Sands' $5.5 bln bet on Singapore looks to be paying off

Reuters, 23 Jun 2010
SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters) - Las Vegas Sands' bet on gambling-wary Singapore may be paying off. The world's most valuable casino firm said its $5.5 billion casino resort in the city state is on track to draw up to 150,000 visitors a day once things are in full swing, the highest number for any of its properties worldwide.
The casino itself, the second in Singapore after Genting's Resorts World on the resort island of Sentosa, is seeing 25,000 visitors a day, above Las Vegas Sands' expectations, officials said on Wednesday. Full Story

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