Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2019年11月亞博匯 60 2019 POWER 50 COULD it be that the increased role undertaken by Rob Goldstein at Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) in 2019 has provided a glimpse into the company’s future? With Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson having had limited involvement in the day-to-day operations of LVS this year due to illness – the company revealed in March that the 86-year-old had been undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – it has been left to Goldstein and Adelson’s son-in-law Patrick Dumont to fill the void. And despite the founder’s absence, it’s been business as usual for the global gaming giant with 2Q19 net revenue rising 0.9% year-on-year to US$3.33 billion and operating income by 12.2% to US$894 million. Certainly the company’s global ambitions haven’t slowed at all in 2019. In April, LVS announced that it had reached an agreement with the Singapore Tourism Board to embark on a US$3.3 billion expansion of its hugely successful Singapore IR, Marina Bay Sands. More recently it clarified its Japan ambitions by pulling out of the race for Osaka and declaring its intention to pursue a license in Tokyo or Yokohama instead. And its Macau subsidiary, Sands China, has been active on multiple development fronts. Work is now well underway on the US$2.2 billion transformation of Sands Cotai Central into The Londoner Macao – Sands China’s third themed Macau resort set to feature scale replicas of famous British landmarks plus a 6,000-seat arena, British-inspired shops and restaurants, plus an extra 60 gaming tables and 300 slot machines. Central to the Sands Cotai Central revamp will be the conversion of the 1,200-room Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central into a 594-key luxury all-suite offering as part of the company’s long-term plan of targeting the lucrative ROBERT GOLDSTEIN CLAIMS TO FAME • Sheldon Adelson’s global deputy and enforcer • Has overseen key property openings in Las Vegas and Macau 名成事跡 • 蕭登．艾德森在全球業務中的副手及執行者 • 負責過在拉斯維加斯及澳門主要項目的開幕 7 PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Las Vegas Sands Corp 總裁兼首席營運總裁 拉斯維加斯金沙集團股份有限公司 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 2,668 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 8