Thousands of enthusiastic Chinese from mainland gamblers to Hong Kong entertainers and political leaders showed for the Grand Opening of The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel- and a fung-shui master selected the exact time of the festivities to bestow good luck on the world’s largest casino into the future.

Superstar singer Diana Ross was joined by Hong Kong pop-star Alan Tam when Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson pulled a giant lever to set off fire crackers outside the property along the front of the Doges Palace building, not only a recreation of the palace in Venice, Italy but also of the recreation on the Strip
here.

Some estimates put the crowd size at 30,000 people waiting to get into play at the slots and table games.

The finale of the day however were performances by Diana Ross and Alan Tam, as well as Taiwanese singers, David Tao and AMei, and Hong Kong band Grasshopper. There was also a first-ever Chinese performance by our world-renowned Cirque du Soleil performers providing a taste of the permanent Cirque du Soleil show to open at The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel next year.

Said Sheldon: ” Not only was this a dream come true for everybody- but it was all bigger and better than we anticipated. The reaction is incredible and we are off to a fantastic start. This will revolutionize what has been going on in Macau and starts a whole new era of Macau being a tourist destination and entertainment center of all of Asia.”

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