Sands Macao is a casino resort located in Macau Peninsula

Macau Peninsula

Macau Peninsula is the oldest and most populous part of Macau. It has an area of 8.5 km² and is geographically connected to Guandong province, at the northeast, through an isthmus 200-metre wide. The peninsula, together with the city centre of Zhuhai, sits on an island separated from the...

, Macau

Macau

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. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation

Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is an integrated resort company based in Paradise, Nevada, USA.-History:Founded in 1988, the company was the owner and operator of the Sands Hotel, which was demolished in 1996 to make room for The Venetian, which opened in 1999....

, and was designed by Steelman Partners, LLP (See article for Paul Steelman

Paul Steelman

Paul Curtis Steelman is an entertainment architect based in Las Vegas, Nevada and Macau, PRC. He is best known for designing the Sands Macao - the first "Las Vegas Style" casino in Asia. The facility was paid for with its profit in less than one year....

). It comprises a 229000 square feet (21,274.8 m²) casino, and a 289-suite hotel.

Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Gary Adelson is an American casino magnate. Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center...

 has said that his company will soon be a mainly Chinese enterprise, and quipped that Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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 should be called "America's Macau". The president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation predicted on February 12, 2007 that Macau has topped that of the Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas Strip

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and will more than double again by 2010.

History

The casino opened on May 18, 2004 at a cost of $240 million. All of the mortgage bonds that were issued to finance construction were paid off in May 2005. In 2006, the casino completed an expansion increasing the casino from 165000 sq ft (15,329 m²) to 229000 sq ft (21,274.8 m²).
A new hotel tower opened in late 2007, bringing the property's total room count to 289.

External links

• Sands Macao's website