Media Advisory
Singapore, 27 March 2020 – The Singapore Sports Hub attracts members of the community as they seek to keep fit through playing sports, participating in fitness classes, jogging, wall climbing or working out at the gym. In line with the latest government advisories and guidelines, Singapore Sports Hub has implemented additional precautionary measures across its various venues, to ensure a safe environment for the public to continuously keep fit and stay healthy.
These additional measures include limiting all group activities to 10 persons or fewer, regulating capacity within the facilities to allow social distancing as well as channeling visitors at selected facilities to a single-entry point for thermal scanning. Increased frequency of cleaning the venue will also continue to safeguard the wellbeing of our staff and patrons.
Patrons who are on Leave of Absence or Stay-Home Notice, or have recent travel history to countries or regions placed under travel restrictions by the Singapore Government, will not be permitted to enter the venue. Those with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and above, or show respiratory symptoms will also not be permitted to enter and will be advised to seek medical attention promptly.
All venues and activities are in operation as usual with the added measures in place, except for a few that will be closed or suspended till 30th April based on the advisory. These include the kids water playground at Splash-N-Surf, Sports Hub Fitness Studio classes at the OCBC Arena, daily Garmin Sports Sessions as well as all venue tours. Patrons are reminded to practise safe social distancing measures while they are on site.
Detailed added measures at the various venues are as follows:
OCBC Arena
• Sports Hub Multi-Activity Camp, Sports Hub Basketball Academy and Sports Hub Netball Academy are suspended from 27th March
• Court activities are limited to 10 persons or fewer per court
Sports Hub Gym @ OCBC Arena
• Limited capacity to allow adequate space for social distancing
• All gym equipment are spaced out at least 1 metre apart
Sports Hub Fitness Studio @ OCBC Arena
• All fitness studio classes are suspended from 27th March
OCBC Aquatic Centre
• All swimming classes are suspended from 27th March
• All aqua fitness classes are limited to 9 persons or fewer
• Limited capacity for the competition pool and the training pool to allow adequate space for social distancing
Splash-N-Surf
• Kids water playground is closed from 27th March
• Stingray is limited to 9 persons or fewer
• Lazy River is limited to 10 persons or fewer
Water Sports Centre
•Dragon boat rentals are suspended from 27th March
• Kayak and canoe rentals are limited to 2 persons or fewer
• All water sports courses are limited to 9 persons or fewer
Singapore Sports Museum
• Limited capacity to allow adequate space for social distancing
Community Sports Facilities
• Sports Hub Hard Courts are limited to 10 persons or fewer per court
• Sports Hub Beach Volleyball Courts are limited to 5 persons or fewer per court
• Sports Hub Giant Chess is limited to 4 persons or fewer
• Sports Hub Lawn Bowl is limited to 2 persons or fewer per lane
• Kids Playground is limited to 10 persons or fewer
• Exercise & Fitness Stations are limited to 10 persons or fewer
• Skate Park is limited to 10 persons or fewer Climb Central
• All programmes are suspended from 27th March
• Limited capacity to allow adequate space for social distancing
Shimano Cycling World
• All programmes are suspended from 27th March
• Limited capacity to allow adequate space for social distancing
Others
• All venue tours are suspended from 27th March
• All National Stadium viewings are suspended from 27th March
For media enquiries, please contact:
Noel Longue
Weber Shandwick
T: +65 6825 8025
HP: +65 8112 0697
Email: [email protected]
Jacqueline Lui
Weber Shandwick
T: +65 6825 8053
HP: +65 9068 4123
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB
The Singapore Sports Hub is a fully integrated sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub, with programming that comprises world-class recreational and competitive events, as well as community events, to serve children, youth, working adults, seniors, families, and less privileged population segments in Singapore and tourism sectors. Consisting of unique cluster development of world-class sports facilities within the city, it plays a critical role in accelerating the development of Singapore’s sports industry, excellence, and participation. Its vision is to be the region’s premier sports, entertainment and lifestyle destination.
Located on a 35-hectare site in Kallang, the Singapore Sports Hub includes the following facilities:
▪ A new 55,000-capacity National Stadium with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating
▪ The iconic Singapore Indoor Stadium
▪ A 6,000-capacity OCBC Aquatic Centre that meets FINA standards
▪ A 3,000-capacity OCBC Arena which is scalable and flexible in layout
▪ Water Sports Centre featuring kayaking and canoeing
▪ 41,000 sqm Kallang Wave Mall, including an indoor climbing wall and Splash-N-Surf facility (Kids Waterpark, Stingray and Lazy River)
▪ 100PLUS Promenade that encircles the National Stadium
▪ Singapore Youth Olympic Museum & Singapore Sports Museum
▪ Sports Hub Library
▪ Shimano Cycling World
▪ Daily community facilities and activities, including beach volleyball, hard courts (futsal, basketball, and netball), lawn bowls, giant chess, skate park, and running & cycling paths
The Singapore Sports Hub, which is managed by SportsHub Pte Ltd, is one of the largest sporting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the world. It is also Singapore's largest flagship PPP project of this nature and has won the Project Finance International (PFI) award in London in 2011, World Architecture Festival Awards for Best Future Project in the leisure-led development category in 2013 and Sports Building of the Year in 2014.
For more information, please visit the Singapore Sports Hub:
▪ Website: www.sportshub.com.sg
▪ Facebook: sporesportshub
▪ Twitter: @sgsportshub
▪ Instagram: sgsportshub
