THE VENETIAN MACAO : THE WORLDS LARGEST CASINO

The Venetian Macao (Chinese : 澳門威尼斯人) is a luxury hotel & casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The Venetian is a 39-story casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10500,000-square-foot (980000 m²) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas. The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, and also the seventh-largest building in the world by floor area

Describe the Venetian Macao

• The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人) is a luxury hotel & casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company
• The Venetian is a 39-story casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10500000-square-foot (980000 m²) Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas
• The Venetian Macao is the largest casino in the world, the largest single structure hotel building in Asia, and also the seventh-largest building in the world by floor area
• The main hotel tower was finished in July 2007 and the resort officially opened on 28 August 2007
• The resort has 3000 suites
• 1200000 sq ft (110,000 m²) of convention space
• 1600000 sq ft (150000 m²) of retail

Describe the Casino @ The Venetian Macao

• The Venetian has 550000 square feet (51000 m²) of casino space
• It has 3400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables and the 15000-seat Cotai Arena for entertainment and sports events
• The lead architect for the Venetian Macao were Aedas and HKS, Inc. joint venture, who were responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the project on site
• The casino measures 546000 sq ft (50700 m²)
• It is further divided into four themed gaming areas—namely, Golden Fish, Imperial House, Red Dragon and Phoenix. The casino consists of over 6000 slot machines and 800 gambling tables
• The hotel offers a club called Paiza Club which caters to premium guests. The club comes with its own entrance, lobby, reception, and guest lifts to the rooms
• The gaming area of the Paiza Club is divided into individual private gaming rooms each named for notable Asian cities and regions such as Yunnan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong , Singapore & Kuala Lumpur
• The guests of the club have exclusive access to the club dining outlet, the Paiza Club Dining & Lounge, which is open 24 hours a day

Describe the design of The Venetian Macao

The hotel uses Venice, Italy, as its design inspiration and features architectural replicas of various Venetian landmarks

Describe the accomodations @ The Venetian Macao

• The hotel tower offers 2905 suites
• The accommodation floors go from level 7 up to level 38
• These floors are served by guest lifts
• Paiza suites are reserved for premium guests. The largest is the Presidente, a 12-bay suite with four bedrooms

Entertainment

• The Cotai Arena (formerly known as the Venetian Arena) is an indoor arena opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15000
• It hosts sporting events such as basketball, tennis, and boxing, as well as concerts and international televised awards shows

 

Entrance to Zaia Coliseum

Zaia

Zaia, a 90-minute stage production by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, ran between 27 August 2008 and 19 February 2012 in a custom-built theater at the Venetian Macao

• The show, directed by Neilson Vignola and Gilles Maheu, featured a cast of 75 circus artists
• The show’s theme was a young girl’s perception of the stars and planets, space and infinity, populated by otherworldly creatures. The theater housing the performance seated 1800 spectators at a time

Describe the Cotai Jet of The Venetian Macao

• The Cotai Water Jet is a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands
• Cotai Water Jet (Chinese: 金光飛航; Portuguese: jacto de água cotai) is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between the Special Administrative Regions of Macau and Hong Kong
• It is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories – the other one being TurboJET
• The Taipa Ferry Terminal in Macau is used by this ferry route to enable easy access to The Venetian Macao in Cotai, although it is also chosen by some because of its proximity to Taipa, Cotai and Coloane in comparison to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (Terminal Marítimo) used by TurboJET on the Macau Peninsula

Fleet & Brand of Vessels

• Cotai Water Jet’s fleet are built by Austal Shipyard of Australia
• Austal 48 : 47.5m length, 70 (net) tonnes, 411/413/417 passengers catamaran
• Propelled by waterjets powered by quadruple MTU 16V 4000 M70 diesel engines, rated at 2320 kW each
• Cruising speed at 42 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia

List of Vessels : There are all together 14 vessels

• THE GRAND CANAL SHOPPES
• THE VENETIAN
• THE COTAI STRIP EXPO
• SHOPPES COTAI CENTRAL
• COTAI CENTRAL
• SHOPPES FOUR SEASONS
• THE PLAZA
• COTAI STRIP COTAIARENA
• COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD
• GOURMET DINING
• MARCO POLO
• ST. MARK
• CASTELLA SQUARE
• DI MODA SQUARE