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    Las Vegas Sands Sells The Venetian, Sands Expo For $6.25B

    Mar 03, 2021

    Las Vegas Sands is selling the Venetian casino resort and Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion.

    In the two-part deal, VICI Properties will buy the property and all assets associated with the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Sands Expo for $4 billion.

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    Gaming Roundup: What Will Become of Las Vegas Sands Without Sheldon Adelson

    Jan 27, 2021

    Questions abound for the gaming world just a month into an eventful winter. 

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    A Strip cultural legacy

    Jan 25, 2021

    Strip titan Sheldon Adelson deserves credit for expanding our vision of what Strip entertainment could be

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    Las Vegas Trade Shows, Resorts, Politics All Transformed By Adelson

    Jan 12, 2021

    During 40 years in Las Vegas, Sheldon Adelson transformed the trade show and resort industries and Nevada Republican politics.

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    Sheldon Adelson, Casino Mogul And GOP Power Broker, Dies

    Jan 12, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness.

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    Sheldon Adelson, with his wife, Miriam, talks with then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson before a 2017 speech by President Trump at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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    Sheldon Adelson, Conservative Donor And Casino Titan, Dies At 87

    Jan 12, 2021
    Adelson built a casino empire that stretched from Las Vegas to Singapore. His huge donations to conservative causes in the U.S. and Israel helped shape politics in both countries.
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    Casino Mogul, GOP Megadonor Adelson To Take Medical Leave

    Jan 08, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Sands announced Thursday that chairman Sheldon Adelson will take a medical leave after recently resuming cancer treatments.

    President and COO Robert G. Goldstein will take the post of acting CEO and chairman.

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    Las Vegas Sands Corp. In Early Talks To Sell Las Vegas Casinos

    Oct 28, 2020

    Las Vegas Sands Corporation is in the early stages of a discussion to sell its Las Vegas properties, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

    The company is looking to sell its Las Vegas assets for $6 billion.

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    GOP Megadonor Sheldon Adelson, Wife Finance Anti-Biden Group

    Oct 16, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

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    John L. Smith On The Spat Between Sheldon Adelson And Pres. Trump

    Aug 11, 2020

    Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, Nevada’s biggest political

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    Las Vegas Sands Will Continue To Pay All Employees Through October

    Jul 31, 2020

    Las Vegas Sands says it will continue to pay its employees through at least Oct. 31, even as the coronavirus pandemic means most of them are not working.

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    Adelson Expected To Donate At Least $100 Million To Help Re-Elect Pres. Trump

    Feb 11, 2020

    Casino owner Sheldon Adelson is expected to donate at least $100 million to help re-elect Donald Trump and Republican congressional candidates according to three Republican fundraisers.

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    Case Against Netanyahu Includes Billionaire Witnesses

    Dec 04, 2019

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general on Monday officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, laying out a sweeping case in which over 300 people, including a number of well-known billionaires, could be called to testify.

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    Las Vegas Sun Publisher Challenges Casino Owner, GOP Donor Adelson On Gun Control

    Aug 13, 2019

    Last week, the FBI arrested a Las Vegas man for encrypted online threats ag

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    Vegas Sands Report Suggests Settlement Amount In Macau Case

    Apr 18, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract dispute with a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

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    Vegas Sands-Macau Dealmaker Settle 15-Year Case

    Mar 15, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A settlement has ended a long-running breach-of-contract battle between U.S. casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a Hong Kong businessman who helped it open its first casino in Macau in 2004.

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    Wynn Resorts’ Record Fine Leads A Momentous Month For The Gaming Industry

    Mar 12, 2019

    There’s never a dull moment in the gaming industry, and the past few weeks have been no exception.

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    John L. Smith On The Shake-Up On The Strip

    Mar 05, 2019

    The news that casino king Sheldon Adelson is being treated for a form of cancer is just the latest story to shake up the gaming industry.

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    Jury Selection Begins In Vegas Sands Lawsuit Worth Millions

    Mar 04, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection has begun for a trial to determine how much casino corporation Las Vegas Sands Corp.
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    Las Vegas Sands Said To Be In 'Good Hands' As CEO Battles Cancer

    Mar 02, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson is battling cancer, but industry analysts and his Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Friday said the gambling empire he founded and helms has the personnel to guide it through the health crisis.

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    Las Vegas Sands Said In 'Good Hands' As CEO Battles Cancer

    Mar 01, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson is battling cancer, but industry analysts say the company he founded and helms has the personnel to guide it through the health crisis.
     
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    Trump To Honor Donor's Wife With Presidential Award

    Nov 16, 2018
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Miriam Adelson is a doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian, but is perhaps best known as the wife of Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino magnate considered one of the nation's most powerful Republican donors.
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    Elvis Presley (1935-1977) is one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, known the world over for his music and rockabilly sound. Over the course of his career, Presley earned three Grammy Awards, starred in 31 films and sold more than a billion
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    Viva Las Vegas: Elvis, Adelson To Be Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom

    Nov 16, 2018
    President Trump is awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to seven people Friday, including Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth and GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson.
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    The Growing Influence of Sheldon Adelson

    Oct 24, 2018

    Sheldon Adelson is one of the most recognizable names in the casino industry as the CEO of Las Vegas Sands, and he’s also a powerful political player.  

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    Sheldon And Miriam Adelson Gave Millions To Republican Congressional Committee

    Aug 21, 2018

    Las Vegas Sands chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, and his wife Miriam, gave the National Republican Congressional Committee $25 million last month, according to federal filings.

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