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Rendering showing the new hotel tower and casino (left).Photo courtesy of Marina Bay Sands
Safdie Architects has announced plans for a planned expansion of its previous Marina Bay Sands design in Singapore.
The plans call for adding a new luxury hotel tower with a sky-top roof, a 15,000-seat entertainment venue and more space set aside for work, retail and dining.
The plan was implemented to boost Singapore’s tourism industry, which is considered to be lagging behind other destinations in the Asia-Pacific region despite strong post-pandemic tourism numbers. (The resort has attracted more than 470 million visitors since opening, according to a news release from the Las Vegas-based management group.)
“The all-suite hotel tower will set new hospitality standards, the state-of-the-art arena will help attract the highest level of global entertainment events and artists, while the additional conference and exhibition space will expand Singapore’s success as a leading MICE Tourism Destination. This significant investment in Singapore will help ensure Marina Bay Sands is ideally positioned to grow its economic, employment and visitor contribution in the coming years,” they further described.
Work will begin in July 2025 and be completed within four years. All three existing towers will be restored before new towers and arenas are added. Safdie has previously said the iconic skybridges on the three towers will not be expanded as part of the new design.
The company also recently completed a new naturally integrated corporate campus for Surbana Jurong in Singapore and is about to complete an expansion of the Crystal Bridges Museum in northwest Arkansas by the end of 2024.
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