The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人度假村酒店) is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian is a 40-story, $2.4 billion anchor for the seven hotels 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 Venetian Las Vegas, and is the sixth-largest building in the world by floor area. The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, and the largest single structure hotel building in Asia. The main hotel tower was finished in July 2007 and the resort officially opened on 28 August 2007.[1] The resort has 3000 suites, 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) of convention space, 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2) of retail, 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) of casino space -- with 3400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables and a 15,000 seat CotaiArena for entertainment and sports events. The lead architect for the Venetian Macao wereAedas and HKS, Inc. joint venture, who were responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the project on site. This is part of our Travel in China series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Chinese / Macanese culture, Chinese / Macanese arts, Chinese / Macanese foods, Chinese / Macanese religion and Chinese / Macanese people. Proudly presented by: http://nomadicsamuel.com , http://smilingfacestravelphotos.com , http://thatbackpacker.com & http://backpacking-travel-blog.com All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker). This video features the song 'Electro Doodle' from Kevin Macleod available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Commercial license.

• published: 03 Sep 2013
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