Billionaire The Venetian & Palazzo owner, Sheldon Adelson is spending over $150 million for an 1,800-seat theater and the launch of the first Cirque du Soleil show in his Macau resort. The production, to premiere on Aug. 28, will mark the 1st anniversary of his Venetian hotel casino there will be titled Zaia. It will be the first permanent Cirque production in Asia. Adelson and his top Vegas executives including Bill Weidner, Brad Stone and Rob Goldstein will all fly to the Chinese gaming enclave for the gala opening.

Cirque productions have played to almost 80 million spectators in over 200 cities on five continents and this year will present 17 shows simultaneously around the world. The Zaia spectacular will be about a young girl who journeys into space on a strange, yet familiar voyage of self-discovery. As she travels, she encounters the beauty of humanity and eventually brings it back with her to share with the inhabitants of earth. Zaia, which is from the Greek word for “life” presents her perception of the stars and planets, space and infinity, all populated by panoply of fantastic, literally out-of-this-world creatures with extraordinary acrobatics for the Chinese audience.

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