Venetian Arena
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| Full name | CotaiArena at The Venetian Macao |
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| Former names | Venetian Arena (2007-2010) |
| Location | Cotai, Macau, China |
| Coordinates | 22°08′52″N 113°33′32″E / 22.1477°N 113.5590°E |
| Owner | Venetian Macau Ltd. |
| Operator | Venetian Macau Ltd. |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 26 May 2005 |
| Opened | 8 April 2007 |
The Cotai Arena is an indoor arena, located on the premises of The Venetian Macao, on the Cotai Strip, in Macau, China. It opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15,000. The arena was known as Venetian Arena from 2007 to 2010, when it was renamed as CotaiArena. It hosts sporting events such as basketball, tennis and boxing, as well as concerts and international televised awards shows.
Notable events
- Annually: Miss Macau Beauty Pagent
- United States Basketball International Challenge: United States, Lithuania, Turkey
- The Amazing Race Australia - third leg
- 2007 Asian Indoor Games - closing ceremonies
- 20 October 2007: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic - NBA exhibition match[1]
- November 3 2007: The Beyoncé Experience by Beyoncé
- 26 January 2008: Ray Mercer vs Derric Rossy - heavyweight title flight
- 15 March 2008: Celine Dion brought her Taking Chances Tour to the arena
- 15 August 2009: Lady Gaga brought The Fame Ball Tour to the arena
- 25 October 2009: Andre Agassi vs Pete Sampras - exhibition tennis match
- 2009: IIFA Awards[2]
- 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards - South Korean music awards show organised by Mnet Media[3]
- 2011: STAR Parivaar Awards[4]
- 29 Dec 2011 to 1 Jan 2012: Cantopop Legend, 'God of Songs' Jacky Cheung held his 'Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour'.
- 2012: Zee Cine Awards[5]
- 9 and 10 March 2012: Super Show 4 World Tour by South Korean boy band Super Junior. They also became the first Korean singers to hold two consecutive in Macau, with a sold-out crowd of 26,756 people.[6]
- 31 March 2012: Jam Hsiao World Tour 2012 by Taiwanese Mandopop singer Jam Hsiao[7]
- 10 November 2012: UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le [8]
- 2013: IIFA Awards[9]
- 13 and 14 September 2013: Diamonds World Tour by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna
- 12 October 2013: Believe Tour by Justin Bieber
- 23 November 2013: Welterweight Boxing bout between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Ríos
- 30 November 2013: Super Show 5 World Tour by South Korean boy band Super Junior with a sold-out crowd of 14,183 people.
- 15 February 2014: Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace by South Korean girl band Girls' Generation with a sold-out crowd of 10,914 people.
- 9 March 2014 : 50 & Counting Tour [10] Asia Tour by The Rolling Stones [11]
- 23 April 2014: 18th China Music Awards (CMA) by Star China Media Ltd [12]
- 23 August 2014: UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le [13]
- 17 October 2014: All or Nothing World Tour by South Korean girl group 2NE1
- 30 October 2014: Celine Dion will perform here as part of her Asia Tour.
- 22 November 2014: Welterweight Boxing bout between Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri
- 1 March 2015: Super Show 6 World Tour by South Korean boy band Super Junior, With a sold-out crowd of 14,750 fans, It is the biggest audience at the Cotai Arena in one only concert.[14]
- 1 and 2 May 2015: The Prismatic World Tour by American singer and songwriter Katy Perry.
- 23, 24 and 25 October 2015: MADE 2015 World Tour by BIGBANG
- 21 November 2015: EXO PLANET #2 - The EXO’luXion by South Korean boy band EXO with a sold-out crowd of 13,108 people.
See also
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References
- ^ "Cavaliers, Magic to play exhibition in China" USA Today. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 2012-03-21
- ^ "IIFA Awards Weekend and Show 2009 IIFA Awards. Retrieved 2012-03-21
- ^ Wee, Geun-woo (November 29, 2010). "2010 Mnet Asia Music Awards (MAMA): Live in Macao". 10Asia. 10Asia. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ "Venetian to host Indian TV Awards" Macau Business. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-21
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2012 to be held in Macau" Zee News. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-21
- ^ Oh, MiJun 201203111151_4199&nowPage=10 "Super Show 4 in Macau" Mnet News. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-19
- ^ "Jam Hsiao World Tour 2012 – Macau" Macau Magazine. Retrieved 2012-03-21 Template:Zh icon
- ^ [1] http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-macao-press-release-090612
- ^ "IIFA Awards Weekend and Show 2013 IIFA Awards. Retrieved 2012-03-21
- ^ http://www.rollingstones.com/2013/12/07/the-rolling-stones-announce-14-on-fire-asia-tour-sponsor-prudential-corporation-asia-and-eastspring-investments/
- ^ http://www.rollingstones.com
- ^ http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/business/52327-corporate-bits-5-day-anniversary-sale-at-cotai-strip-resorts-macao.html
- ^ [2]
- ^ Facebook Fan Club Official "Super Show 6 in Macau" Super Junior World Tour “Super Show 6” Official Facebook. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-02