Singapore Sports Hub
The National Stadium
from the Sports Hub Boardwalk |
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| Location | Kallang, Singapore |
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| Public transit |
Stadium Kallang Tanjong Rhu (from 2023) |
| Owner | Singapore Sports Hub Consortium |
| Operator | Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd |
| Capacity |
National Stadium: 55,000 Singapore Indoor Stadium: 12,000 Aquatics Centre: 6,000 Multi-sport Arena: 3,000 41,000 square metres of commercial pace and supporting leisure and commercial developments. |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 29 September 2010 |
| Opened | 30 June 2014 (Soft Opening) 26 July 2015 (Official Opening) |
| Construction cost | S$1.3 billion est. |
| Architect | Arup Sport (Sports Venues), DP Architects (Non-Sport Venues, QP), AECOM (landscape) |
The Singapore Sports Hub (Chinese: 新加坡体育城; Malay: Hab Sukan Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a state-of-the-art, fully integrated sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub that was built in 2014 and hosts sporting and entertainment events. It replaced the former National Stadium on the recommendation of then Community Development and Sports Minister Abdullah Tarmugi in Parliament in 2001. His proposal was based on a Committee on Sporting Singapore report to promote a culture of sports in the city-state.
SportsHub Pte Ltd began construction with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 September 2010 at Kallang, before the former arena there was demolished. Served by the Stadium MRT Station, it was completed in June 2014 and, among others, rolled out a new 55,000-seat National Stadium with the largest dome roof in the world, an aquatics centre, a multi-sport indoor arena and a water sports facility. The Sports Hub, which incorporated the older 12,000-seat Singapore Indoor Stadium, began operations on June 30 for the general public to start using its facilities. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially opened it 13 months later on July 26, 2015.
The Rugby World Club 10s on 21–22 June 2014 was the first sporting event at the new national stadium. The clash between Singapore and Juventus on 16 August 2014 was the first football game there.
Since opening its doors, the Sports Hub has been a venue for major international, regional and local events. It has played host to the 2015 SEA Games, 2016 Singapore National Day Parade, WTA Finals, and superstars Madonna and Jay Chou.
The facilities at the new 35-hectare Sports Hub include:
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