Sheldon Gary Adelson was an American businessman, investor, political donor, and philanthropist. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operated The Venetian Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center before selling the properties in early 2022. He owned the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, the Israeli weekly newspaper Makor Rishon, and the American daily newspaper the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Adelson in 2019
The Palazzo, Las Vegas
The Venetian Macau, the seventh-largest building in the world by floor space
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, the twelfth-most expensive building in the world
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is an American casino and resort company with corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was founded by Sheldon G. Adelson and his partners out of the Sands Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The Sands was demolished and redeveloped as The Venetian, opening in 1999. An adjacent resort, The Palazzo, opened in 2007. Both resorts were sold in 2022.
A Sands Boeing 747SP aircraft, this aircraft would be damaged beyond repair in an aircraft hangar collsion caused by Hurricane Laura in 2020.
A Sands Boeing 737-300 approaching Singapore Changi Airport
Image: Sands
Image: Venetian Macau
