Macau Casino Owner

4/11/2022admin

Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given US$75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, an investment made amid Republican concern that President Donald Trump’s campaign is flailing and might not be able to correct course.

Macau Casino Owner Stanley Ho
Macau Casino Owner Death

Sheldon also owns casinos in Macau.

The money from Adelson has been the driving force behind a US$68 million attack campaign against Biden by the group Preserve America, which launched in August. It is run by Chris LaCivita, the strategist behind the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth campaign, which helped tank then-Democratic nominee John Kerry’s bid with misleading ads that questioned his record in the Vietnam War.

The Adelsons’ role in Preserve America, as well as the amount of money both he and his wife, Miriam, contributed were unclear until Thursday, when the group filed its first mandatory disclosure with the Federal Election Commission.

Stanley Ho, the Hong Kong tycoon credited with turning Macau into the world's gambling capital, has died at the age of 98. Ho, one of Asia's richest men, was known as the 'king of gambling'. Macau casino owner Lawrence Ho isn’t too pleased with several local gambling operators. Ho was critical of Crown Resorts, among several others, for adopting a new policy regarding marketing their businesses to potential patrons in mainland China. Of course, casino gambling is illegal in China, with Macau being the lone exception to the rule.

The creation of the group is a sign that some Republican donors are worried by the approach taken by Trump’s campaign, as well as his officially sanctioned super political action committee, America First Action.

“America First made a series of tactical mistakes” and “peaked too early” while groups supporting Biden “hit the right buttons,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor who has given over $190,000 to Trump’s election efforts, including $5,000 to America First Action.

A spokesperson for Adelson, who is the chair of the Sands casino corporation in Las Vegas, did not respond to a request for comment. Preserve America declined to comment.

Preserve America came into existence at the end of a tumultuous summer in which Trump’s standing in the polls took a hit over his handling of the coronavirus and the resulting economic downturn.

Trump’s campaign and America First Action collectively spent over US$247 million on TV and Facebook advertising between April and August, according to data collected by the ad tracking firm Kantar/CMAG. But the ads fell flat, did little to dent Biden’s lead in the polls and lacked a thematic approach to build a case against Biden.-AP

City of Dreams 新濠天地
Location	Cotai, Macau, China
Address	Estrada do Istmo
Opening date	1 June 2009; 11 years ago
No. of rooms	1,400
Total gaming space	420,000 square feet (39,000 m²)
Permanent shows	The House of Dancing Water by Franco Dragone
Signature attractions	The Bubble Fountain Aquarium Dancing Water Theatre
Casino type	Land-Based American-styled casino
Owner	Melco Resorts & Entertainment
Architect	Arquitectonica Leigh & Orange Jon Jerde Zaha Hadid
Website	City of Dreams Macau

City of Dreams

Chinese

新濠天地

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnháo Tiāndì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	san1 hou4 tin1 dei6

DFS T Galleria in City of Dreams, Macau

SOHO in City of Dreams Macau

The Boulevard before closure in 2016

City of Dreams (Chinese: 新濠天地) is a resort and casino in Cotai, Macau, China. It is built, owned and managed by Melco Crown Entertainment. Melco's second mega-sized property in Macau, City of Dreams is located directly opposite The Venetian Macao.

Design[edit]

City of Dreams, also known as CoD or CoD Macau, is in the style of a podium with four towers: namely the Hard Rock Hotel, Crown Towers Hotel, and the Grand Hyatt Macau (2 towers). Its three-floor podium includes a mega-casino, over 200 shopping facilities and hotel guest facilities. City of Dreams has 420,000 square feet (39,000 m²) of gaming space with 450 gaming tables and 1514 machines, over 20 restaurants and bars, including one of the largest in the city.

The first phase of City of Dreams opened on 1 June 2009, and the Grand Hyatt in November 2009.

In late November 2016, Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd's chairman Lawrence Ho unveiled the fifth hotel to be located within the City of Dreams. Named Morpheus, itwid designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and opened in 2018.^[1]^[2] It has 772 guest rooms.^[3]^[4]Alain Ducasse has two restaurants in the Morpheus Hotel, the restaurants are called “Alain Ducasse at Morpheus”^[5] and “Voyages by Alain Ducasse”.^[6]^[7] The latter restaurant also has a bar called the 'Voyages bar by Alain Ducasse'.^[8]

Attractions[edit]

Aquarium[edit]

Aquarium located in entrance lobby (2009)

One installation is called the Vquarium. These four video walls measure nearly 61 feet (19 m) wide and 22 feet (6.7 m) tall. It was constructed in the United States and made in several pieces for ease of transportation and for on-site installation. It weighs 11 tons (10,000 kg).

Behind each of the four sections sits a rear projector that displays images on the acrylic. Water cascades down the acrylic faces to enhance the sub-sea ocean scene that is projected on each wall. The Vquarium debuted with the opening of the complex on 1 June 2009 with larger than life mermaids that swim onscreen and into the distance at the end of the short show. The mermaid show was conceived and executed by Falcon's Treehouse.

This attraction ceased in 2018

The Bubble Fountain[edit]

A second installation designed to enhance the environment of the retail area features a large water sphere. The finished sphere measures 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. A hole in the top of the sphere allows water to be pumped through the inside of the sphere and bubble out the top before gently cascading evenly down the sides of the globe into the catch pool below.

Dancing Water Theatre[edit]

Dancing Water Theatre

Franco Dragone Entertainment Group has created a new show entitled The House of Dancing Water at the Dancing Water Theatre designed by Pei Partnership Architects. The theatre contains one of the largest commercial pools in the world, holding approximately 3,700,000 US gallons (14,000 m³). The 270-degree theatre in the round has a central stage with a diameter of approximately 25 meters (82 ft), surrounded by sloped seating on three sides for as many as 2,000 theatre patrons including a V.I.P. section of 70 seats. The theatre arena has a 40-meter-high steel trussed space (30 meters clear) providing generous height to the show’s display of acrobatics. Thinkwell Group, a design and production firm based in Burbank, Calif., designed the audio, video and communications systems for the show.^[9] The show, which incorporates various design elements such as fire, water effects, and atmospheric effects, opened on 17 September 2010.^[10] 'The House of Dancing Water' was the recipient of a 2012 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement for a Live Show Spectacular.^[11]