Avatar Skypark

24 June 2010 - Please have a good look at this artist's impression of the new Singapore Skypark (200 meters above the ground), that tops the Marina Bay Sands casino resort. The plan is that the casino resort will draw up to 150,000 visitors per day once things are in full swing. The world's second-most expensive gambling complex (after MGM Resorts' City Center in Las Vegas) was formally opened this week. The Singapore Government has imposed a hefty SGD 100 entry fee for each Singaporean national visiting the complex, while all other nationalities can enter free of charge. Sands said that Singaporeans account for about one-third of all daily visitors. The resort, resembling a giant surfboard perched on three columns at the mouth of the Singapore River, is still far from being finished, but has already a stark resemblance with scenes from planet Avatar. Only blue people are missing, but people might spontaneously turn blue when losing at the gambling tables. Great building!