The Venetian Macao

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The Venetian Macao is a casino resort in Macau, China owned by the Las Vegas Sands hotel-casino chain. The Venetian is a 40-story, $1.8 billion anchor for the 7 resort hotels which are under construction on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m²) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort – the The Venetian in Las Vegas – and is the largest single structure hotel building in Asia and the second-largest building in the world.[1]

The main hotel tower was finished in July 2007 and the resort officially opened on August 28, 2007.[2] The resort has 3000 suites, 1,200,000 square feet (111,000 m²) of convention space, 1,600,000 square feet (149,000 m²) of retail, 550,000 square feet (51,000 m²) of casino space – largest in the world – with 3400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables and a 15,000 seat arena for entertainment/sports events.

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San Luca canal
San Luca canal

The casino is currently the largest in the world at 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m²). It is further divided into 4 themed gaming areas namely Golden Fish, Imperial House, Red Dragon and Phoenix. The casino consists of over 1000 slot machines and more than 600 gaming tables that are open around the clock.

Facilities and amenities provided inside the casino :

  • Washrooms
  • Automated teller machines (ATM)
  • Casino membership desks (Cotai Rewards Club)
  • High limit gaming area
  • Cage with foreign currency exchange counters

Food and beverage outlets located inside the casino : Operates by The Venetian Macao

  • Bar Florian
  • Canton
  • Red Dragon Noodles House
  • Imperial House Dim Sum
  • Bellini Lounge

Operated by independent companies :

  • Morton's of Chicago
  • Roka

The hotel offers a VIP club named Piaza Club to caters high-rollers and premium guests

The club comes with its own entrance, lobby, reception, team of butlers and guest lifts to the suites.

The gaming area of the Paiza Club is divided into individual private gaming rooms and named after Asian cities such as Kunming, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

The guests of the club would have the exclusive access to the club dining outlet which is the Paiza Club Dining & Lounge which is opens 24 hours a day.

[edit] Accommodation

McDonalds in the Venetian
McDonalds in the Venetian
The Venetian food court
The Venetian food court

The hotel tower offers 3000 suites which include multi-bay suites for high-rollers.The accommodation floors starts from level 7 up to level 38. These floors are served by 24 guest lifts.

Types of accommodation

  • Royale
  • Bella
  • Rialto
  • Hospitality parlor
  • Paiza suites

Royale & Bella

  • with a floorspace of 70 sq metres or 750 sq feet
  • a choice of 1 king-sized bed (Royale) or 2 queen-sized beds (Bella)
  • marble bathroom with a bathtub, shower enclosure, twin vanity basins an separate WC alcove
  • sitting area with sofabed and plasma TV
  • another plasma TV in the sleeping area
  • a working desk with personal copy/fax/print machine
  • bathrobes, bedroom slippers, iron and ironing board provided
  • full-stocked minibar
  • a round dining table with 3 chairs

Rialto

  • corner suite measured at 170 sq metres or 1830 sq feet
  • only choice of 1 king-sized bed
  • separate living room
  • guest powder room
  • dressing room in the bedroom

Paiza suite

  • This category reserved to high-rollers and VIPs. The largest and most luxurious is the Presidente. It is a 12 bay-suite with 4 bedrooms each with own bathroom, a media room, a spacious living and dining area and butler's pantry. Two of the bedrooms comes with its own massage room.

[edit] Concerts

A number of artists and performers performed at The Venetian Arena :

[edit] Sports

The Venetian Arena hosted the following list of sports events:

[edit] Future development

The Venetian in the daytime
The Venetian in the daytime

American billionaire Sheldon Adelson announced that his $2.4 billion Venetian Macao Resort Hotel on Cotai will contribute much to launch a massive, concentrated resort area he calls the Cotai Strip, after its Las Vegas counterpart. Adelson formally stated his plans to open more hotels under brands such as Four Seasons, Sheraton and St. Regis. Therefore, his Las Vegas Sands (which ran the Sands Macao on the Macau peninsula), plans to invest $12 billion and build 20,000 hotel rooms on the Cotai Strip by 2010.[3]

[edit] Problems on opening weekend

According to the local Chinese newspaper Macao Daily,[4] various problems caused by housekeeping and double-booking have resulted in numerous fully paid-up hotel guests being turned away from the property on the opening weekend, 1 and 2 September 2007. Many have been asked to move to other hotels in Macau, with The Venetian paying for the charges.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Venetian Macau said to draw 114,000 visitors in first 24 hours", Associated Press, las Vegas Review-Journal, 2007-09-06. Retrieved on 2007-09-06. 
  2. ^ Venetian Macao press release, 08/28/2007
  3. ^ CNN.com, China opens world's largest casino
  4. ^ macau.ctm.net

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