Abstract
The Marina Bay was identified as the venue for the National Day Parade for 2007 and subsequent years. The concept was to create a large usable space on water for mass spectator events and to design it as a multi-purpose facility to be used for sporting activities, mega festivities, cultural performances and water activities. The pontoon-type floating platform technology was adopted to create the large-scale floating performance stage. The Marina Bay floating platform measured 120 m long, 83 m wide and had a depth of 1.2 m and was built by assembling fifteen modular steel pontoons. This floating stage, completed in April 2007, is believed to be the world’s largest floating performance stage.
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The old National Stadium at Kallang was demolished in 2006.
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The breakwater was eventually provided by the Marina Barrage erected to create a reservoir in the Marina Bay.
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Koh, H.S., Lim, Y.B. (2015). Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore. In: Wang, C., Wang, B. (eds) Large Floating Structures. Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-137-4_2
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