Saturday, May 19, 2012
 

Marina Bay, Asia’s Largest Gambling Center

5Although it is only 700 square kilometers and having poor natural attractions, Singapore never lacked reasonable to attract foreign tourists to the country. List of new destinations continue to grow each year. This year, the country relies on the Marina Bay Sands lion, integrated area businesses, hotels, entertainment and shopping. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp, Sheldon G Adelson, ensuring the Marina Bay Sands, which claimed the investments of U.S. $ 5.5 billion or approximately USD 53 trillion will be ‘landmarks’ new Singapore after Marlion statue, lion-headed fish.

‘Landmark’ new construction is not yet completed one hundred per cent is indeed quite unique, consisting of three hotel towers 55 floors high, or about 200 yards that covered ‘sky gardens’, dubbed Sands SkyPark. There are also Sands Expo and Convention Center, which covers according to Adelson same hotel ballroom with a combined 35.

Sands Expo is flanked by shopping centers and gambling casinos who claimed to be the biggest gambling centers in Asia, which takes an area of 15 000 square meters. “Although the extent of only three percent of the entire area, this is not just a casino. When in Las Vegas a few decades ago someone came up with the main purpose of gambling, but not so with the concept that we offer here,” said Adelson.

Although not make the casino as a focus to attract visitors, Adelson claimed not to want to play games to build this gambling center. At the center of gambling in this ground floor offered games Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat and Sic Bo, and various gambling machines featuring the latest games like video poker and Sic Bo Roulette is also electronic. There are more than 600 gaming tables and more than 1,500 gambling machines, as well as 30 private rooms.

In this area there is also a theater and museums. Adelson confident because every day it was built in the area for an area covering 15.5 hectares with a total area of 581 400 meters will be built to attract 70,000 people per day, or at least 18 million people per year. The main target of the targeted visitors other than his own is a Singaporean tourist from Malaysia and Indonesia. “That’s the main, outside of it is middle class in Vietnam, China, Thailand, Korea, Philippines and India,” he said.

Adelson insisted, not without reason that the main targets are people in Asia. “Propensity to gamble in Asians is very high. I do not see anyone who does not like China’s mahjong game,” he said.

Although not a primary target, the Marina Bay Sands is also aiming for visitors from Europe, America and the Mediterranean region. “The main focus of our countries that only takes two hours to Singapore,” he said.

Adelson dismissed the notion, however, gambling area, built at Marina Bay Sands in Macau, aims to attract gamblers. “Too early to say we will take visitors Macau. Centre casinos here only three percent of the total built area, so we expect the revenue can be obtained from the conference and others,” he said.

 

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