Macau casino operators are scheduled to host more than 60 shows in the October to December period, with most of the events staged in Cotai properties. The tally announced so far is down on the three months to September 30, when Macau properties had nearly 100 such offerings.
The fourth quarter as a whole will see at least 67 spectacles. That is according to GGRAsia’s review of publicity materials issued either by casino operators or event promoters, up to Thursday (October 13).
The total excludes sports events and residential theatrical shows such as ‘House of Dancing Water’ at Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd’s City of Dreams property, and ‘Macau 2049’ at MGM China Holdings Ltd’s MGM Cotai complex.
Macau casino resorts are currently scheduled to host 22 shows in October, 25 shows in November, and 20 in December. Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd continues to lead the market both in terms of the number of shows by a single operator in a single month, and their variety.
In the fourth quarter, Galaxy Entertainment has so far scheduled 44 shows across its various performance venues. Of those, five are at Galaxy Arena, a 16,000-seat venue at Galaxy International Convention Center (GICC).
The rest of the firm’s entertainments in the final quarter are smaller-scale – including concerts, magic shows, stand-up comedy and pop-artists’ fan meetings – held at either the Galaxy Auditorium of GICC, G Box at the casino resort Galaxy Macau, or Broadway Theatre at Broadway Macau, next door to Galaxy Macau.
The five Galaxy Arena-based shows are respectively: a concert by Chinese singer Luhan, that was held on October 4; three sessions of concerts of Hong Kong pop artist Jackson Wang that ran from October 10 to October 12; and a concert by Hong Kong pop artist MC Cheung Tin-fu to be held on November 29.
Sands China Ltd is hosting at least 17 shows from October to December, most of which are concerts at either the Venetian Arena at The Venetian Macao, or at the Londoner Arena at The Londoner Macao .
The arena-based concerts include: two performances by Thai artist PP Krit at the 14,000-seat Venetian Arena on November 29 and November 30 respectively; and two shows by Hong Kong pop star Alan Tam to be held at the same venue on December 12 and December 14 respectively.
Sands China is also using its 6,000-seat Londoner Arena to host mandopop artist Eric Moo on October 18; and another mandopop artist Wakin Chau, on November 7 and November 8; as well as Hong Kong pop group Grasshopper on November 29.
Other large-scale Macau casino resorts – namely Melco Resorts’ Studio City; SJM Holdings Ltd’s Grand Lisboa Palace; and MGM Macau and MGM Cotai – are also each hosting music shows or concerts through October to November.
The number of spectacles hosted by Macau casino resorts in the final three months of this year is notably fewer than the July to September period, when there were at least 99 such offerings and many of them were concerts held at the resort complexes’ arenas.
The decline in the show tally coincides with Macau co-hosting – along with Hong Kong and the mainland’s Guangdong province – China’s 15th National Games, in November.
Macau casino resort venues – namely Galaxy Arena, Studio City Event Center, the Venetian Arena and Wynn Palace Lawn – are to host various sports competitions for the National Games.
(Updated 9:22am, Oct 17)
