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Cotai Strip | Macau

"Asia's Las Vegas"

The Cotai Strip is a reproduction of the Las Vegas Strip in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau. Planned in 2002-2003, it is now about 70% complete, and is one of the world's leading tourism destinations. Macau is now a leader in terms of gaming and tourism revenue; pre-pandemic this was over 5x that of Las Vegas.

Role: Brian Jennett designed and coordinated the master planning effort. This involved working closely with officials from Las Vegas Sands/The Venetian to develop a program for 17 large casino/hotels representing over 25,000 rooms and 5 million square feet of retail/gaming activity. Brian also designed the initial plan layout of these properties, including servicing and circulation requirements, recreational open space opportunities, and transit provision. Work included producing reports and other presentation materials for the client, government officials, and other investors.

Rendering by Chris Grubbs, who won the Hugh Ferris Memorial Prize, the American Society of Architectural Illustrators’ highest honor, for this image.

Featured Project:

  • 500 acres

  • Over 25,000 hotel rooms across nearly 20 mega-hotel properties

  • 70% complete, although expanding beyond the original plan

  • Has helped make Macau a leading tourism destination (highest in tourism revenue per capita).

  • Macau is now more successful than Las Vegas, which it was planned to emulate.

  • Total Value of the project when complete will be in the range of $60 billion.

  • Brian Jennett led the design and planning of this project while at SOM


Existing Hotels

  • The Venetian Macao

  • The Plaza Macao

  • City of Dreams

  • Galaxy Macau

  • The Londoner Macao

  • Studio City Macau

  • Broadway Macau

  • The Parisian Macao

  • Wynn Palace

  • MGM Cotai

  • Lisboeta Macau

  • Grand Lisboa Palace

Future Planned Projects

  • Galaxy Macau Expansion

  • Raffles at Galaxy Macau

  • Studio City Macau Expansion

  • Wynn Palace Expansion

  • MGM Cotai Expansion

  • Jumeirah Macau Hotel

  • Plots 7 and 8 Hotels

  • Theme Park and Resort

Detailed planning guidelines were produced for each parcel.

Images of progress to date are shown below, along with some videos talking about the project.

A link to google maps and satellite imagery. Feel free to explore: