By Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports
The last remaining floodlight being taken down in segments. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Kallang, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 — The National Stadium is seeing its final sunset as the remaining structures are gradually torn down. The demolition of the stadium has entered its final phase, with only the West Entrance Grandstand left standing, and the last floodlight coming down in the next few days.
The Singapore Sports Council revealed that the project was well on schedule, with the demolition phase set to be completed early next year, and construction of the Singapore Sports Hub commencing thereafter.
Currently, the contractors are clearing the ground and conducting soil testing in different areas. Parts of the demolished National Stadium will be recycled, with concrete and other materials being reused to construct certain parts of the Sports Hub. By 2014, Singapore should be ready to welcome their brand new Sports Hub with world-class facilities.
About Singapore Sports Hub
Located on a 35ha site in Kallang, the Singapore Sports Hub will include the following
facilities:
A new 55,000-capacity National Stadium with a retractable roof
A 6,000-capacity indoor Aquatic Centre that meets world tournament standards
A 3,000-capacity Multi-Purpose Arena which will be scalable and flexible in layout
A Water Sports Centre
41,000 sq m of commercial space
The existing Singapore Indoor Stadium
Supporting leisure and commercial developments
The Sports Hub, which is currently under construction, is the largest sports facilities infrastructure Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) project in the world. It is also Singapore’s largest and flagship PPP project of this nature.
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Vivian Balakrishnan, touring the site as he was given updates on the project. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Rubble and debris waiting to be collected and recycled in the new construction project. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The former West Entrance, one of the partial structures remaining, is slowly taken apart. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The National Stadium was slated for demolition in 2007 but the financial crisis in 2008 delayed the project. The Singapore Sports Hub, when built, will be the only stadium in the world that can be reconfigured to accommodate cricket, rugby and football matches in the same venue. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Wild grass now grow in areas which used to have neatly trimmed lawns. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The stadium being taken apart by excavators. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Against the backdrop of the CBD and apartments, the National Stadium is a far cry from its heyday when it dominated the skyline of the area with its shining floodlights. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Minister Balakrishnan watches the last floodlight tower being taken down. He also whipped out his iPhone to capture this significant moment. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The Oasis will also be demolished to make way for the project. However, the Indoor Stadium will remain and form part of the Sports Hub. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
By evening, the last floodlight tower was almost completely taken down, as the grand old dame basks in her final sunset. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
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