The Cotai Strip is the name of a multi-billion casino resort project in Macau. The Strip is situated on a 1.8 mile plot of land in Cotai, which is the area of reclaimed land adjoining Macau's two islands, Taipa and Coloane. Las Vegas Sands currently has a trademark application pending on the name "Cotai Strip" but there is sure to be a fight over this as other companies such as PBL-Melco, Galaxy Entertainment, and Wynn Macau will also have casinos on the Cotai Strip and they will argue to the United States Patent and Trademark Office that Las Vegas Sands' trademark application should be rejected, just as no company is allowed to trademark and have exclusive use of the phrase "Las Vegas Strip." Cotai is new reclaimed land between Taipa and Coloane that has not yet been assigned to any of the freguesias. ... Taipa (氹仔島; Cantonese Jyutping; Tam5 Zai2 Dou2; pinyin: Dà ngzǎi Dǎo) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Coloane (Traditional Chinese: 路環島; Simplified Chinese: 路环岛; Pinyin: Lùhuán Dǎo; Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally Road Ring Island) is one of the two main islands of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Las Vegas Sands will own most of the Strip's hotel and casino infrastructure. As a Macau concession holder, the company will manage most of the casino space, while the company's hotel partners will manage their respective hotels and amenities. The first phase of the Cotai Strip is scheduled to open in 2007 with the grand opening of the $1.8 billion [1] Venetian Macao. Las Vegas Sands Corp. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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