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The boss sent Chuckmoster to Macau to see what the deal was with Asia's Las Vegas. He returned smitten and poured his love it into creating the world's first guide to Macau casinos. This was his blog until we invited long time contributor and Macau expert Dramman join the team. Hi.


Wynn Hires Leighton To Build Wynn Cotai


» posted by Chuckmonster
  on 13 Nov 2012

Wynn Resorts LTD has hired Australian contractor Leighton to shepherd Wynn Cotai from design to reality.

Wynn Cotai is the third project Leighton has collaborated on with Wynn and the fifth Macau gaming project overall. Leighton was the contractor of record for Wynn Macau, Wynn Encore Macau, Melco Crown's City of Dreams and SJM's Fisherman's Wharf projects.

Site preparation is already under way, with shovels "officially" scheduled to hit the dirt in December 2012 for an early 2016 opening.

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Sheldon's Goose

» posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Nov 2012

With the U.S. President Barack Obama now re-elected, the eyes of one journalist has turned to the man who funded challenger Mitt Romney's campaign, Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson.

The U.S.'s National Broadcasting Company raises long lingering questions about Adelson's connection to organized crime, prostitution and other unsavory (?) sins while also indicting Macau via the old Jane Russell flick. Like, the coulda chosen the new James Bond film Skyfall as that has a few unsavory scenes in Macau (as imagined on a London soundstage) as did Roger Moore Bond chestnut The Man with the Golden Gun.









Introducing Sands Cotai Central

» posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Nov 2011

Las Vegas Sands Corp. d/b/a Sands China Limited have announced the grand opening of Sands Cotai Central™ in 2012. Unfortunately, they've done so with an ad campaign at appears to be based around people putting fingers in unsuspecting, floating Sands icon buttholes.

Sands Cotai Central Logo

Sands. Cotai. Central.... be at the "Centre" of it all.









Wynn Cotai Rendering Leaked By SW

» posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Oct 2011

Ooops.









Bourdain Does Macau... TONIGHT!

» posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Jul 2011

For those who live in territories that get the Travel Channel, be sure to tune in tonight for Anthony Bourdain's visit to Macau.

He eats, he walks around casinos, he eats, he drives carts, he eats and he bungee jumps off the Macau tower.









Wynn Talks Wynn Cotai

» posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Jul 2011

Steve Wynn talked Wynn Cotai on the earnings call earlier today, calling the property a "category breaker" and "hum dinger" that will be worth the wait.

Wynn Resorts is currently performing soil sample tests (it's all trash) while they await official land grant from the Macau government.









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