National Stadium, Singapore

1°18′16″N 103°52′27″E

Singapore National Stadium

Stadium Nasional Singapura (Malay) 新加坡国家体育场 (Chinese) சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய அரங்கம் (Tamil)
Full name	Singapore National Stadium
Address	1 Stadium Drive, Singapore 397629
Location	Kallang, Singapore
Public transit	CC6  Stadium  EW10  Kallang  TE23  Tanjong Rhu
Owner	Sport Singapore
Operator	Dragages Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Capacity	55,000 (football and rugby) 52,000 (cricket) 50,000 (athletics)
Record attendance	63,000 (concert, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, March 2024)[1] 52,897 (football, Manchester United vs Inter Milan, 20 July 2019)[2]
Surface	Eclipse Stabilised Turf
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Broke ground	29 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-29)
Opened	30 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-30)
Construction cost	S$1.87 billion
Architect	Arup Associates (sports venues), DP Architects (non-sport venues, QP), AECOM (landscape)
Structural engineer	Arup
Tenants
Singapore national football team (2014–present) Singapore Sevens (2016–present)
Website
www.sportshub.com.sg

The Singapore National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It serves as the country's national stadium. Opened in 2014, it was constructed on the site of the former National Stadium, which stood from 1973 to 2010. The 55,000-seat facility is the centrepiece of the Singapore Sports Hub, a sports and recreation district that also incorporates nearby Singapore Indoor Stadium and other sporting venues.

One of the largest domed structures in the world, it features a naturally-ventilated design with a retractable roof, and has configurations for football, rugby, athletics and cricket. The roof is made out of insulated metal to reflect sunlight. The stadium serves as the home stadium of the Singapore national football team, served as the main venue of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, and has hosted matches of the AFF Championship in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2022. The stadium has also hosted non-sporting events, including concerts and religious gatherings.

History

In 2007, the Singapore government accepted bids for a project to build a new National Stadium and an accompanying sports and recreation district around the stadium (including an aquatics centre). Alpine Mayreder proposed a design inspired by Munich's Allianz Arena, Singapore Gold proposed a design known as "Premier Park" (which would have featured a retractable roof usable as a projection screen), while the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) proposed a design known as the "Cool Dome", a ventilated, horseshoe-inspired stadium with a retractable roof.^[3][4][5]

On 19 January 2008, the government named SSHC as its preferred bidder for the Sports Hub project and stadium, with construction slated to be completed by 2011.^[3] Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated that the SSHC proposal was the "strongest in offering a comprehensive sporting calendar",^[3] and "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout".^[6]

Construction of the stadium began in 2010 due to the delays caused by the 2008 financial crisis and soaring construction costs. By September 2011, the piling and the foundation of the stadium was completed and construction on the steelworks of the stadium fixed roof started. In July 2013, the installation of the stadium final primary steel 'runway truss' for the roof was completed marking the completion of the steelworks on the National Stadium's fixed roof in preparation for installation of the retractable roof.^[7][8] The stadium was set to be completed in April 2014. In February 2014, Sports Hub CEO Philippe Collin Delavaud announced that it would miss the deadline, and not open until June 2014.^[9]

The stadium's first sporting event was the inaugural World Club 10s rugby tens tournament in June 2014.^[10]

Design

Retractable roof of the stadium

The stadium features a 75,000 m² (810,000 sq ft), 83 m (272 ft)-tall steel dome with a retractable roof, which was stated to be the largest dome structure in the world. Due to Singapore's tropical climate, the stadium's roof is designed to reflect sunlight in order to insulate its interior, while natural airflow is used to cool spectator areas with less energy usage than a venue of comparable size.^[11]

The stadium has configurations for football, rugby, athletics, and cricket.^[11] In its football and rugby configuration, the lowest tier of seating can be moved closer to the pitch, covering the running track. It takes approximately 48 hours to reconfigure seating arrangements to suit an upcoming event.^[12][13][11]

Playing surface

The stadium initially used Desso GrassMaster—which consists of natural grass interwoven with synthetic fibres—as its playing surface.^[14] After experiencing issues with the pitch's quality (which culminated in the New Zealand All Blacks cancelling a rugby match at the stadium during a November 2014 tour due to safety concerns),^[15] in May 2015 the GrassMaster surface was replaced by Eclipse Stabilised Turf—a similar hybrid surface produced by Australian company HG Turf.^[16]

