LAS VEGAS, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- William P. Weidner, president of Las Vegas Sands Corp. , the world's largest gaming operator (based on market capitalization), issued the following statement today related to a request for proposal issued by the Unified Government Wyandotte County, Kansas:
Las Vegas Sands is pleased to announce that the company today submitted a proposal to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas outlining a vision of building a premier multi-use resort destination in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
With more than 50 million square feet of development underway worldwide, our company is uniquely qualified to take on the important challenge of expanding Wyandotte County's already burgeoning tourism infrastructure. Whether it is The Venetian in Las Vegas or any of our other developments, we have clearly demonstrated that our ability to conceive, build, and operate world-class destination resorts is incomparable on an international level.
Through our ability to fund large-scale projects and our massive network and expertise in the areas of hotel, entertainment, meetings and conventions, shopping, dining and gaming we are confident our proposal will stimulate increased tourism and become the type of landmark development that will make the entire Sunflower State proud.
In addition to our financial and development capabilities, we pride ourselves on our commitment to being active community partners in each community in which we operate. It is our honor to submit this proposal and we look forward to working with state and locals officials, and all Kansans, to help make this dream a reality.
Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are "forward looking" statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond the Company's control, which may cause material differences in actual results, performance or other expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to general economic conditions, competition, new ventures, government regulation, legalization of gaming, interest rates, future terrorist acts, insurance, and other factors detailed in the reports filed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ABOUT LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is one of the leading international developers of multi-use integrated resorts.
The Las Vegas, Nevada-based company owns and operates The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas and The Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel and the Sands Macao in the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region of Macao. The company is currently constructing three additional integrated resorts: The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas; Sands Bethworks(TM) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and The Marina Bay Sands(TM) in Singapore.
LVS is also creating The Cotai Strip(TM), a master-planned development of resort-casino properties in Macao. Additionally, the company is working with the Zhuhai Municipal People's Government of the PRC to master-plan the development of a leisure resort and convention complex on Hengqin Island in the PRC.
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