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MARINA BAY SANDS, $5 BILLION MIXED-USE, INTEGRATED RESORTDESIGNED BY MOSHE SAFDIE, OPENS JUNE 23, 2010

New Urban District Anchors Singapore Waterfront, Including Regions MostDramatic Landmark, 1 Hectare (2.5-Acre) SkyPark at 200 Meters (656 Feet) Above Sea

BOSTON, MA, June 14, 2010Marina Bay Sands, a $5 billion, high-density, mixed-use integratedresort that brings together a 2,560-room hotel, convention center, shopping and dining, theaters,museum, and a casino across the water from Singapores Central Business District, opens to thepublic on June 23, 2010. Designed by Boston-based, internationally renowned architect MosheSafdie for the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the 929,000 square meter (10 million square-foot)urban district anchors the Singapore waterfront, creates a gateway to Singapore, and provides adynamic setting for a vibrant public life. Moshe Safdie was invited to join the Las Vegas SandsCorporation in developing a competitive design proposal for Marina Bay for submission to theGovernment of Singapore.

Marina Bay Sands is really more than a building project, it is a microcosm of a city rooted inSingapores culture, climate, and contemporary life, says architect Moshe Safdie. Our challengewas to create a vital public place at the district-urban scale, in other words, to address the issue ofmegascale and invent an urban landscape that would work at the human scale.

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Safdie designed an urban structure that weaves together the components of a complex program intoa dynamic urban crossroads and public meeting place. Inspired by great ancient cities that wereordered around a vital public thoroughfare, Marina Bay Sands is organized around two principalaxes that traverse the district and give it a sense of orientation placing emphasis on the pedestrianstreet as the focus of civic life. This new urban place integrates the waterfront promenade, a 74,000square meter (800,000 square-foot) multi-level retail arcade, and the iconic Museum of ArtScience

on the promontory. Located along the network of public paths are also two theaters with acombined 4,000 seats, a casino, a 9,000 square meter (96,000 square-foot) convention andexhibition center, and a hydraulically adjustable public event piazza of 5,000 square meters (54,000square feet). Combining indoor and outdoor spaces and providing a platform for a wide array ofactivities, this vibrant, 21st-century cardo maximus,or grand arcade, also connects to the subwayand other transportation.

Layered ParksA series of layered gardens provide ample green space throughout Marina Bay Sands, extending thetropical garden landscape from Marina City Park towards the Bayfront. The landscape networkreinforces urban connections with the resorts surroundings and every level of the district has greenspace that is accessible to the public. Generous pedestrian streets open to tropical plantings and

water views. Half of the roofs of the hotel, convention center, shopping mall, and casino complexare planted with trees and gardens.

The three 55-storey hotel towers anchor the district and are connected at the top by the 1 hectare(2.5-acre) SkyPark. An engineering marvel 200 meters (656 feet) above the sea, the SkyPark spansfrom tower to tower and cantilevers 65 meters (213 feet) beyond. It accommodates a publicobservatory, gardens, a 151 meter-long (495 foot-long) swimming pool, restaurants, and joggingpaths and offers sweeping panoramic views, a formidable resource in a dense city like Singapore.Shielded from the winds and lavishly planted with hundreds of trees, the SkyPark celebrates thenotion of the Garden City that has been the underpinning of Singapores urban design strategy.

Large-Scale Public Art

Moshe Safdie selected five international artists to create eight monumental public art installationsfor Marina Bay Sands (James Carpenter, Antony Gormley, Ned Kahn, Sol LeWitt, and ChongbinZheng). The artists worked closely with Safdie to ensure that the site-specific commissionscomplement the architecture and energize the public spaces.

Singapore's public art incentive program offers an extraordinary opportunity for commissionedworks in which art and architecture are complementary and seamlessly integrated, said Mr. Safdie.It has been a privilege to collaborate with the artists to achieve installations which enrich theenvironment and inspire the public. Each of the works resonates in a particular way with thearchitecture while presenting the artists with an extraordinary palette of their creations.

Marina Bay Sands Consultant Team

Moshe Safdie and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation forged an international team of consultants,including Aedas, Pte Ltd (Executive Architect), Arup (Structural Engineers) and Peter Walker &Partners Landscape Architects, to oversee the design and construction of the monumental project,responding to an extremely demanding schedule.

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About Moshe SafdieMoshe Safdie is a leading architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Embracing acomprehensive and humane design philosophy, Safdie has been a visionary force in architectureand urban planning for over forty years. Safdie is committed to architecture that supports andenhances a projects program; that is informed by the geographic, social, and cultural elements thatdefine a place; and that responds to human needs and aspirations. Completing a wide range of

projects, such as cultural, educational, and civic institutions; neighborhoods and public parks;mixed-use urban centers and airports; and master plans for existing communities and entirely newcities, Safdie has made lasting contributions to the quality of life in cities and neighborhoodsaround the world.

Significant current and recent projects by Moshe Safdie include:

Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem (2005); Mamilla Alrov Center, a dynamic urban district near Jerusalems Old City (January 2010); Khalsa Heritage Centre, a new center for the Sikh people located in the state of Punjab, India

(April 2011);

United States Institute of Peace Headquarters on the National Mall in Washington, DC(Spring 2011);

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri (2011); and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas (2011).

For additional information and images, please contact:Martha Kang McGill / Alina Sumajin Sarah PerzResnicow Schroeder Associates Director of Communications, Safdie Architects+1 212-671-5169 / +1 212-671-5155 +1 617-629-2100mmcgill@resnicowschroeder.com sperz@msafdie.comasumajin@resnicowschroeder.com www.msafdie.com