The Cotai Arena is an

indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectator ...

located on the premises of

The Venetian Macao The Venetian Macao () is a hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story structure on Macau's Cotai Strip has of floor space, and is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas. ...

, on the Cotai Strip, in

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. It opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15,000. The arena was known as Venetian Arena from 2007 to 2010, when it was renamed as ''CotaiArena''. It hosts sporting events such as

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

and

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

, as well as concerts and international televised awards shows.

Notable events

* Annually: Miss Macau Beauty Pageant * United States Basketball International Challenge: United States, Lithuania, Turkey * The Amazing Race Australia - third leg *

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- closing ceremonies * 20 October 2007:

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- NBA exhibition match * 3 November 2007: The Beyoncé Experience by

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* 26 January 2008: Ray Mercer vs

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- heavyweight title flight * 15 March 2008:

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brought her

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to the arena * November 2008

The Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown The Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown, in 2007 was the grand finale of a three-leg Pete Sampras vs Roger Federer Asia exhibition match tour. The previous legs were in Seoul, Korea on November 20, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 22. On November 20 ...

* 15 August 2009:

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brought The Fame Ball Tour to the arena * 25 October 2009:

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- exhibition tennis match * 2009:

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n music awards show organised by

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* 29 Dec 2011 to 1 Jan 2012: Cantopop Legend, 'God of Songs'

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held his 'Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century World Tour'. * 2012:

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* 9 and 10 March 2012: '' Super Show 4 World Tour'' by

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. They also became the first Korean singers to hold two consecutive shows in Macau, with a sold-out crowd of 26,756 people. * 31 March 2012: ''Jam Hsiao World Tour 2012'' by

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singer

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*10 November 2012: UFC on Fuel TV: Franklin vs. Le * 2013: ''

'' *13 and 14 September 2013: '' Diamonds World Tour'' by Barbadian pop singer

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*12 October 2013: '' Believe Tour'' by

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*23 November 2013:

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Boxing bout between

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and Brandon Ríos *30 November 2013: ''Super Show 5 World Tour'' by South Korean boy band

. *15 February 2014: '' Girls' Generation World Tour Girls & Peace'' by South Korean girl band

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. * 9 March 2014 : '' 50 & Counting Tour'' Asia Tour by

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* 23 April 2014: 18th

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(CMA) by Star China Media Ltd * 1, 2 and 3 May 2014: '' X.X.X. Live Tour'' concert by Hong Kong singer-songwriter G.E.M. * 23 August 2014: UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le * 17 October 2014: '' All or Nothing World Tour'' by South Korean girl group

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* 22 November 2014:

Boxing bout between

and Chris Algieri * 1 March 2015: ''Super Show 6 World Tour'' by South Korean boy band

, With a sold-out crowd of 14,750 fans, It is the second biggest audience at the Cotai Arena in a single concert after ''Super Show 7 World Tour'' in 2018. * 1 and 2 May 2015: '' The Prismatic World Tour'' by American singer and songwriter

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. * 23, 24 and 25 October 2015: sold-out concerts for '' Made World Tour'' by BIGBANG * 21 November 2015: ''EXO PLANET #2 - The EXO’luXion'' by South Korean boy band EXO with a sold-out crowd of 13,108 people. * 18 February 2017: ''Race Start! Season 4 - Running Man Fan Meeting 2017'' by the members of Running Man, as the second Running Man fan-meeting of 2017. * 25 March 2017: Asia Tour ''"The Rebirth Of J"'' in Macau by South Korean singer Kim Jaejoong * 17 and 18 June 2017: two sold-out shows for '' Act III: M.O.T.T.E World Tour'' by

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* 4 November 2017: 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour by

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* 17 November 2017: Live performance by YouTube star performers V Minor. * 12 May 2018: ''Super Show 7 World Tour'' by South Korean boy band

, it is the biggest audience at the venue in a single concert and the number one with the highest-grossing in Cotai Arena history * 24 February 2018: '' Queen of Hearts World Tour'' concert by Hong Kong singer-songwriter G.E.M. * 29 and 30 June 2018:

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* 10 and 11 August 2018: Exo Planet 4 - The EℓyXiOn by South Korean boy band EXO * 30 September 2018:

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Skyscraper World Tour by Chinese singer-songwriter

* 20 October 2018: The Number 1's Tour by Mariah Carey * 8 June 2019: '' Blackpink World Tour (In Your Area)'' by South Korean girl group

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* 26 and 27 July 2019:

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, first date announced as sold out in just a few seconds after its ticket sales opening. * 13 October 2019: Shawn Mendes: The Tour by

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