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Indoor arena in Macau
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 internationally-televised awards shows.
Notable events
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- Annually:
Miss Macau
Beauty Pageant
- 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]
- 3 November 2007:
The Beyonce Experience
by
Beyonce
- 26 January 2008:
Ray Mercer
vs
Derric Rossy
- heavyweight title flight
- 15 March 2008:
Celine Dion
?
Taking Chances Tour
- November 2008
The Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown
- 15 August 2009:
Lady Gaga
?
The Fame Ball Tour
- 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]
- 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
[4]
? Indian cinema show and awards ceremony
- 9 and 10 March 2012:
Super Show 4 World Tour
by
South Korean
boy band
Super Junior
? These shows made the group the first Korean singers to perform two consecutive shows in Macau, with a sold-out total attendance of 26,756 people.
[5]
- 31 March 2012:
Jam Hsiao World Tour 2012
?
Taiwanese
Mandopop
singer
Jam Hsiao
[6]
- 10 November 2012:
UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le
[7]
- 2013:
IIFA Awards
[8]
- 13 and 14 September 2013:
Rihanna
(
Barbadian
singer) ?
Diamonds World Tour
- 12 October 2013:
Believe Tour
by
Justin Bieber
- 23 November 2013:
Welterweight
Boxing bout between
Manny Pacquiao
and
Brandon Rios
- 30 November 2013:
Super Show 5 World Tour
by South Korean boy band
Super Junior
- 15 February 2014:
Girls' Generation
?
Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace
(South Korean girl group)
- 9 March 2014 :
50 & Counting Tour
[9]
Asia Tour by
The Rolling Stones
[10]
- 23 April 2014: 18th
China Music Awards
(CMA) by
Star China Media
, Ltd.
[11]
- 1, 2 and 3 May 2014:
X.X.X. Live Tour
concert by Hong Kong singer-songwriter
G.E.M.
- 23 August 2014:
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le
[12]
- 17 October 2014:
All or Nothing World Tour
by South Korean girl group
2NE1
- 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 second biggest audience at the Cotai Arena in a single concert after
Super Show 7 World Tour
in 2018.
[13]
- 1 and 2 May 2015:
The Prismatic World Tour
by American singer and songwriter
Katy Perry
.
- 23, 24 and 25 October 2015: sold-out concerts for
Made World Tour
by
BIGBANG
- 21 November 2015:
EXO PLANET #2 - The EXO’luXion
? South Korean boy band
EXO
; a sold-out crowd of 13,108 people.
- 18 February 2017:
Race Start! Season 4 - Running Man Fan Meeting 2017
by the members of
Running Man
, as the second Running Man fan-meeting of 2017.
- 25 March 2017: Asia Tour
"The Rebirth Of J"
in Macau, by South Korean singer
Kim Jaejoong
- 17 and 18 June 2017: two sold-out shows for
Act III: M.O.T.T.E World Tour
by
G-Dragon
- 4 November 2017:
2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour
by
BTS (band)
- 17 November 2017: Live performance by YouTube star performers V Minor.
- 12 May 2018:
Super Show 7 World Tour
by South Korean boy band
Super Junior
? the biggest audience on-record at the venue for a single concert, and the highest-grossing event in Cotai Arena history.
[14]
- 24 February 2018:
Queen of Hearts World Tour
concert by Hong Kong singer-songwriter
G.E.M.
[15]
- 29 and 30 June 2018:
Celine Dion Live 2018
? Celine Dion
- 10 and 11 August 2018:
Exo Planet 4 - The EℓyXiOn
? South Korean boyband EXO
- 30 September 2018:
Joker Xue
?
Skyscraper World Tour
- 20 October 2018:
The Number 1's Tour
by
Mariah Carey
- 8 June 2019:
Blackpink World Tour (In Your Area)
- South Korean girl group
Blackpink
- 26 and 27 July 2019:
The Twenty Tour
by
Westlife
(
Irish
pop boyband) ? first date sold-out seconds after being made available.
- 13 October 2019:
Shawn Mendes: The Tour
-
Shawn Mendes
- 13 and 14 May 2023:
The Dream Show 2: In A Dream
by
NCT Dream
See also
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References
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