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
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 Beyoncé Experience by
Beyoncé
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 Ríos
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 — Céline 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
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
CotaiArena .