City of Dreams (casino) theatre arena has a 40-meter-high steel trussed space (30 meters clear) providing generous height to the show’s display of acrobatics. Thinkwell Group, a design and production firm based in Burbank, Calif., designed the audio, video and communications systems for the show. The show, which incorporates various design elements such as fire, water effects, and atmospheric effects, opened on 17 September 2010. "The House of Dancing Water" was the recipient of a 2012 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement for a Live Show Spectacular. City of Dreams is the title sponsor for Matthew Marsh in the 2008 Macau Guia race. COD organized
James Packer the international gaming and tourism business. Given changes in media due to the Internet and pay-TV, Packer was concerned about the future of free-to-air television. On 17 October 2006, Packer's team finalised a deal to sell 50% of the media assets—which also included a 50% stake in web portal Ninemsn and a 51% stake in Carsales—to private equity group CVC Asia Pacific for 4.5 billion, plus an additional A$1 billion in equity in the new company, which would be called PBL Media. In June 2007, Packer sold another 25% share of the joint-venture PBL Media to CVC for $515 million.