The Singapore Sports Hub (

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: சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district in

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. The Sports Hub is a 35-hectare public-private partnership that is anchored by the new

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and existing

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, and also incorporates a new aquatics facility, indoor sports hall, water sports centre, public sports facilities, and retail. The Sports Hub opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and is currently connected to the

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and

MRT stations.

History

The Sports Hub project was proposed on the recommendation of then Community Development and Sports Minister

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in Parliament in 2001. His proposal was based on a report by the Committee of Sporting Singapore calling for the city-state to promote a culture of sports, and replace the aging

. The Sports Hub was to include the new stadium, as well as a new aquatic centre, indoor arena, and recreation facilities. Alpine Mayreder, Singapore Gold Consortium, and the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) submitted bids for the project, which included the new National Stadium and its surrounding facilities, in February 2007. On 19 January 2008, the

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awarded the development of the Sports Hub project to SSHC, led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd. Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports

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stated that their bid "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout". The Sports Hub was a public-private partnership with SportsHub Pte Ltd, which is m made up of four companies namely Infrared Capital Partners, Dragages Singapore, Cushman & Wakefield Facilities & Engineering and Global Spectrum Asia. SHPL was engaged in 2010 and has a 25-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the Sports Hub. The demolition of the former National Stadium was slated to begin in 2008 while the construction of the new Sports Hub was originally planned for completion in 2011. Due to the

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and high construction costs, the project was inevitably delayed. In 2008, barring any major problems, it was projected that the project would be completed in time for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. However, after delays were announced in 2009, Singapore withdrew from hosting the Games. In August 2010, it was reported that the contract to begin construction had been signed with plans for the demolition works of the former National Stadium to start in October 2010 and for the completion of the new Sports Hub in April 2014. The demolition of the National Stadium started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 September 2010. Naming rights to some of the Sports Hub's facilities were sold to various partners, with

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sponsoring its indoor arena and aquatic centre, and 100plus sponsoring an

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around the new National Stadium. The Sports Hub's facilities were officially opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and began to host events over the year that followed, including the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. Prime Minister

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officially inaugurated the facility on 26 July 2015 during the

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event ''Youth Celebrate!'' at the National Stadium. On 10 June 2022, it was announced that

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, a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth, would take over management and ownership of the Sports Hub from 9 December 2022 onwards, with plans to make it more accessible to the broader community in Singapore.

Facilities

Singapore National Stadium from Kallang Footbridge

The 35-hectare Singapore Sports Hub includes the following sports facilities: * A 55,000-capacity

with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating *

, an existing 12,000-seat indoor arena * OCBC Aquatic Centre, which features two

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s for training and competition, and a diving facility. It has hosted

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events, and is the headquarters of the

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. It has 3,000 permanent seats, but can also be expanded to 6,000 seats if needed. * OCBC Arena, an indoor sports facility. * The Water Sports Centre, a kayaking and canoeing facility along the

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. * Various community facilities, including basketball, netball, and volleyball courts, as well as running and cycling paths, It also includes the Singapore Sports Museum, the Sports Hub Library, Shimano Cycling World (a cycling museum operated by bike manufacturer

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), and Kallang Wave Mall (a shopping centre attached to the National Stadium featuring stores, restaurants, a

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, and a children's

water park A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...

on its roof).

Gallery

References

External links

Singapore Sports Hub websiteSport Singapore microsite
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History

Facilities

Gallery

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