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Studio City Opening

  • Studio City, 60-percent owned by Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd, is Macau’s latest casino resort
  • The property opened on October 27 in Cotai
  • The launch ceremony included the global premiere of ‘The Audition’, a promotional short movie by Martin Scorsese with Hollywood actors Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt
  • The opening also featured performances by U.S. singer Mariah Carey, Hong Kong’s Aaron Kwok and K-pop group Sistar
  • Studio City has a diversified non-gaming offering – including virtual reality ride ‘Batman Dark Flight’
  • The property will focus only on mass gaming, says management. It opened without VIP gaming facilities

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”The Macau government is not aiming to trivialise or drive out the junket sector, but to regulate the sector so that it would not hurt Macau’s reputation”

Alvin Chau Cheok Wa
Chief executive of privately-held VIP junket business Suncity Group