The Venetian Macao

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© flickr.com - Dennis Wong/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Dennis Wong/cc-by-2.0

The Venetian Macao is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian is a 39-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 seventh-largest building in the world by floor area. The Venetian Macao is also 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. 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 were Aedas and HKS, Inc. joint venture, who were responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of the project on site.

© flickr.com - soeperbaby/cc-by-2.0 The Great Hall © WiNG/cc-by-3.0 The Grand Canal - St Marks Square © WiNG/cc-by-sa-3.0 San Luca Canal © WiNG/cc-by-sa-3.0 Food Court © WiNG/cc-by-sa-3.0 © Seader/cc-by-3.0 © Seader/cc-by-3.0 © Seader/cc-by-3.0 © flickr.com - Dennis Wong/cc-by-2.0
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The Grand Canal - St Marks Square © WiNG/cc-by-sa-3.0
The casino measures 546,000 sq ft (50,700 m2). It is further divided into 4 themed gaming areas namely Golden Fish, Imperial House, Red Dragon and Phoenix. The casino consists of over 3400 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 and 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.

The hotel tower offers 2,905 suites. The accommodation floors starts 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.

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