Jul
1
Cotai’s Upcoming Nightlife Boom
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In my last post, as I was busy plugging my new site DailyDoseofVegas.com, I rambled on a bit about how important nightclubs and nightlife has become to Las Vegas. It really is pretty amazing how Las Vegas has transformed itself from a gambling and $5 buffet destination to the nightlife and entertainment capital of the United States. At this point, around half of the revenue generated on the Las Vegas Strip is non-gaming. I dont know the figures in Macao, but if I had to guess, Read more
Jun
7
Zaia | The Cirque du Soleil show at the Cotai Strip®’s Venetian Macao
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Cirque du Soleil and Las Vegas Sands finally made an announcement providing some details for their much awaited Cirque show on LVS’s Cotai Strip®. The show will be called Zaia and is scheduled to start this spring in Zaia’s special 1,800 seat theatre at the Venetian Macao.
This is pretty exciting news for Macao. If you’ve been to Vegas, you know its hard to go anywhere in Las Vegas without seeing a Cirque advertisement, since it seems to be a Cirque show at almost every major resort on the Strip. The shows are pretty spectacular (and expensive), and Zaia should be a big step in making Macao the entertainment capital of Asia. Read more
Apr
27
Cotai Strip® shopping
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1 down, 1 almost down, and three to go. According to IHT.com, LVS announced that it plans to open its second of five shopping malls on the Cotai Strip this July.
The upcoming mall will feature 100 brands across 200,000 plus square feet of space. The company also plans on opening an additional three shopping malls, and when all five shopping malls are complete, LVS’ Cotai Strip will have 1,200 stores across more than 3 million square feet. Read more
Mar
23
Celine hits the Cotai Strip®
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It doesnt get any bigger than Celine Dion. She’s been entertaining Vegas at Caesars for years, and now she has finally hit Las Vegas Sands’ Cotai Strip at the one and only Venetian Macao. The afterparty was almost as good as the actual event, as you can see from this Destination Macau video.
Mar
7
Lounges and bars in Macau
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For all you Lounge Lizards out there…or those who just like to watch half-naked girls gyrating to groovy sounds.
Feb
3
Macao Studio City shopping update
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I am probably more excited for the opening of Macao Studio City then any of the other up and coming openings. It seems like they have been doing everything right so far. This complex has enough exciting and entertaining components that it could really move the center of gravity in the Cotai away from the Venetian on the Cotai Strip®.
We still need to be cautious with our expectations though. Just because everything sounds exciting on paper, doesnt mean the finished project will come together to deliver that “wow” factor.
Anyway, here is part of the press release about Taubman’s investment in the Macao Studio City shopping Read more
Jan
7
Grand Waldo Hotel mixes up restaurants
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It looks like we are now finally witnessing the early stages of Macau’s transformation from Mainland China and Hong Kong daytrip market to international destination. Now that the Venetian Macao’s expos and popularity are bringing in a more diverse group of tourists, the Cotai’s first hotel casino the Grand Waldo is changing its hotel lobby restaurant to accomodate Macau’s changing tourism industry. This may only be only one restaurant, but it shows that the very Chinese focused Grand Waldo is benefitting from the new Cotai Strip tourism and must now adapt. From MacauDailyTimesNews.com: Read more
Dec
22
Harrah’s Cotai golf course price tag revealed
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Last month, Harrah’s filed a report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that revealed how much they paid for the Macau Orient Golf course in Cotai, which is the second largest land back in Cotai.
Recall that when Harrah’s first made the announcement back in September, the South China Morning Post wrote an article that put a price tag of US$3-4 billion dollars on the land, which equated to about US$15-22 million per acre (see my full post here).
Well, finally, Harrah’s discolsed the price tag Read more
Dec
21
Police to play Venetian Macao Arena
Filed Under Macau, Macao, Cotai, Venetian Macao, ENTERTAINMENT, Concerts | 1 Comment
Stuff like this is great for The Venetian, Cotai Strip® tourism, Macau, and most importantly, its tourists. They may be balding and grey, but they still rock…
“The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel and Live Nation Global Touring have confirmed that The Police will perform at The Venetian Arena in Macao, on 7th February 2008.
From the opening notes of Message In A Bottle through a set list which includes the mega-hits: Roxanne, Synchronicity, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Every Breath You Take, When The World Is Running Down, Spirits Read more
Nov
19
Macao could raise gambling age
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Chief Executive Edmund Ho told lawmakers last week that he wants to increase the legal gambling age in Macao casinos from 18 to 21. A three year grace period would not affect dealers, or those training to be dealers, who are currently less than 21 years of Read more
Oct
24
More on Macao table games
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Here’s a follow up article from the LV Review Journal that talks about the slowly changing table game market in Macao. Full article can be found here, but here are the higlights…
“New table games are slowly finding an audience in Macau’s casinos. Baccarat is still the main draw, but Asian-themed card and dice games, such as Sic Bo, Fan Tan and Yee Hah Hi, have gathered a following. Casino stalwarts blackjack, roulette and craps are also being used.”
“Las Vegas-based Shuffle Master has been able to place a small number of Casino Read more
Oct
24
Can poker take hold in Macao?
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Everyone knows Americans love their poker. The rebirth of poker in the US really only began about five years ago but caught on like wildfire, and now its hard to find a casino in the US without poker tables. Thats not the case in Asia - yet?
It will be interesting to see how this tournament and, i’m guessing, many othes over the next year do as western style entertainment on the Cotai Strip® is exposed to Asians. Sure Asians may enjoy watching a show or eating at a fancy restaurant as part of their casino entertainment, but will the western table games such as blackjack and poker Read more