Singapore Sports Hub CEO Oon Jin Teik stated that the stadium's unique microclimate had posed additional challenges in maintaining the GrassMaster pitch.^[17]

Transport

Mass rapid transit

The stadium is located above the underground Stadium MRT station on the Circle Line. Trains arrive every five to six minutes during off-peak hours, and two to three minutes during peak hours and event days. Other MRT stations nearby are Kallang MRT station on the East–West Line which can be accessed using a sheltered walkway and Tanjong Rhu MRT station on the Thomson–East Coast Line across the Tanjong Rhu Footbridge.

Buses and taxis

Bus stops are located around the Sports Hub complex along Stadium Walk, Stadium Boulevard and Nicoll Highway, with buses serving nearby districts and the city. Taxi stands are also conveniently available near the National Stadium, Singapore Indoor Stadium and Leisure Park Kallang.

Notable events

Sports

SEA Games

The stadium was one of the venues of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football.^[16]

Football

The National Stadium hosting an international friendly between Brazil and Japan in 2014

The first football match held at the stadium is a friendly match between Singapore Selection XI and Juventus in August 2014. The friendly match between Brazil and Japan in October 2014 was the first sell-out crowd of 55,000 at the stadium.^[18] It also hosted the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup in November 2014.

It is the venue of all the matches of the 2015 Premier League Asia Trophy that is held in Singapore which features Arsenal, Everton, Stoke City and Singapore Selection XI.^[19]

The stadium also held the edition of a friendly tournament, the 2017 International Champions Cup which features three major European clubs: Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. The following year, it hosted the 2018 International Champions Cup which also features three big clubs from Europe: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. The 2019 International Champions Cup saw four major European clubs participating in the tournament: Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Inter Milan. Cristiano Ronaldo, widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, also played at the stadium scoring a goal against Tottenham.

In 2018, as a participant in the 2018 AFF Championship, Singapore played two matches at the stadium for the group stages as the home team.

As part of the Brazil Global Tour, Brazil played as series of friendlies against Senegal on 10 October 2019 and Nigeria on 13 October 2019 respectively.

On 15 July 2022, the stadium hosted the Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy, a preseason friendly between Premier League clubs Liverpool and Crystal Palace.^{[20][21][22][23]} In May 2023, it was announced that the stadium would host the "Festival of Football" in late-July, which would feature friendlies between Tottenham Hotspur and AS Roma, Liverpool and Leicester City, and Liverpool and Bayern Munich.^[24] AS Roma were later replaced by Lion City Sailors of the Singapore Premier League, after the club was forced to pull out of the match after a pair of friendlies in South Korea were cancelled due to financial issues with their promoter.^[25][26]

