Cotai

Cotai is a plot of land in Macao located between Taipa and Coloane Islands that has been designated by the Macanese government as a casino and tourism district.Based on the number of projects and size of investment, it would seem that Cotai is destined to become Asia’s premier gambling and entertainment destination.

HOTELS AND CASINOS

Currently Open

- Galaxy Entertainment’s Grand Waldo Hotel

- The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on the Cotai Strip®

Under Construction

- Visit my Cotai Strip® page for a listing and timeline of all the hotel casinos being built on Las Vegas Sands’ Cotai Strip®
- New Cotai’s Macao Studio City

  • Marriott, Ritz Carlton, and Tang Hotels

- Melco-PBL’s City of Dreams

  • Hyatt, Hard Rock, Crown Towers

- Galaxy Entertainment’s Cotai Mega Resort

  • Hotel Okura
  • Banyon Tree

All in, I count close to 30,000 hotel rooms that will be built in Cotai by 2010. This number is a little fuzzy since plans change, expansions could be put on hold, etc. Las Vegas Sands’ Cotai Strip® alone will be responsible for approximately 20,000 of those hotel rooms.

In the planning stages

- Wynn Resorts is planning on developing what sounds to be an amazing casino in Cotai.

- MGM Mirage has said their joint venture with Pansy Ho, MGM Paradise, is in the planning stages of a Cotai hotel casino as well.

- Harrah’s has a large golf course in Cotai, but due to recent government restrictions on new casinos and gaming, it appears that this may not be developed as a casino until the restrictions are lifted or eased.

Note: Cotai Strip is a trademark of Las Vegas Sands Corp.