Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 32 COVER STORY That increase formed part of a much bigger agreement between the Singapore Tourism Board and the two casino operators, under which each was granted permission to embark on massive SG$4.5 billion (US$3.3 billion) expansion projects. RWS said at the time that it would grow the property’s gross floor area by 50%, adding 164,000 square meters of leisure and entertainment space plus an expansion of Universal Studios Singapore, a rebranding of S.E.A. Aquarium to “Singapore Oceanarium”, the addition of another 1,100 hotel rooms as part of a new “waterfront lifestyle complex”, an enhanced waterfront promenade with restaurants and retail, expanded MICE facilities and development of a driverless transport system around the property. At MBS, where the unique three tower design has become an iconic symbol of Singapore all around the world, it was revealed that expansion would include the addition of a fourth hotel tower with a “rooftop attraction” and signature restaurant, MICE facilities comprising meeting rooms, function rooms and exhibition halls plus a state-of- the-art live entertainment arena with a seating capacity of at least 15,000 people. MBS was also granted approval to add 1,000 more gaming machines, taking its total to 3,500, to convert the entire 55th floor of Hotel Tower 1 into more casino floor space and to purchase another 2,000 square meters of casino gaming area if required. The pandemic has until now prevented construction, originally scheduled for completion in 2027, from getting underway, although MBS is midway through a separate An artist’s impression of Marina Bay Sands with the new fourth tower built. 濱海灣金沙即將興建的第四 座酒店塔樓的設計圖。