Notable football matches held at the Singapore National Stadium

Date	Home	Result	Away	Tournament	Attendance	Notes
16 August 2014	Singapore Selection XI	0–5	Juventus	Friendly	27,338	1st official match at the New National Stadium
14 October 2014	Japan	0–4	Brazil	Brazil Global Tour	51,577
15 July 2015 (18:00)	Everton	0–0 (Pen: 5–4)	Stoke City	2015 Premier League Asia Trophy	17,843
15 July 2015 (20:30)	Singapore Selection XI	0–4	Arsenal		29,867
18 July 2015 (18:00)	Stoke City	2–0	Singapore Selection XI		25,000
18 July 2015 (20:30)	Everton	1–3	Arsenal		52,107
12 November 2015	Japan	3–0	Singapore	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round	33,868
10 May 2016	Tampines Rovers	1–0	Selangor	2016 AFC Cup group stage	11,875
13 June 2017	Singapore	0–6	Argentina	FAS 125th Year (Friendly)	28,000
25 July 2017	Chelsea	2–3	Bayern Munich	2017 International Champions Cup	48,522
27 July 2017	Bayern Munich	0–2	Inter Milan		23,388
29 July 2017	Chelsea	1–2	Inter Milan		32,547	Inter Milan is the 2017 ICC Singapore Champions
31 March 2018	Albirex Niigata Singapore	2–1	Tampines Rovers	2018 Singapore Community Shield	18,942	It is the league's first season after rebranding from the S.League to the Singapore Premier League.
26 July 2018	Atletico Madrid	1–1 (Pen: 3–1)	Arsenal	2018 International Champions Cup	23,095
28 July 2018	Arsenal	5–1	Paris Saint-Germain		50,308
30 July 2018	Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	Atletico Madrid		50.038
20 July 2019	Manchester United	1–0	Inter Milan	2019 International Champions Cup	52,897	Record attendance match
21 July 2019	Juventus	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur		50,443
10 October 2019	Brazil	1–1	Senegal	Brazil Global Tour	20,621
13 October 2019	Brazil	1–1	Nigeria		20,385
29 December 2021	Indonesia	0–4	Thailand	2020 AFF Championship Final First leg	6,290	Thailand won 6–2 on aggregate.
1 January 2022	Thailand	2–2	Indonesia	2020 AFF Championship Final Second leg	7,429
15 July 2022	Liverpool	2–0	Crystal Palace	Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy (Friendly)	50,217
26 July 2023	Lion City Sailors	1–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Tiger Cup (Friendly)	25,095
30 July 2023	Liverpool	4–0	Leicester City	Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy (Friendly)	28,597
2 August 2023	Liverpool	3–4	Bayern Munich		49,983
21 March 2024	Singapore	2–2	China	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	28,414	Singapore make a historic comeback after going 2–0 down with goalkeeper Hassan Sunny saving a penalty
6 June 2024	Singapore	0–7	South Korea		49,097	Record attendance for Singapore national football team game
11 December 2024	Singapore	2-1	Cambodia	2024 ASEAN Championship	12,391	Group stage
17 December 2024	Singapore	2-4	Thailand		22,611	Group stage

Rugby

The stadium's inaugural event was the inaugural World Club 10s tournament in June 2014.^[10]

The stadium hosts the Singapore Sevens, a stop on the World Rugby Sevens Series.^[27][28]

Concerts

American musician Taylor Swift performing at the National Stadium in 2024

Concerts from artists based outside Asia are highlighted in light blue.

Concerts held at the Singapore National Stadium
Date	Artist	Event	Note
2014
5 July	Stefanie Sun[29][30]	Kepler World Tour[31]
24 October	Mariah Carey[32][33][34][35]	The Elusive Chanteuse Show[36][37]	First foreign artist to perform at the National Stadium
27 December	Jay Chou[38]	Opus Jay World Tour[39][40][41]
2015
11 March	One Direction[42][43][44]	On the Road Again Tour[45][46][47][48][49]
7 August	More than 70 artistes (including JJ Lin, Stefanie Sun, Lang Lang, and Apl.de.ap)	Sing50: Celebrating 50 Years of Singapore Music	Attendance: 41,300 [50]
2016
9 January	A-mei[51][52]	aMEI/AMIT UTOPIA World Tour[53]
28 February	Madonna[54]	Rebel Heart Tour[55][56][57][58][59]
3 September	Jay Chou[60][61][62][63]	The Invincible World Tour[64][65][66][67][68]
2017
31 March & 1 April	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	First act in history to perform two shows on a single tour at the National Stadium.[69]
26 August	Foo Fighters	Concrete and Gold Tour[70]
21 October	Backstreet Boys	Larger Than Life Tour
2018
6 January	Jay Chou	THE INVINCIBLE 2 JAY CHOU CONCERT TOUR
2 June	Mayday	Life Tour
27 October	Jason Mraz	Goods Vibes with Jason Mraz
2019
19 January	BTS	BTS World Tour: Love Yourself[71]
7 March	Maroon 5	Red Pill Blues Tour
26 April	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour
10 August	Westlife	The Twenty Tour
30 November & 1 December	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour 2019
21 & 22 December	JJ Lin	Sanctuary 2.0 World Tour 林俊杰《圣所2.0》世界巡回演唱会
2020
10 & 11 January	Jay Chou	Carnival World Tour 周杰倫嘉年華世界巡迴演唱會
2022
21 August	Billie Eilish	Happier Than Ever, The World Tour
4 & 5 November	JJ Lin	JJ20 World Tour 《JJ 林俊傑 JJ20 世界巡迴演唱會》
12 November	Guns N' Roses	Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour
28 November	Maroon 5	2020 Tour
3 December	Mayday	Fly to 2022 World Tour 《五月天好好好想見到你 Mayday Fly to 2022 新加坡演唱會》
17 & 18 December	Jay Chou	Carnival World Tour 周杰倫嘉年華世界巡迴演唱會
2023
16 February	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Global Stadium Tour
17 March	Harry Styles	Love On Tour
13 & 14 May	Blackpink	Born Pink World Tour
2024
13, 14 January	Mayday	NOWHERE Re: Live 2024 Tour[72][73]
23, 24, 26, 27, 30 & 31 January	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour	First act in history to perform, four, five and six shows on a single tour at the National Stadium.[74] Total attendance: 321,113.[75]
16 February	Ed Sheeran	+–=÷× Tour
2, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9 March	Taylor Swift	The Eras Tour	First solo and female act in history to schedule three, four, five and six shows on a single tour at the National Stadium. Record attendance of 63,000 was set on final night.[76] Total attendance: 368,000.[77]
3, 5 & 6 April	Bruno Mars	2022–2024 Tour
31 August	A. R. Rahman	A Rahman Rhapsody
28 September	Stray Kids	Dominate World Tour[78]
11, 12 & 13 October	Jay Chou	Carnival World Tour[79]
28 & 29 December	JJ Lin	JJ20 Final Lap World Tour[80]
2025
11 & 12 January	Mayday	#5525 Back To That Day World Tour[81]
25 & 26 January	Seventeen	Right Here World Tour[82]
14 & 15 February	Joker Xue	Extraterrestrial World Tour	First mainland China artist to perform at the National Stadium; first mainland China artist to perform two shows on a single tour at the National Stadium[83]
1 March	G.E.M.	I Am Gloria World Tour[84]	First Hong Kong artist to perform at the National Stadium.

