The Sports Hub opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and is currently connected to the Stadium, Tanjong Rhu and Kallang MRT stations.

[3][4] On 19 January 2008, the Singapore government awarded the development of the Sports Hub project to SSHC, led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd.[5] Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated that their bid "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout".

[6] The Sports Hub was a public-private partnership with SportsHub Pte Ltd,[7] which is made up of four companies namely InfraRed Capital Partners, Dragages Singapore, DTZ Facilities and Engineering and Global Spectrum Asia.

[11] In August 2010, it was reported that the contract to begin construction had been signed with plans for the demolition works of the former National Stadium to start in October 2010 and for the completion of the new Sports Hub in April 2014.

[13] The Sports Hub's facilities were officially opened to the public on 30 June 2014,[14] and began to host events over the year that followed, including the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.