Singapore Sports Hub Consortium to build New Stadium

The Singapore Government has announced that the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Singapore Sports Hub Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) project.

Making the announcement Singapore Minister for Community Development Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said: "SSHC provided a holistic strategy to promote sports participation, leisure, entertainment and lifestyle activities via a focus on community and grassroots sports. Its integrated approach will create foot traffic and promote vibrancy at the Sports Hub. Their strategy is supported by a comprehensive sporting calendar that guarantees at least 90 event days at the National Stadium and 46 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It consist of a well-balanced mix of local, regional and international sporting events and activities targeted at various different target segments."

Examples of innovative and sustainable programmes and events include onsite media broadcasting services, organising an ASEAN clubs soccer league, a Singapore national games and international cricket matches.

SSHC has provided a circular design layout with the various sports and commercial facilities surrounding the dome-shaped new National Stadium. The design is well integrated with the consortium's events and programming strategy, and has the flexibility and scalability for hosting large-scale events, including the National Day Parade. The Sports Hub's critical mass of facilities and attractions would ensure that the venue is teeming with activity and buzz on event and non-event days.

Believed to be the first and largest sports facilities infrastructure PPP projects in the world S$1.87 billion Sports Hub is expected to be ready in end 2011.

Proposals for the Singapore Sports Hub were featured in the March/April 2007 issue of Australasian Leisure Management.