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'''Cotai''' ({{zh|t=路氹城|cy=Louhtáhm Sìhng}}; {{lang-pt|Cotai}}) is a {{convert|5.2|km2|adj=on|sp=us}} piece of newly [[land reclamation|reclaimed land]] on top of [[Seac Pai Bay]] between [[Taipa]] and [[Coloane]] islands in [[Macau]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/travel/2006/11/25/mustsee-macau|title=Must-see Macau|last=Tan|first=Anthony|work=The Star|date=25 November 2006|accessdate=26 November 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a [[portmanteau]] of Coloane and Taipa) can also refer to the entire new island which was formed by the reclamation. In the second sense, the Special Administrative Region of Macau now consists of the Macau Peninsula plus Cotai Island, about a mile to the south.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471288.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916051012/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471288.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2018|title=Macao hoists Signal No. 9 to embrace Typhoon Mangkhut|access-date=2018-12-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Cotai''' ({{zh|t=路氹城|cy=Louhtáhm Sìhng}}; {{lang-pt|Cotai}}) is a {{convert|5.2|km2|adj=on|sp=us}} piece of newly [[land reclamation|reclaimed land]] on the top of the [[Seac Pai Bay]] between [[Taipa]] and [[Coloane]] islands in [[Macau]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/travel/2006/11/25/mustsee-macau|title=Must-see Macau|last=Tan|first=Anthony|work=The Star|date=25 November 2006|accessdate=26 November 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a [[portmanteau]] of Coloane and Taipa) can also refer to the entire new island, which was formed by the reclamation. In the second sense, the Special Administrative Region of Macau now consists of the Macau Peninsula, plus Cotai Island, about a mile to the south.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471288.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916051012/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471288.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2018|title=Macao hoists Signal No. 9 to embrace Typhoon Mangkhut|access-date=2018-12-23|language=en-US}}</ref>


Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new [[gambling]] and [[tourism]] area since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce, and many hotels and casinos can be found there now.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.macaucasinos.com/history/cotai-history/|title=History of Cotai - The Creation of Cotai - Macau Casinos|last=Starkweather|first=Maxim|work=Macau Casinos|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112817/http://www.macaucasinos.com/history/cotai-history/|archive-date=2017-03-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the [[MUST Hospital]], which is associated with the [[Macau University of Science and Technology|Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation]].
Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new [[gambling]] and [[tourism]] area, since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce, and many hotels and casinos can be found there now.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.macaucasinos.com/history/cotai-history/|title=History of Cotai - The Creation of Cotai - Macau Casinos|last=Starkweather|first=Maxim|work=Macau Casinos|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112817/http://www.macaucasinos.com/history/cotai-history/|archive-date=2017-03-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the [[MUST Hospital]], which is associated with the [[Macau University of Science and Technology|Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation]].


==History==
==History==
In 1968, a causeway (Estrada do Istmo) connecting Taipa and Coloane was inaugurated.<ref>{{Citation |last=Quadros |first=Saldanha |title=Macao, Cotai, and The New Architecture |date=15 March 2018 |url=https://macaomagazine.net/macao-cotai-and-the-new-architecture/ |work=Macao Magazine |access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, a series of landfill works expanded this isthmus, and after the 1999 [[transfer of sovereignty over Macau]] from Portugal to China, further landfills began to expand this small isthmus further.
In 1968, a causeway (Estrada do Istmo) connecting Taipa and Coloane was inaugurated.<ref>{{Citation |last=Quadros |first=Saldanha |title=Macao, Cotai, and The New Architecture |date=15 March 2018 |url=https://macaomagazine.net/macao-cotai-and-the-new-architecture/ |work=Macao Magazine |access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, a series of landfill works expanded this isthmus, and after the 1999 [[transfer of sovereignty over Macau]] from [[Portugal]] to [[China]], further landfills began to expand this small isthmus further.


