Asia Times Online, 30 Jun 2010
"Singapore has already won," independent gaming and leisure analyst Jonathan Galaviz declared, and he'd get no argument from the hundreds attending the gala opening or from the hundreds of thousands who have visited the two IRs so far.
MBS gives Singapore a new, instantly recognizable global landmark. More practically, MBS provides Singapore with a convention center as large as any in Asia and a resident production of Broadway's The Lion King, now opening in March next year rather than this October as previously announced.
Resorts World Sentosa, Genting International's already opened US$4.7 billion integrated resort, features Asia's largest Universal Studios - Singapore's long sought world-class theme park - and will soon feature its own resident modern circus production Voyage de la Vie, plus the world's biggest aquarium. Full Story