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.
We got so bored staying in
China that we decided to change things up. Now we're in
Venice, Italy.
Actually we just crossed the street from our hotel in Macau and now we're visiting the
Venetian. So we're still in China.
So even if you're not a huge gambler there is still plenty to do in
Cotai Central here in Macau. There are so many hotels that you can visit and every hotel usually has a unique show that they put on. Here at the Venetian you can ride the
Gondola and just feel like you're in
Italy for an afternoon. Then the hotel we were staying at was having some kind of
Shrek parade which you missed out on. I did miss it but Sam loved it. Oh wow, yes! There is just lots of shows and different performances that you can attend in the evenings. So plenty to do aside from gambling.
Coming early in the morning was a really good idea. We basically almost have this whole place to ourselves.
background music playing.
Well, Macau is a place where dreams come true. You make a little wish and throw your coin into the water. Being the high roller that
I am.
I've got a Macau ten cent piece here. Which I'm going to throw.
Missed it. You missed it?
Nice.
And of course
1 baht. what?
Great camera work on the coin toss. I got the splash at the end. The after splash.
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:
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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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