Singapore's Sports Hub is a huge disappointment and shame!

Previously there was a huge uproar with regards to the quality of the grass field at the newly constructed Singapore Sports Hub. From real grass to hybrid grass to fake grass... I don't know what other kinda grass they want to use but in conclusion.. it sucked and people, many people complained.

Now it's my turn..

After such a long wait due to the postponement of the Jay Chou's concert BECAUSE of the stupid grass that i've mentioned earlier, it is finally here! Wifey and I, together with her sister and friends, are finally gonna caught Jay Chou live in concert!

Before i begin ranting on the stupid Sports Hub, i have to say that we totally enjoyed Jay Chou's concert! He did a rendition of his past and newer songs that brought back nostalgic memories of my secondary school life and also the latest hits that we are all listening to right now!

A photo with the new Sports Hub is a must! (the nightmare is gonna hit us in approximately 3 hours time..)

A sea of luminous pink lights~

Overall, the stage was 'decent' enough. Really nothing fantastic at all, just average. The sound system, however, was atrocious. There were many many occasions where we could not hear Jay Chou's voice while he was singing/rapping. It is.... bad..... Luckily for 3D stage effects which if i am not mistaken, is by Jay Chou's very own company and has nothing to do with the sports hub or any Singapore stage "effect" company, made the plain looking stage very much more spectacular!

We really had a good time at the concert singing our hearts out until... the concert ended....

This is a photo taken from the internet of the Singapore Sports Hub. Looks pretty nice ya?

This is the reality....

Image taken from SGAG, i was too busy trying to squeeze through the crowd and shield myself from the rain that i was totally not able to take any photos.

Imagine this, a multi-million or billion dollar sports hub/stadium that is leaking at its roof! it does not matter whether you are seated inside the stadium or walking around the circumference of the stadium, you will be drenched by the rain! And just looking at this photo i am sure you will notice how poor the crowd management is. Luckily for a concert, only 60% - 65% of the stadium is filled (the seats at the back of the stage is not available for concerts). I can not fathom the disaster if the whole stadium was filled. Everyone is like running around and squeezing through everyone else to get to the MRT station...

And to make matters worse.. From the stadium to the MRT station, it is NOT totally sheltered! Just as we thought we will be sheltered once we hit the stairs (i mean... the top part of this stairs is a roof! so why the hell will we be expecting it to continue to rain inside the stairways????) it was leaking/raining all the way throughout the whole flight of stairs! Do you know how dangerous it is? People rushing down the stairs because they are getting drenched by the rain, and the heavy rain is obviously making the stairs so wet and slippery!

This whole lack of crowd control eventually led to a scene akin to Left for Dead or Walking Dead...

Nothing changed even if you reach the MRT station.

This is so bloody disappointing and in my opinion, shameful... We have spent so much money on the sports hub, and it all amounts to this; lousy/poor quality of grass field, leaking rooftops, poor sound systems, lack of shelters, little to no crowd management...

Seriously, it doesn't mean that the more money we spend, we will be guaranteed results. Instead of mindlessly throwing money away, please think through and learn from other countries how do they manage/maintain their stadiums. Don't act smart and think that the only hard thing to do is to obtain budget from the government and every other thing else can just be settled by money.

Sigh...

A great concert held at a venue unbefitting of its standards. Singapore have much more to learn apart from making money and surviving in the financial industry.