Sands Macao

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casino=Sands Macao | native_name = {{nativename|yue|金沙娛樂場}}
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theme= Desert |

location=Sé, Macau|

logo=Sandsmacao.png|

logo_size=100|

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rooms=289 |

date_opened={{start date and age|May 18, 2004}}|

space_gaming={{convert|229000|sqft|abbr=on}}|

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owner=Las Vegas Sands|

architect=AedasFar East Global Group Listing. [http://www.fareastglobal.com/en/project/projectlist/macao/] Retrieved 8 January 2008. |

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Sands Macao ({{zh|c=金沙娛樂場}}) is a hotel and casino resort located in Sé, Macau, SAR - China. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and was designed by Steelman Partners, LLP.[http://www.paulsteelman.com/ Steelman Partners LLP] It comprises a {{convert|229000|sqft|sp=us}} casino, and a 289-suite hotel.

Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson has said that his company will soon be a mainly Chinese enterprise, and 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 |work=Observer}} The president and chief operating officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation predicted on February 12, 2007 that Macau's gaming revenue has topped that of the Las Vegas Strip and will more than double again by 2010.{{cite news|url=https://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| date=2007-02-13}}

History

The casino opened on May 18, 2004 at a cost of $240 million{{Clarify|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}} In 2006, the casino completed an expansion increasing the casino from {{convert|165000|sqft|abbr=on}} to {{convert|229000|sqft|abbr=on}}.{{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}}

A new hotel tower opened in late 2007, bringing the property's total room count to 289.{{cite news|author=Las Vegas Sands|title=Preview of Sands Macao Hotel Brings Boutique Hotel Chic to Macao|url=http://www.sands.com.mo/press_pdf/07_press/en/20070928%20Sands%20Hotel%20Opening%20Ceremony_ENG.pdf|accessdate=7 October 2011|date=28 September 2007}}