I got the opportunity to go to the Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch a basketball match between the Singapore Slingers and the Bangkok Cobras, and it was obvious who I was supporting, and it was even more obvious who won lol. Anyways, putting the game aside, the real opportunity that I had was to experience the SMRT 'Stadium' station which was design by my favourite firm, WOHA. Stadium MRT Station (CC6) is an underground MRT stationon the Circle Line in Singapore. The station was opened on 17 April 2010 along with the rest of Stage 1 & 2 of the Circle Line in Singapore and is operated by SMRT corporatiom. It serves the Kallang area and the future Singapore Sports Hub which comprises the new National Stadium, new Aquatic Centre and the existing Singapore Indoor Stadium, Leisure Park Kallang and the Tanjong Rhu area. The station is named after the sport centres/stadiums in the vicinity. It is expected to have a high amount of passenger usage when there is a significant event in the Sport centres nearby. This station is also within the vicinity of Kallang MRT station and Mountbatten MRT station.
As you walk out of the station, you will straight away come across the stadium which is design by Kenzo Tange, a renoun Japanese architect. It was completed in 1989 and the $90 million structure was officially opened by the Prime Minister at that time, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The building has a cone shaped roof and a pillarless arena. The full capacity of the building is 12,000 but it will vary depending on the occasion such as concerts and sport events.
The pictures above are taken from the internet, enjoy the picstures below as taken from my Iphone.
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