Wynn Palace, Luxury hotel and skyscraper in Cotai, Macau
Wynn Palace is a 28-storey hotel and casino resort in Cotai, Macau, with 1,706 rooms, suites and villas. Its facade is divided into horizontal bands of reddish-brown panels separated by thin light grey lines, forming a central block flanked by projecting and receding wings. Gold letters spelling "WYNN PALACE" top the central section above a narrow vertical gold strip, and bands of yellow rectangular panels run along the roofline and upper wings.
Wynn Resorts paid US$50 million in 2008 for rights to the 52-acre Cotai plot, and Macau's government approved the resort on May 1, 2012, with construction starting that June. The project cost about US$4 billion and opened on August 22, 2016. In 2011 Wynn Macau bought Jiaqing-period porcelain vases at Christie's London for £8 million, later displayed at Wynn Palace.
Floral art is a signature of the resort: the south atrium holds a carousel made from 83,000 real flowers, and the north atrium a flower Ferris wheel of over 103,000 blooms, alongside a large tulip sculpture by Jeff Koons. A group of Jiaqing-period (1796–1820) porcelain vases bought at Christie's London in July 2011 for £8 million is displayed here.
The SkyCab gondola, 679 metres long and 28 metres above ground, links the south entrance with the light rail station Cotai East and is free to ride. It has 36 cabins holding six people each. The Performance Lake shows run every 30 minutes from noon to 6 pm and every 20 minutes from 6 pm to midnight. Shuttle buses connect the resort with the Barrier Gate, Hengqin, the airport and the ferry terminal.
The SkyCab is a 679-metre cable car loop 28 metres above ground, with 36 cabins carrying six passengers each. It is free to ride and passes over the 8-acre Performance Lake, so passengers see the fountain shows from above. The lake's fountains were designed and built by WET Design and run on more than 2,000 LED lights.
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