Macao Studio City (MSC) is located in a part of Macau that is dubbed Cotai after the two small islands it straddles – Coloane and Taipa. Economists believe that within the next four years, this plot in the heart of ‘Asia’s Las Vegas’ will be the powerhouse driving the world’s biggest gaming destination. MSC is jointly developed by CapitaLand (20%), eSun Holdings (40%) and New Cotai LLC (40%). eSun Holdings is a Hong Kong-listed media and entertainment company and an associated company of Hong Kong-listed hotel and property developer Lai Sun Development and Singapore-listed Media Asia Entertainment Group.

Designed by Las Vegas-based entertainment and casino design expert Paul Steelman, MSC will have a total gross floor area of about 6 million sq ft when fully completed. MSC will also have some of the most comprehensive and extensive entertainment components in Macau, including a 2,300-seat theatre, a 4,700-person capacity arena/MICE centre, stand-alone state-of-the-art TV and film production facilities and a 1.4 million sq ft Studio RetailTM complex to be created in partnership with Taubman Centers, Inc. Studio RetailTM will integrate live-audience taped lifestyle and fashion programming throughout the retail environment, re-interpreting the Asian shopping experience. There will also be 500,000 sq ft of gaming facilities with over 400 gaming tables.

MSC will be a mega resort with more than 2,910 hotel rooms and over 540 serviced apartments. In phase one alone, world-renowned hotel brands like Marriott and Ritz Carlton, and the founder of China Clubs and Shanghai Tang, David Tang, are anticipated to partner MSC to create 2,000 luxurious guest rooms and suites.