Marine Bay Sands Hotel

Entrance of Marina Bay Sands Hotel

Hotel shop

This is the second part of the Marine Bay Sands post, here are the pictures of the interior of Marine Bay Sands hotel.

On my way back, I talked to an employee of MBS, he worked as a logistic supervisor. Currently MBS employed about 7,000 plus staff, the location of Marine Bay is located out of town area, apart from the dozen of restuarants, there are no food courts nearby for meals. Thus, MBS provide both lunch and dinner for their staff. He mentioned it was very busy, imagine providing food for over 7,000. He is required to work from 7 am to 10pm on most days, with his weary look, he mentioned he is going back early today. It is not easy to work there. Saying good bye I wish him all the best.

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..

Marina Bay Sands Part 2 - Mar 2010

This is the second part of the blog post on 28 Feb. It had been very hot and humid in Singapore in these couple of weeks, probably around 34C in the afternoon city.

Should be ready in less than 60 days.

Adjacent to Marina Bay Sands, a new office building is currently under construction, the whole area was hot, dusty and noisy.

Lifted the camera above the fences to have the pictures taken, the "colorful seats" is the floating platform, venue for the National Day parade.


Another building under construction in the city area.

Pictures taken on 3 Mar 2010

Marina Bay Sands gears up for April 27

On the 28 Jul 2009, construction of the three towers. (the hotel tower)

Massive construction going on, workers working on 2 shifts. Probably the convention centres...

National Day parade on the floating platform. With the IR at the background.

Working round the clock...

Marina Bay Sands in Singapore to Open Its Doors on April 27, 2010

Grand Opening Celebration, Including the Unveiling of the Extraordinary Sands SkyPark, to Follow on June 23

Last year on the 28 July, I attended the national day parade preview at the floating platform.

I captured a few shoots of Marina Bay Sands during construction. Coming April, Singapore's second Integrated Resort (IR), prefer to call the second casino will be in operation. Unlike Resorts World Sentosa which targets leisure travellers, Marina Bay Sands has said its focus is on high-end business travellers as well as the meetings and convention sectors. In the coming week, I will be travelling down to the city to capture some pictures of the new attraction, so stay tune, for more pictures here.