Cotai

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Cotai (Chinese: 路氹城) is a 5.2 km2 piece of newly reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau,[1] that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. The Chinese and Portuguese names are a portmanteau of the two islands, Coloane and Taipa.

Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new gambling and tourism area since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce. The Cotai Strip is the name used more commonly for this area in Cotai where the casinos and hotels are currently being built.

Galaxy entertainment's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May, 2006. The construction of many other casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The most notable of which is Las Vegas Sands' Venetian Macao, which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.[2]

In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the MUST Hospital, which is associated with the Macau University of Science and Technology.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Malaysia Star, Must-see Macau, 11/25/2006
  2. ^ Venetian Macao press release, 08/28/2007

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