The Editors' Journal

What’s the world’s second-biggest building? Hint: It’s in China

By James Roy August 31st, 2007

I mentioned in a previous post my tour of the then still-in-progress Venetian Macao (which opened on Tuesday) how massive the building was. I had no idea, but according to this video from the magazine Destination Macau (via editor Jennifer Welker), it is not just the world’s largest casino, but also the world’s second-largest building. Presumably that means by total floor space - 10.5 million square feet, according to the fact sheet they sent me. The largest, if this is still right, is the Boeing factory outside Seattle - not the Pentagon as I had originally believed. Then again, maybe different measurements are being used here - the Boeing article doesn’t mention the factory’s floor area, just its total volume (472 million cubic feet).

Links on the Venetian’s opening:

NYT: Bigger Than Vegas? That’s Macao’s Bet

World’s biggest casino Venetian Macao opens

Gaming giant launches resort complex in Macao


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