==Hotels and casinos==
==Hotels and casinos==
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The "[[Cotai Strip]]" is a name dubbed to 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 gaming and hotel services), and only applies to its properties.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
The "[[Cotai Strip]]" is a name dubbed to 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 gaming and hotel services), and only applies to its properties.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}


[[Galaxy Entertainment Group]]'s Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May, 2006.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The construction of many other casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The largest and most notable property on Cotai so far is [[Las Vegas Sands]]' [[The Venetian Macao]], which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.<ref name="Venetian Macao">Venetian Macao press release, 28 August 2007</ref> [[Melco PBL Holdings]] opened the [[City of Dreams (casino)|City of Dreams]] directly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
[[Galaxy Entertainment Group]]'s Grand Waldo Hotel was the first casino to commence operations in Cotai, opening its doors in May 2006.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The construction of many other casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The largest and most notable property on Cotai so far is [[Las Vegas Sands]]' [[The Venetian Macao]], which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.<ref name="Venetian Macao">Venetian Macao press release, 28 August 2007</ref> [[Melco PBL Holdings]] opened the [[City of Dreams (casino)|City of Dreams]] directly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}


As of August 2021, several new hotel-casinos have opened in Cotai, with several more scheduled to fully open in the next few years including the Grand Lisboa Palace and the Lisboeta Macau.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 July 2021|title=SJM flags casino ambitions for newly opened Lisboeta Macau|url=https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2021/07/20/sjm-flags-casino-ambitions-for-newly-opened-lisboeta-macau/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=IAG|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720001609/https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2021/07/20/sjm-flags-casino-ambitions-for-newly-opened-lisboeta-macau/ |archive-date=2021-07-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=GGRAsia – Grand Lisboa Palace opens at noon, all new tables mass play|url=https://www.ggrasia.com/grand-lisboa-palace-opens-at-noon-all-new-tables-mass-play/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=GGRAsia|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730014806/https://www.ggrasia.com/grand-lisboa-palace-opens-at-noon-all-new-tables-mass-play/ |archive-date=2021-07-30 }}</ref>
As of August 2021, several new hotel-casinos have opened in Cotai, with several more scheduled to fully open in the next few years, including the Grand Lisboa Palace and the Lisboeta Macau.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 July 2021|title=SJM flags casino ambitions for newly opened Lisboeta Macau|url=https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2021/07/20/sjm-flags-casino-ambitions-for-newly-opened-lisboeta-macau/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=IAG|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720001609/https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2021/07/20/sjm-flags-casino-ambitions-for-newly-opened-lisboeta-macau/ |archive-date=2021-07-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=GGRAsia – Grand Lisboa Palace opens at noon, all new tables mass play|url=https://www.ggrasia.com/grand-lisboa-palace-opens-at-noon-all-new-tables-mass-play/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=GGRAsia|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730014806/https://www.ggrasia.com/grand-lisboa-palace-opens-at-noon-all-new-tables-mass-play/ |archive-date=2021-07-30 }}</ref>


==List of hotels and casinos==
==List of hotels and casinos==
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{{See also|Transport in Macau}}
{{See also|Transport in Macau}}
* [[Cotai Jet]] – high speed [[catamaran]] owned by The Venetian Macao, operating ferry services between [[Taipa Ferry Terminal]] and [[Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal]], [[Hong Kong]]
* [[Cotai Jet]] – high speed [[catamaran]] owned by The Venetian Macao, operating ferry services between [[Taipa Ferry Terminal]] and [[Hong 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 Harbour Ferry Terminal, the Lotus Bridge Border and the Macau International Airport. The Ocean-to-Taipa-Ferry-Terminal line began operations in late 2019.
* [[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 Harbour Ferry Terminal, the Lotus Bridge Border and the Macau International Airport. The Ocean-to-Taipa-Ferry-Terminal line began operations in late 2019.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 23:19, 8 September 2023

