Cotai
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22°08′27″N113°33′47″E/ 22.14082°N 113.56310°E
Cotai
Lộ 氹 thành Cotai | |
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 Cotai | |
 Zona do Aterro de Cotai in Macau | |
| Concelho | Concelho das Ilhas |
| SAR |  Macau |
| Sovereign state |  People's Republic of China |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.8 km2(2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | ~300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8(Macau Standard) |
| Area code | 0 |
| Cotai Landfill Zone | |||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Lộ 氹 điền hải khu | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Lộ đăng điền hải khu | ||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | lou6 tam5 tin4 hoi2 keoi1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | Lộ 氹 thành | ||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | lou6 tam5 sing4 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Portuguese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Portuguese | Zona do Aterro de Cotai | ||||||||||||||||
Cotai(Chinese:Lộ 氹 thành;Cantonese Yale:Louhtáhm Sìhng;Portuguese:Cotai) is a 5.2-square-kilometer (2.0 sq mi) piece ofreclaimed landon the top of theSeac Pai BaybetweenTaipaandColoaneislands inMacau[1]that has connected two independent islands since 2005. The name, which is aportmanteauof Coloane and Taipa, can also refer to the island formed by the reclaimation. In the second sense, theSpecial Administrative Region of Macaunow consists of the Macau Peninsula, plus Cotai Island, about a mile to the south.[2]
Cotai was created to provide Macau with a newgamblingandtourismarea, since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce. Many hotels and casinos can now be found on the island.[3]In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, theMUST Hospital,which is associated with theMacau University of Science and Technology Foundation.
History[edit]
In 1968, acauseway(Estrada do Istmo) connectingTaipaandColoanewas inaugurated.[4]Throughout the 1990s, a series of landfill works expanded this isthmus, and after the 1999transfer of sovereignty over MacaufromPortugaltoChina,further landfills began to expand this small isthmus further.
Hotels and casinos[edit]
The "Cotai Strip"is a name designating the entire hotel-casino area, where the term" Cotai Strip "has been trademarked by Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which coined the phrase (USPTO Registration Nos. 4396486 and 4396486 for gambling and hotel services), and only applies to its properties.[citation needed]
Galaxy Entertainment Group's Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May 2006.[citation needed]The construction of many other casinos and hotel projects is currently underway. The largest and most notable property on Cotai so far isLas Vegas Sands'The Venetian Macao,which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.[5]Melco PBL Holdingsopened theCity of Dreamsdirectly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.[citation needed]
As of October 2023, a number of new hotel-casinos have already opened inCotai,with more in the pipeline for the ensuing years. Two of the most highly anticipated additions to the region are the Grand Lisboa Palace and the Lisboeta Macau, both scheduled to fully launch soon.[6][7]
List of hotels and casinos[edit]
- Four Seasons Hotel Macao
- Broadway Macau
- City of Dreams
- Galaxy Macau
- Grand Lisboa Palace
- Lisboeta Macau
- MGM Cotai
- Pousada Marina Infante
- Studio City Macau
- The Londoner Macao
- The Parisian Macao
- The Plaza Macao
- The Venetian Macao
- Wynn Palace
Tourist attractions[edit]
Transportation[edit]
- Cotai Jet– high speedcatamaranowned by The Venetian Macao, operating ferry services betweenTaipa Ferry TerminalandHong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal,Hong Kong
- Macau Light Rapid Transit- a mass transit system in Macau that began partial operations in 2019. Planned expansions will serve the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Cotai, serving major border checkpoints such as the Border Gate, the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal, the Lotus Bridge Border, and the Macau International Airport. The Ocean-to-Taipa-Ferry-Terminal line began operations in late 2019.
Gallery[edit]
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Ferry piers in Cotai -
Cotai Stripunder construction in 2007 -
Cotai in 2007 -
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Tan, Anthony (25 November 2006)."Must-see Macau".The Star.Retrieved26 November2021.
- ^"Macao hoists Signal No. 9 to embrace Typhoon Mangkhut".Archived fromthe originalon September 16, 2018.Retrieved2018-12-23.
- ^Starkweather, Maxim."History of Cotai - The Creation of Cotai - Macau Casinos".Macau Casinos.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-03-25.Retrieved2017-03-24.
- ^Quadros, Saldanha (15 March 2018),"Macao, Cotai, and The New Architecture",Macao Magazine,retrieved2020-04-16
- ^Venetian Macao press release, 28 August 2007
- ^"SJM flags casino ambitions for newly opened Lisboeta Macau".IAG.19 July 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-20.Retrieved2021-08-22.
- ^"GGRAsia – Grand Lisboa Palace opens at noon, all new tables mass play".GGRAsia.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-30.Retrieved2021-08-22.
External links[edit]
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