The Pestana Group, based in Funchal, Madeira, is currently the largest Portuguese tourism and leisure corporation. The Casino de Madeira is part of the hotel and features 200 slot machines, card games like Poker and Blackjack and games like Roulette and Craps. With a total area of 4,000 square meters, the future museum, according to Berta Cabral, the Mayor of Ponta Delgada “is itself a work of art,” and will provide “touristic, cultural and economic” advantages to the largest city of the Azores, “which will be better known for having a work of Niemeyer,” she said. The project will connect the Autonomous Region of the Azores with the ‘Paths Niemeyer’ worldwide. Niemeyer, who is 103 years old and is still involved in diverse projects, is currently designing the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Ponta Delgada, Azores. The 45 year old hotel overlooking Funchal Bay was designed in 1966 by Brazilian Modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, remaining to date the only example of Niemeyer’s architectural creations in Portugal. The Hotel Pestana Casino Park located in Funchal city, Madeira, was ranked 7 th among the 10 top casino hotels in the world, according to ratings given by tourists and reported by hotel review sites.
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