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Don't go off the VERY deep end...Infinity pool 55 STOREYS aboveground opens in Singapore indazzling new 4bn resort

If you fancy a dip in this pool, you'll need a head for heights - it's

55 storeys up.But swimming to the edge won't be quite as risky as it looks. While

the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it

actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into

the main pool. At three times the length of an Olympic pool and

650ft up, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height.It features in the impressive, boat-shaped 'SkyPark' perched atop

the three towers that make up the world's most expensive hotel,

the 4billion Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore.

Don't look down: A guest swims in the infinity pool of the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay

Sands hotel towers - 55 storeys over the city of Singapore yesterday

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To infinity... and beyond! The pool stretches 150 metres, three times the length of an Olympic

swimming pool

The view over the side: An artist's impression shows the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay

Sands hotel towers, including the infinity poolThe hotel, which has 2,560 rooms costing from 350 a night, was

officially opened yesterday with a concert by Diana Ross.

The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, estimated to have cost

2billion when it opened in 2004, was previously the world's most

expensive hotel.

But with its indoor canal, opulent art, casino, outdoor plaza,

convention centre, theatre, crystal pavilion and museum shapedlike a lotus flower, the Marina Bay Sands has taken its crown.

The infinity pool on the roof is in the 'SkyPark' which spans the

three towers of the hotel. The platform itself is longer than the

Eiffel tower laid down and is one of the largest of its kind in the




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world.

Infinity pools give the effect that the water extends to the horizon.

In reality, the water spills over the edge into a catchment below,

and is then pumped back into the pool. The pools have twocirculation systems. The first functions like that of a regular pool,

filtering and heating the water in the main pool. The second filters

the water in the catch basin and returns it to the upper pool.

The resort from across the bay. The three towers were based on a deck of cards, according todesigner Moshe Safdie




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A skydiver parachutes pass the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands casino resort as part of

the venue's opening celebrations yesterday




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Extreme: Top, relay teams scale one of the towers in a race commemorating the opening

yesterday. Below, a newly-wed couple enjoy a canal ride inside the resort's shopping centre

The Marina Sands resort was designed by architect Moshe Safdie

who based it on a deck of cards.Inside shoppers can ride along an indoor canal in Sampan boatsstyled on traditional Chinese vessels from the 17th century.

The owners have also commissioned five well-known artists to

create works of art to 'integrate' with the buildings. Among these

is a 40m-long Antony Gormley sculpture made from 16,100 steel

rods. The whole thing weighs 14.8 tons and it took 60 people to

assemble it in the hotel.

Artist Chongbin Zheng created Rising Forest which is 83 threemetre high pots with trees in them. The pots were so big the artist

had to build a customised kiln the size of a small building to makethem in.

Last night, the world's most expensive hotel was given a launchparty befitting it. Singing legend Diana Ross performed for 2,500

VIPs in the resort's Grand Ballroom and pop singer Kelly Rowland

headlined an outdoor concert.




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Money-maker: Left, the entrance to the casino, which costs nearly 50 to get in and is

attracting 25,000 visitors each day. Right, a man looks through a steel web art structure inone of the towers

Just enjoying the sun: Models pose in the pool for journalists at the grand opening yesterday

The opening celebrations also featured a death-defying relay.

Seven teams of three participants each scaled the three towers

before sprinting across the 340-metre long Sands SkyPark, wherethe infinity pool is located, to the finish line.

The resort will employ 10,000 people directly and generate up to

48m each year. Entrance to the casino alone is nearly 50 a day -

but an average of 25,000 people have visited the casino daily

since its initial phased opening two months ago.

Thomas Arasi, president and chief executive officer of the resort,said he expects to attract an astonishing 70,000 visitors a day

once it is fully open.

It was due to open in 2009, but was delayed thanks to labour and

material shortages, and funding problems due to the global

financial crisis.




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