Friday, August 25, 2006

Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced that the Sands Macao, the first
western-operated casino in Asia, has completed the expansion of its casino
floor. The total casino area now measures over 229,000 square feet, and the
740 tables now on the casino floor position the Sands Macao as the largest
casino in the world. "The Sands Macao continues to outpace the competition
by offering an entertainment experience not found anywhere else in Asia,"
stated Bradley H. Stone, executive vice president of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
"Reaching this extraordinary milestone clearly establishes us as a leader in
the region." The completion of the gaming floor expansion adds more than
64,000 square feet of gaming space spanning three floors of the casino area.
The expansion allows the Sands Macao to accommodate an additional 273 gaming
tables -- a 58% increase -- and 365 slot machines. The total area of casino
space now houses an unprecedented 740 table games and 1,254 slot machines --
all designed specifically for the Asian market. "The Sands Macao has
welcomed more than 20 million visitors since it opened in May 2004 as the
first Las Vegas style casino in Macao," said Mark Brown, president of the
Sands Macao. "The expansion will allow us to provide additional gaming
options for our guests, while at the same time enticing new customers to
visit our property. We are particularly enthused that the expansion will
enable us to serve a larger portion of the highly profitable and rapidly
expanding mass table game and slot markets. Our new table game capacity is
aimed squarely at that mass market segment, and has allowed us to expand our
mass table game capacity by nearly 70 percent." Mr. Stone added, "Looking
ahead, the opening of The Venetian Macao next year will mark the presence of
the first true Las Vegas-style Integrated Resort in Macao and will be
followed by the opening of the rest of the Cotai Strip(TM) -- which will
provide visitors an experience not replicated anywhere else in Asia."