History
1557
- Portuguese established permanent settlement in Macau
1887
- Macau was declared a Portuguese colony
1986
- The Chinese and Portuguese governments commenced negotiation the handover of Macau
1999
- Macau was officially handed over to China
- Edmund Ho was appointed as Macau’s first Chief Executive
2002
- Liberalisation of the gaming industry
- Six casino operating concessions were granted
2004
- The first international casino, Sands Macao, opened
2006
- Macau’s gross gaming revenues surpassed Las Vegas
- Wynn Macau and Galaxy’s StarWorld opened on Macau Peninsula
2007
- Venetian Macao opened on the Cotai Strip
- MGM Macau opened on Macau Pensinsula
2009
- New Chief Executive, Fernando Chui, was appointed
- Construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge began
- Melco Crown’s City of Dreams opened on the Cotai Strip
2011
- Galaxy Macau Phase I opened
2012
- Sands Cotai Central commenced operations
2015
- Studio City, Galaxy Macau Phase II and Broadway Macau opened after a pause of three years
2016
- Wynn Palace and The Parisian Macao opened, adding 4,700 hotel rooms to the city
2017
- Taipa Maritime Terminal opened
2018
- Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened
- MGM Cotai opened
2019
- Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area published