 The National Stadium from the Sports Hub Boardwalk | |
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| Location | Kallang, Singapore |
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| Public transit | CC6 Stadium |
| Operator | Kallang Alive Sport Management Co Pte Ltd |
| Capacity | National Stadium: 55,000 Singapore Indoor Stadium: 12,000 OCBC Aquatic Centre: 6,000 OCBC Arena: 3,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 29 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-29) |
| Opened | 30 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-30) (Soft Opening) 26 July 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07-26) (Official Opening) |
| Construction cost | S$1.3 billionest. |
| Architect | Arup Architecture (National Stadium and Sports Venues),DP Architects (Non-Sport Venues, QP), AECOM (landscape) |
TheSingapore Sports Hub (Chinese:新加坡体育城;Malay: Hab Sukan Singapura;Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district inKallang, Singapore. The Sports Hub is a 35-hectarepublic-private partnership that is anchored by the newNational Stadium and existingSingapore Indoor Stadium, 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 theStadium,Tanjong Rhu andKallang MRT stations.
The Sports Hub project was proposed on the recommendation of then Community Development and Sports MinisterAbdullah Tarmugi in Parliament in 2001.[1] 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 agingNational Stadium.[2]
The Sports Hub was to include the new stadium, 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.[3][4] On 19 January 2008, theSingapore government awarded the development of the Sports Hub project to SSHC, led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd.[5] Minister of Community Development, Youth and SportsVivian Balakrishnan stated that their bid "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout".[6]
The Sports Hub was apublic-private partnership with SportsHub Pte Ltd,[7] which is made up of four companies namely InfraRed Capital Partners, Dragages Singapore, DTZ Facilities and Engineering and Global Spectrum Asia.[8]
SHPL was engaged in 2008[8] and has a 25-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the Sports Hub.[9]
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 thefinancial crisis of 2007–2010 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 the2013 Southeast Asian Games.[10] However, after delays were announced in 2009, Singapore withdrew from hosting the Games.[11] 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.[12]
The contract with SHPL started from 2010 due to the delay and it was to last for 25 years till 2035.[9]
Naming rights to some of the Sports Hub's facilities were sold to various partners, withOCBC Bank sponsoring its indoor arena and aquatic centre, and100plus sponsoring an 888 m (971 yd)promenade around the new National Stadium.[13]
The Sports Hub's facilities were officially opened to the public on 30 June 2014,[14] and began to host events over the year that followed, including the2015 Southeast Asian Games. Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong officially inaugurated the facility on 26 July 2015 during theYouth Day eventYouth Celebrate! at the National Stadium.[15]
On 10 June 2022, it was announced thatSport Singapore, 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.[16]
The 35-hectare Singapore Sports Hub includes the following sports facilities:
It also includes theSingapore Sports Museum,[22] the Sports Hub Library,[20] Shimano Cycling World (a cycling museum operated by bike manufacturerShimano),[23] andKallang Wave Mall (a shopping centre attached to the National Stadium featuring stores, restaurants, a 16 m (52 ft)climbing wall, and a children'swater park on its roof).[24][21]
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