{"id":13415,"date":"2018-02-15T08:32:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2023-02-17T07:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:09:13","slug":"las-vegas-vs-macau-comparing-the-worlds-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/las-vegas-vs-macau-comparing-the-worlds-playgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas vs Macau: Comparing the World’s Playgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas is generally touted as the gambling capital of the world. While it’s definitely the gambling center for the US, and does bring in a heap\u00a0 of international visitors, Macau has long been Asia’s playground.<\/p>\n

Should we still be calling Macau the Vegas of the East? Or has it actually surpassed what you can find in the desert of Nevada?<\/p>\n

Your Home Away From Home<\/h2>\n
99% of people who visit Las Vegas stay overnight, in Macau only 50% do<\/strong><\/div>\n

Whenever you travel to a new city, you probably look to book a home away from home at a hotel. Interestingly, almost everyone who travels to Las Vegas stays in a hotel, typically for a minimum of 2-3 nights, while in Macau, people tend to only visit for 1-2 days, with only half of the visitors even spending the night.<\/p>\n

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As a result, Macau has 113 hotels with a total of 37,634 rooms, along with 47 budget motels or hostels \u00a0with 1,513 rooms.<\/p>\n

That sounds pretty impressive until you compare that with the 148,690 hotel rooms in Las Vegas, of which \u2018only\u2019 93,359 are at hotels on the strip. Each hotel averages 2 000-3 000 rooms, which is why it\u2019s easy to \u00a0believe the MGM Grand when they say they wash an average of 15 000 pillowcases a day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, remember these numbers don\u2019t even include the hundreds of rooms available if you use an alternative service like Airbnb.<\/p>\n

The average hotel room will set you back $130, although obviously there are suites and rooms that go for much, much more than that as well as plenty of budget deals available, even at high end hotels.<\/p>\n

In Macau, you’ll find hotels are pretty similarly priced, with a 3-star hotel costing you anywhere from $90-161. You can find a spot to sleep for as little as $30, or lay your head on a more luxurious pillow for upwards of $350.<\/p>\n