- Sands Macao
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casino=Sands Macao
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rooms=51 suites
date_opened=May 18 ,2004
space_gaming=229,000 ft² (21,275 m²)
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owner=Las Vegas Sands
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website=nowrap| [http://www.sands.com.mo/ Sands Macao website]Sands Macao (zh-t|t=金沙娛樂場) is a casino resort located in
Macau Peninsula ,Macau . It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and was designed byPaul Steelman Design Group . [ [http://www.paulsteelman.com/ Steelman Partners LLP ] ] It comprises a convert|229000|sqft|m2|sp=us|0 casino, and a 51-suite VIP hotel. This reflects the fact that this casino is a day trip destination for millions of potential visitors, mostly frommainland China , who do not need to stay overnight.Las Vegas Sands chairman
Sheldon Adelson , the world's sixth richest man, has said that his company will soon be a mainly Chinese enterprise, and quipped that Las Vegas should be called "America's Macau". [cite web|url=http://observerunlimited.co.uk/print/0,,329726780-103680,00.html|title=Putting on the kitsch|accessdate = 2007-02-26|author=Jonathan Glancey|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|language=English ] The president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation predicted on12 February 2007 that Macau has topped that of theLas Vegas Strip and will more than double again by 2010. [cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/HotelsandCasinos07/idUSN1244212420070213?src=021307_0722_INVESTING_reuters_hotels_and_casinos_summit|title=Sands sees Macau gambling doubling by 2010|accessdate = 2007-02-14|author=Deena Beasley & Peter Henderson|publisher=Reuter|language=English ]History
The casino opened on
May 18 2004 at a cost of $240 millionClarifyme|date=March 2008. All of the mortgage bonds that were issued to finance construction were paid off in May 2005. [ cite web | url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/bizfocus/archives/2006/06/05/2003311840|title=Harrah's may have missed out in Asia|accessdate = 2006-06-05|author=|publisher=The Taipei Times|language=English] In 2006, the casino completed an expansion increasing the casino from convert|165000|sqft|m2|sp=us|0 to convert|229000|sqft|m2|sp=us|0. [cite web|url=http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gambling-news/casino-gambling/sands_macao_now_the_biggest_casino_in_the_world_7385.html|title=Sands Macao Now the Biggest Casino in the World|accessdate = 2006-08-26|author=Tom Jones|publisher=CasinoGamblingWeb.com|language=English ] The casino itself contains 740 table games, more than any other single casino in the world. Las Vegas Sands Corporation presents this figure to claim Sands Macau as the world's largest casino. [ cite web |url= http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=185629&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=899094&highlight= |title= Sands Macao Now The Largest Casino In The World With 740 Table Games |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work= ]Sands Macao Hotel
On
September 29 2007 , Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Sheldon Adelson announced that it will open its 2nd hotel, the Sands Macao Hotel in Macau on October.Mark Brown , president of Sands Macao and the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel stated: "We are now uniquely positioned in Macao to offer all the integrated amenities necessary as a destination to attract a diverse range of multi-night visitors"." [ cite web |url= http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20070928/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_macau_las_vegas_sands;_ylt=AuAIHQWaiEyH1hnKPhKivcas0NUE |title= Second hotel to open in Macau |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work= ]References
ee also
* List of Macau casinos
*Macau gaming law
*Gambling in Macau External links
* [http://www.sands.com.mo/ Sands Macao's website]
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