Ceremonial Dragon Dance kicked off the Chinese New Year Celebrations today at The Venetian and The Palazzo where Dr. Miriam and Mr. Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the board for Las Vegas Sands Corp., painted the eyes of the majestic dragon, bringing it to life.
Dragon Dance During Chinese New Year At The Venetian and The Palazzo
128 Foot & 8,000 Lb Fire Breathing Dragon At The Palazzo
Chinese officials stopped casino license approval in The Enclave of Macau. For the first quarter of this year Macau has $3.8 billion in gaming revenue compared to $1.2 billion from gamblers in Las Vegas, Nevada real estate. Last year Macau took $10.3 billion from gamblers.
Interesting Macau would do such a move based on their current revenue compared to Las Vegas gaming revenue.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. plans new 1.2 million square feet convention center by 2010. The Sands Expo and Convention complex is poised for a complete replacement for an estimated total of $680 million. Since Las Vegas real estate is a leading destination for convention planners and some of the largest conventions in the country including consumer electronics, footwear and home furnishings, the 18 year old location needs the expanded and superior facilities to host the increased conventions, 45 of the top 200 America’s top trade shows in Las Vegas, NV.
Palazzo Las Vegas NV hotel will have partial opening December 20. Update 12/19: The opening has been moved to Dec. 28. Update 12/28: The opening has been moved to Jan. 17, 2008. The grand opening of the strip hotel will happen some time mid January. The Las Vegas hotel reservation system will be available December 28, 2007 for room bookings.
The Palazzo Las Vegas hotel partial opening on December 28, will include the hotel portion of the 3,060 room hotel, casino and restaurants on the Strip adjacent to the Wynn.
Ivana Trump Las Vegas real estate sold to Arizona man for $47 million. The old Holy Cow Casino, Cafe and Brewery two acre site on the Las Vegas Strip has been sold.
The very expensive land is located across the multibillion dollar mega resort by MGM Mirage, Dubai World, Kerzner International Holdings Ltd and north of the Sahara casino. A casino license is possible at this location.
The 58 year old Arizona businessman and Las Vegas land owner is Steven Johnson. He is from Desert Mountain Renegade Golf Course community and doesn’t have a definite plan for the site.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. $2.4 billion Venetian Macau resort grand opening. The opening of this resort will more than double the hotel and casino capacity in China.
The expected result for building the Venetian is to change the travel from a day trip destination to a long term stay for all of Asia to experience.