Venetian Arena
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The CotaiArena is an indoor sports arena, located on the premises of the The Venetian Macao
, on the Cotai Strip
, in Macau
. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 and opened in 2007.
It hosts concerts, as well as sporting events such as basketball
, tennis
and boxing
. Several international televised awards shows have been held in the arena including the 2009 IIFA Awards and the 2011 STAR Parivaar Awards
. It will host the Zee Cine Awards
in 2012.
It also hosted the closing ceremonies for the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
.
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The Venetian Macao
The Venetian Macao is a hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the Las Vegas Sands corporation. The Venetian is a 40-story, $2.4 billion anchor for the 7 hotels on the Cotai Strip in Macau...
, on the Cotai Strip
Cotai Strip
The Cotai Strip is the casino and tourism project in the Cotai District, Macau, inspired by the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, USA, on a considerably smaller scale....
, in Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 and opened in 2007.
It hosts concerts, as well as sporting events such as basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. Several international televised awards shows have been held in the arena including the 2009 IIFA Awards and the 2011 STAR Parivaar Awards
Star Parivaar Awards
STAR Parivaar Awards is a platform on which STAR Plus channel awards the best members of its family for entertaining its audiences and it takes place on a larger & grander scale every year following its launch.M.Haris-History:...
. It will host the Zee Cine Awards
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
in 2012.
It also hosted the closing ceremonies for the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
2007 Asian Indoor Games
The 2nd Asian Indoor Games were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Most events of the games took place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome.-Emblem:...
.
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