22°08′27″N 113°33′47″E / 22.14082°N 113.56310°E / 22.14082; 113.56310

Cotai
路氹城
Cotai
Zone
Cotai
Cotai
Zona do Aterro de Cotai in Macau
Zona do Aterro de Cotai in Macau
Country China
Special Administrative Region Macau
RegionMunicipality of Ilhas
Area
 • Total
5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
~300
Time zoneUTC+8 (Macau Standard)
Area code0
Cotai Landfill Zone
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese路氹填海區
Simplified Chinese路凼填海区
Jyutpinglou6 tam5 tin4 hoi2 keoi1
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLùdàng Tiánhǎi Qū
IPA[lûtâŋʈʂʰə̌ŋ xàɪtɕʰý]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLouhtáhm Tìhnhói Kēui
Jyutpinglou6 tam5 tin4 hoi2 keoi1
IPA[lɔw˨.tʰɐm˩˧ tʰin˩.hɔj˧˥ kʰɵɥ˥]
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese路氹城
Jyutpinglou6 tam5 sing4
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLùdàng Chéng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglou6 tam5 sing4
Portuguese name
PortugueseZona do Aterro de Cotai

Cotai (Chinese: 路氹城; Cantonese Yale: Louhtáhm Sìhng; Template:Lang-pt) is a 5.2-square-kilometer (2.0 sq mi) piece of newly reclaimed land on the top of the Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau,[1] that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a portmanteau of Coloane and Taipa) can also refer to the entire new island, which was formed by the reclamation. In the second sense, the Special Administrative Region of Macau now consists of the Macau Peninsula, plus Cotai Island, about a mile to the south.[2]

Cotai was created to provide Macau with a new gambling and tourism area, since Macau is so densely populated and land is scarce, and many hotels and casinos can be found there now.[3] In 2006, a new hospital was founded in the Cotai area, the MUST Hospital, which is associated with the Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation.

History

In 1968, a causeway (Estrada do Istmo) connecting Taipa and Coloane was inaugurated.[4] Throughout the 1990s, a series of landfill works expanded this isthmus, and after the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China, further landfills began to expand this small isthmus further.

Hotels and casinos

See also: Cotai Strip

The "Cotai Strip" is a name dubbed to 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 gaming 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 casino and hotel projects is currently underway. The largest and most notable property on Cotai so far is Las Vegas Sands' The Venetian Macao, which opened its doors on August 28, 2007.[5] Melco PBL Holdings opened the City of Dreams directly across the street from the Venetian on June 1, 2009.[citation needed]

As of August 2021, several new hotel-casinos have opened in Cotai, with several more scheduled to fully open in the next few years, including the Grand Lisboa Palace and the Lisboeta Macau.[6][7]

List of hotels and casinos

Tourist attractions

Transportation

See also: Transport in Macau
  • Cotai Jet – high speed catamaran owned by The Venetian Macao, operating ferry services between Taipa Ferry Terminal and Hong 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 Harbour Ferry Terminal, the Lotus Bridge Border and the Macau International Airport. The Ocean-to-Taipa-Ferry-Terminal line began operations in late 2019.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Tan, Anthony (25 November 2006). "Must-see Macau". The Star. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Macao hoists Signal No. 9 to embrace Typhoon Mangkhut". Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  3. ^ Starkweather, Maxim. "History of Cotai - The Creation of Cotai - Macau Casinos". Macau Casinos. Archived from the original on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  4. ^ Quadros, Saldanha (15 March 2018), "Macao, Cotai, and The New Architecture", Macao Magazine, retrieved 2020-04-16
  5. ^ Venetian Macao press release, 28 August 2007
  6. ^ "SJM flags casino ambitions for newly opened Lisboeta Macau". IAG. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  7. ^ "GGRAsia – Grand Lisboa Palace opens at noon, all new tables mass play". GGRAsia. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  • Cotai travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Media related to Cotai at Wikimedia Commons
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