Marina Bay Sands – $5.5 billion
Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort in Singapore facing Marina Bay. It is the third most expensive building in the world. At its opening in 2010, it was billed as the world’s most expensive standalone casino property at US$6.88 billion, including the cost of the land. It is owned by Las Vegas Sands Corporation. The resort includes a 2,561-room hotel, a 120,000-square-meter convention-exhibition center, 74,000-sq-mi Marina Bay Sands Mall, shops, a museum, and a large theatre. Also, the complex includes three towers topped by a connecting 340-metre-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,902 people and a 150 m infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world’s largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 66.5 m.
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