SPORT
SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB
The Singapore Sports Hub, with its motto ‘where Singapore comes to play’, includes the republic’s new 55,000-capacity National Stadium and a host of other world class venues. Tom Walker takes a closer look at the S$1.3bn project
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pened in June 2014, the S$1.87bn (US$1.49bn, £878m, €1.07bn) Singapore Sports Hub – a fully integrated sports, entertainment and
lifestyle complex – is set to become one of South East Asia’s premium sports venues. Billed as the region’s largest ever public-private partnership project, the aim was to create a world- class facility in which Singaporeans can watch, play and learn about sports – while creating opportunities for local sports and tourism businesses. As well as international competi- tions and other spectator events, the hub offers community programming, “experience sport” initiatives and pub- lic facilities for everyday use. The impressive range of sporting facilities is supported by clusters of hospital- ity, retail and other support services – including a retail mall, restaurants, a library and a sports museum.
ALL ABOUT THE VISION The idea of creating the sports hub was first mooted in June 2001, when the Committee on Sporting Singapore (CoSS) delivered the central government a report consisting of 40 recommendations on how to grow the country’s sporting sector. The sports industry had been identified as a key growth market and one in which Singapore could become a leader within the South East Asia region. The impact of the CoSS proposals was immediate and it transformed
46 Work on the stadium (and the hub)
was initially scheduled to begin in 2008, but the global economic crisis and the resulting increases in construction costs delayed the project. Construction work finally began in 2010.
The new landmark national stadium
the way the government perceived and invested in sport over the next decade. To implement the report’s pro- posals, the government ring-fenced S$500m (US$490m, E400m, €237m) worth of funding, which it planned to invest over a five-year period. Among the first projects to receive funding were the planning process of the flag- ship Sports Hub and the creation of a Singapore Sports School (SSS). The SSS was the first project to be completed (in 2004) and at the time was the region’s first higher education institution to offer an integrated aca- demic and sports programme. Following the planning stage and a tender process, the government awarded the development contract of the Sports Hub to Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC), led by Dragages Singapore Pte. SSHC was given a 25-year contract with the Singapore Sports Council to design, build, finance and operate the facility.
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THE MAIN EVENT Located on a 35-hectare site in Kallang, the hub is well connected to Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit Network and as a result benefits from low-cost, hassle-free access to each venue. The centrepiece of the hub is the new 55,000-capacity National Stadium that offers spectacular views of the waterfront and city skyline. Masterplanned by AECOM, the venue was designed in partnership by global sports architects Arup Sports and local firm DP Architects. The site is situated at the old National Stadium, which was closed in 2007 and demolished in 2010.
The multi-use stadium can be configurated to host a range of sports, and the venue is being marketed as the only major venue capable of hosting international football, rugby, cricket and athletics. For this, the lower spectator tiers are movable and can be adjusted by up to 12.5m back to provide extra playing surface. Sustainability is at the heart of the stadium’s design. The stadium’s retractable roof has been made out of Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) and the energy efficient bowl cooling technology used is among the first of its kind in the world.
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