Fast fact: The tower is inspired by the long plumes of a Brazilian girl’s headdress.
A golden structure designed to combine the visual effects of crystals, fireworks and a Brazilian headdress. It isn’t particularly beautiful, but who needs beauty when what you're really after is piles of gamblers' cash? Everything linked with money can somehow be intertwined with superstitions in Macau. This, the tallest skyscraper in Macau (261 meters) was built to resemble a bottleneck to avoid the leaking of cash -– a suggestion given by a feng shui master. All the gold, crystals, fireworks and flowers are symbols of prosperity to guide the money home. In Macau, known as the Las Vegas of the East, the Hotel & Casino Grand Lisboa is the eminent icon of gaudy profits.
