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