The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center (; pt, Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also known as Macau Tower (; pt, Torre de Macau) , is a

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located in Sé,

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. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft) in height from ground level to the highest point. Its observation deck features views, restaurants, theaters, shopping malls and the Skywalk X, a walking tour around the outer rim. It offers the best view of Macau and in recent years has been used for a variety of adventurous activities. At , the Macau Tower's tethered "skyjump" and

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by AJ Hackett from the tower's outer rim, is the highest commercial skyjump in the world, and is also the second highest commercial decelerator descent facility in the world, after Vegas' Stratosphere skyjump at . The tower was created by Moller Architects and is one of the members of the World Federation of Great Towers. In addition to observation and entertainment, the

is also used for telecommunications and broadcasting. It and the Grand Lisboa hotel are the most recognizable landmarks of the Macau skyline.

History

On a visit to

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, New Zealand, Macau casino billionaire Stanley Ho Hung-Sun was so impressed by the

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in Auckland that he commissioned a similar one to be built in Macau. The tower was designed by New Zealand engineering firm

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and Gordon Moller of Moller Architects for

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. Construction work of the tower started in 1998, and the tower was officially opened on December 19, 2001. The architect for the tower was Les Dykstra. Macau Tower

Bungee jumping

The tower has routinely been used as a site for staged bungee jumping events, by professional jumpers or as part of entertainment shows. On December 17, 2006, the father of contemporary

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A J Hackett Allan John "A. J." Hackett (born May 1958) is a New Zealand entrepreneur who popularised the extreme sport of bungy jumping. He made a bungy jump from the Eiffel Tower in 1987 and founded the first commercial bungy site in 1988. He is also the ...

, and popular artist

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broke two

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s at the Macau Tower. A J Hackett, broke his own Guinness World Record of "The Highest Bungee Jump from a Building" achieved in 1987 from the

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. Edison Chen represented Macau Tower in the inaugural jump to bid for "The World's Highest Bungee Jump Facility".

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bungee-jumped off the tower as part of the third series of '' Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie''.

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bungee-jumped from the top floor of the building in an episode of '' Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations''. It was also used on the Chinese variety show ' for episode 1. The two team captains, Wang Han and Yuan Hong, with their members, were given a mission - sky relay - to be completed on the tower as short a time as possible. Yuan Hong's team won the game, and Wang Han's team was given the punishment of bungee-jumping from the Tower. The jump was carried out by team members

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and

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In popular culture

The tower served as the venue of photoshoot of Episode 10, ''

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'' Cycle 18: British Invasion. In a 2018 Instagram post, contestant Annaliese Dayes revealed that during the photoshoot in the girls experienced “hail stones and gail force winds at above the ground”. She also revealed that the weather was so bad, that the tower was closed “to the public due to the treacherous weather”. It was also featured in the third episode of '' An Idiot Abroad 3'', with

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and Warwick Davis walking around the perimeter of one of the highest floors and Davis undertaking a controlled descent to the ground. It was used on the South Korean variety show '' Running Man'' for episode 133. The cast (not including Kim Jongkook) and their guests,

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and Han Hye-jin, were given three missions - sky jump, mast climb, and sky walk - to be completed on the tower to acquire the three characters they needed to continue onto the next mission. The tower was the site of a "Roadblock" task in an episode of American version of '' The Amazing Race: All-Stars'' that originally aired on April 22, 2007, on CBS as well as a Roadblock on '' The Amazing Race Canada 2'' in 2014. The tower also appeared in one Roadblock each on two episodes of ''

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''.

History

Bungee jumping

In popular culture

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