{{short description|Hotel and casino resort in Macau, China}} {{Infobox Casino| casino=Sands Macao | native_name = {{nativename|yue|金沙娛樂場}} <br>{{nativename|pt|Areias Macau}} | theme= Desert | location=Sé, Macau| logo=Sandsmacao.png| logo_size=100| image= Casino Sands, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 01.jpg | rooms=289 | date_opened={{start date and age|May 18, 2004}}| space_gaming={{convert|229000|sqft|abbr=on}}| attractions= | shows= | notable_restaurants= | owner=Las Vegas Sands| architect=Aedas<ref>Far East Global Group Listing. [http://www.fareastglobal.com/en/project/projectlist/macao/] Retrieved 8 January 2008.</ref> | casino_type=Land-based| renovations= | names_pre= | website={{nowrap|[http://www.sandsmacao.com/ Sands Macao]}}| }}
'''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.<ref>[http://www.paulsteelman.com/ Steelman Partners LLP<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It comprises a {{convert|229000|sqft|sp=us}} casino, and a 289-suite hotel.
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2006, the casino completed an expansion increasing the casino from {{convert|165000|sqft|abbr=on}} to {{convert|229000|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{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|archive-date=2014-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020060019/http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gambling-news/casino-gambling/sands_macao_now_the_biggest_casino_in_the_world_7385.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
At the time of its opening, Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson had said that his company would soon be a mainly Chinese enterprise, and that Las Vegas should be called "America's Macau".<ref>{{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}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
A new hotel tower opened in late 2007, bringing the property's total room count to 289.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Sands.JPG|Sands Macao in 2005 File:Sands Macau 2009.jpg|Sands Macao in 2009 File:Sands macau night.JPG|Sands Macao at night File:Macau Fisherman s Wharf Sands Casino Mo707 noon.JPG|Fisherman’s Wharf File:Sands Casino Macao.JPG|View of resort File:MC 澳門半島 Sands Macao 澳門金沙 Casio interior in red Nov 2016 SSG 02.jpg|Inside the casino in 2016 File:MC 澳門金沙 Sands Macao hotel lobby interior 酒店大堂 Nov 2016 Lnv 01.jpg|Inside the lobby </gallery>
==See also== {{commons category|Sands Macao}} * Gambling in Macau * Sands Hotel and Casino * List of integrated resorts
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.sandsmacao.com/}}
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