National Day Parade

On 9 August 2016, the new National Stadium hosted Singapore's National Day Parade (NDP). The event had been frequently held at the old National Stadium in the past, and had been temporarily held at The Float at Marina Bay–a temporary venue on Marina Bay built to host outdoor sports and cultural events while the new National Stadium was being constructed. The design of the stadium resulted in limitations and modifications to the event, including the traditional military flypast and fireworks being obstructed by the stadium's dome, armoured military vehicles being unable to drive on the stadium's tracks,^[85][86] and the Red Lions being unable to parachute into the dome due to safety concerns.^[87] The parade thus incorporated different features, such as light shows (including a segment featuring models of Singaporean landmarks illuminated with projection mapping effects), large "puppets", and other artistic presentations.^[87][88]

The event faced mixed reception for its increased costs over the event held at The Float.^[87] Under the contract between the Sports Hub and Singapore Government, NDP organisers were allowed 45 days of free annual usage of the venue. However, technicians and performers reported that the time frame needed to be extended to 80 days, to which the Sports Hub requested an additional $26 million but was reportedly reduced to $10 million.^[89]

In October 2017, it was announced that The Float would be redeveloped as a permanent venue known as NS Square, and serve as the primary venue for the NDP when not held at the Padang every five years. The decision raised questions over whether the costs of renting the stadium would diminish the legacy that the former National Stadium had as a site for community events. Contrarily, it was argued that not hosting the NDP at the new National Stadium would free up its schedule for major international sporting events, especially during the summer months.^[90][91] Bids to host the Asia Masters Athletics Championships and the Merlion Cup at the stadium had also previously been stalled by costs demanded by the facility.^[92] Organizers raised the possibility of hosting the NDP at the stadium again in 2024 due to the construction of NS Square,^[93] but ultimately chose to host the 2024 and 2025 parades at the Padang instead.^[94]

Religious gatherings

In May 2019, the National Stadium hosted the Celebration of Hope, a three-day evangelistic event led by Rennis Ponniah.^[95]

On 12 September 2024, Pope Francis held a mass at the National Stadium as part of a tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It was attended by around 50,000 visitors.^[96]

See also

• List of Southeast Asia stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums in Singapore
• Sport in Singapore

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External links

• Singapore Sports Council official website
• Singapore Sports Hub official website