<cite class="auth">AFP - Friday, October 31</cite>SINGAPORE, Oct 30, 2008 (AFP)
Singapore's two integrated casino resorts face delays and are unlikely to open fully as scheduled, the Straits Times said Thursday quoting unnamed sources.
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Marina Bay Sands, which is being built by Las Vegas Sands, may not open fully as scheduled at the end of next year due to construction woes and rising costs, it said. An old sea wall built by British colonial rulers set back the laying down of foundation works on the construction site which sits on reclaimed land, the report said. A labour shortage and rising cost of building materials have contributed to delay the 4.5 billion US dollar development by "several months," it added. However, Marina Bay Sands general manager George Tanasijevich said in a brief statement to AFP: "We continue to target the end of 2009 for the opening of Marina Bay Sands."
The Straits Times said Resorts World at Sentosa, the second casino resort which is being built by Malaysia's Genting International, was in talks with the government to defer the opening of some facilities in the 4.1 billion dollar project. However, four hotels, the Universal Studios theme park and the casino would open as scheduled in the first quarter of 2010, the paper added. The delay in the opening of some of the facilities is due to the need to find storage space for the equipment for the attractions in the Universal Studios theme park, it said. One venue would be used as a storage site, delaying construction works, the paper said. Resorts World at Sentosa spokeswoman Krist Boo denied there were any delays. "The development... is progressing well and on schedule," she said in a statement to AFP. The plan all along was for a "soft launch" in the first quarter of 2010 with Universal Studios, Festive Walk, the casino and most of the hotels, she said. The other attractions, including the marine life park, a spa and two hotels were scheduled to open in subsequent quarters, she added.
Singapore's two integrated casino resorts face delays and are unlikely to open fully as scheduled, the Straits Times said Thursday quoting unnamed sources.
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Marina Bay Sands, which is being built by Las Vegas Sands, may not open fully as scheduled at the end of next year due to construction woes and rising costs, it said. An old sea wall built by British colonial rulers set back the laying down of foundation works on the construction site which sits on reclaimed land, the report said. A labour shortage and rising cost of building materials have contributed to delay the 4.5 billion US dollar development by "several months," it added. However, Marina Bay Sands general manager George Tanasijevich said in a brief statement to AFP: "We continue to target the end of 2009 for the opening of Marina Bay Sands."
The Straits Times said Resorts World at Sentosa, the second casino resort which is being built by Malaysia's Genting International, was in talks with the government to defer the opening of some facilities in the 4.1 billion dollar project. However, four hotels, the Universal Studios theme park and the casino would open as scheduled in the first quarter of 2010, the paper added. The delay in the opening of some of the facilities is due to the need to find storage space for the equipment for the attractions in the Universal Studios theme park, it said. One venue would be used as a storage site, delaying construction works, the paper said. Resorts World at Sentosa spokeswoman Krist Boo denied there were any delays. "The development... is progressing well and on schedule," she said in a statement to AFP. The plan all along was for a "soft launch" in the first quarter of 2010 with Universal Studios, Festive Walk, the casino and most of the hotels, she said. The other attractions, including the marine life park, a spa and two hotels were scheduled to open in subsequent quarters, she added.
