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One unique Food & Beverage concept developed for Studio City Macau was the 'Marquee' Sky Bar, proposed to be located within the property's icon signage, nearly 500' feet above the Cotai Strip.

In collaboration with the resort's original designer, Legacy Entertainment, Galaxy Macau has explored options of enhancing the resort through the addition of 'Wow Features'.

Legacy Entertainment's resort design and master plan for Studio City Macau features 3 main entrances to the resort, with each one sporting a different motif relating to the property's theme of cinema. One such entrance on the backside of the property, unofficially dubbed the "Adventure Gate", was inspired by exotic locales of epic adventure films. This entrance primarily caters to rides of the Macau Light Rail, and is also the nearest entrance to the Lotus Bridge which connects the Cotai Strip with Zhuhai / mainland China.

In honor of Studio City Macau's 5th anniversary, here is a look at some of Legacy Entertainment's earliest sketches of the iconic Cotai Strip property.

Legacy's mandate was to execute the vision of Melco Chairman Lawrence Ho, realizing a "Gotham City-inspired" exterior design motif. While it has been noted in the press that Studio City's iconic Golden Reel ferris wheel was inspired by Mr. Ho's concept of an asteroid having penetrated the building, this is the first time this early artwork has ever been shown.

'Aurora' is a unique indoor theme park concept designed for the Galaxy Macau resort by Legacy Entertainment (Galaxy Macau's original designer). The design goal was to expand the resort's visual design vocabulary, taking it beyond the Asian palace aesthetic established in 2011's Phase 1.

Earlier Concept Design and Schematic Design iterations of Studio City Macau by Legacy Entertainment had a futuristic theme zone in the location currently occupied by the New York retail street and Times Square Hub. Legendary futurist Syd Mead collaborated with Legacy Entertainment on the design of this area.

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Congratulations! Capping of the main structure of the Resorts World @Macau, Lago 1 Nam Van was finished on June 23.

This is the most recent news on the border I can find and it looks like it is now open from Mainland China with some restrictions.

China has loosened coronavirus-related border restrictions between Macau and the neighbouring coastal province of Guangdong, sending shares of Macau casino operators surging on hopes of a quick pickup in demand.

Guangdong authorities said late on Monday that from July 15 visitors arriving from the world’s biggest gambling hub would no longer have to undergo a 14-day quarantine. The border with mainland China has been effectively shut since late March.

“Individuals coming to Macau from outside of Guangdong would face difficulties in travel as they would likely need to stay in Guangdong for two weeks prior to traveling home, which will severely restrict visitation,” he said.

Source: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-macau-casinos/china-eases-macau-border-restrictions-shares-in-casino-operators-jump-idUKKCN24F096

Have the casinos reopened?

Is the border with Mainland China still shut?