Marine Bay Sands Opening 27 April

Photos from Marina Bay Sands

The US$5.5 billion (S$7.5 billion) Marine Bay Sands opened for business after a simple ribbon cutting ceremony at the hotel lobby by top executives from its parent company Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and the traditional lion dance for good luck.

At the Feng Shui approved time of 3:18pm on 27 April.

Marina Bay Sands officially opened its doors to the public. The Integrated Resort (IR) is set to open progressively over the year, with Tuesday’s first phase including 963 hotel rooms, parts of the shopping mall and convention centre, some restaurants and bars, the Event Plaza along Marina Bay, and the casino.

Finally Completed..

Sands Expo and Conventional Centre.

Beautiful carpets, very thick & soft...

The holding area and the payment of levy for visitors to the casino. To prevent over-crowding inside the casino, locals/PR are required to wait for their turn to go into the casino after paying the levy. A few hundred chairs are neatly arranged in the holding area, by the side there is also a row of small kiosks selling food & drinks. Very thoughtful and well planned by Sands.

Separating the locals (Singaporean/PR) and foreigner. Talk about being a local, we don't have any advantage at home. The levy is $100 for locals.

Going into the Casino. Mainly Chinese tourists & local retirees.

The Shoppes at Marine Sands, most of the shops are not ready for business, still under renovation. People taking the escalator to the casino entrance.

The escalator at the Shoppes caught my attention, have no idea where it led to, it is still closed to public.


Visited Marine Bay Sands yesterday afternoon to catch a glimpse of the building and surroundings. Readers might have read the earlier posts on MBS during it's construction phrase.

A 2 parts series on the MBS, in the second post, I will upload the pictures on the interior of the Marine Bay Sands hotel for readers, so stay tune. And an exclusive interview with a Sands employee (logistic), actually he talked to me while i'm leaving the place, with the opportunity to ask him questions and learn how it is like working there, you guys will be amazed!

Two earlier posts:

MBS on 4 March

MBS on 28 Feb

Check the blog for the second part: Inside Marine Bay Sands Hotel coming up shortly..