The Scariest Pool In The World
Jun 27, 2010 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The “Sands Skypark” in Singapore is a pool, greenway and casino with an usual location. The whole thing sits atop not one, but three skyscrapers that make up the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The infinity pool itself is nearly 500 feet in length and features no discernible edge. So what would happen if you swam over?
Don’t worry, you wouldn’t just plummet to the streets below. But you’d still fall: to where the rest of the water does, a basin that also acts as a filter for the water and sends it back up to the pool. Sounds pleasant, right? We haven’t see a picture of it, but we imagine you just get right out of that basin yourself, rather than get forced around in tubes Willy Wonka-style.
Another world record has been broken, with the hotel also becoming the most expensive hotel—knocking Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel off it pedestal, which cost a measly $3 billion to build back in 2004.
The pool runs across three of the hotel’s towers, which feature indoor canals, casinos, shops, theaters and a museum. As well as the hotel rooms you’d expect.
The skypark, designed by architect Moshe Sadie, is itself is nearly 1,250 feet long, and is a new addition to the $6 billion dollar hotel.
Down below is a picture of the Marina Bay Sands in all its glory.
