Jun 29, 2010, ST IF YOU’VE seen the Ocean’s trilogy, you’ve watched George Clooney and gang rig slot machines in various casinos. But rest assured, the electronic gaming machines here in Singapore’s two casinos at Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands have been tested and verified by laboratories accredited by either the Singapore Accreditation [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2010’
A woman missed her shark fin soup
http://bubble-cast.com A woman from Hong Kong is upset at being told she can’t have shark fin soup, as no more killing of sharks. STOP FINNING!
Gross casino gaming revenue in S’pore may hit US$2.5b in 2011
25 June 2010 – CNA SINGAPORE : Casino operators are looking to cash in on the pent-up demand for casino entertainment in Asia. Analysts said the two casinos in Singapore could rake in US$2.5 billion in gross gaming revenue by 2011. But they cautioned that falling real estate prices in China may harm regional confidence [...]
MBS aims to change game
24 June 2010, ST THE Marina Bay Sands (MBS) integrated resort celebrated its opening on Wednesday with a lavish bash, but not before its owner made an even more glittering prediction: Just as the resort’s towers have transformed the skyline, the IR will ‘forever change’ Singapore’s image and give the country’s tourism industry a major [...]
25,000 visit Marina Bay Sands casino daily
24 June 2010 SINGAPORE : The casino at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) sees an average of 25,000 visitors every day – a third being Singaporeans. This was revealed at the official opening of Singapore’s second integrated resort (IR) on Wednesday. Marina Bay Sands refused to disclose revenue figures, only to say it is on track [...]
Sands eyes Greece, Spain, Italy for casinos
Reuters – Wednesday, June 23 SINGAPORE, June 22 – Las Vegas Sands <LVS.N>, the world’s most valuable casino firm, has held talks about building Las Vegas-style casino strips in Greece, Italy and Spain, CEO Sheldon Adelson said on Wednesday. Adelson, speaking at a news conference ahead of the formal opening of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, [...]
Adelson Ready to Settle With `Unreasonable’ Lawyers Over Singapore Casino
23 June 2010 Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson said his Singapore casino is ready to settle “any day they want” with the lawyers’ group that accused it of using their conference to hasten its gaming license. “We much rather make love than war,” Adelson said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Singapore. [...]
Singapore Gambles Low Crime Rate With $10.2 Billion Casino Push
23 June 2010 By Shamim Adam and Christian Schmollinger June 23 (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s casinos have attracted more than three million visitors, created thousands of jobs and spurred spending at hotels, restaurants and shopping malls. They’re also keeping the courts busy. Since the opening of Resorts World Sentosa in February and Marina Bay Sands in [...]
21 ‘spidermen’ to scale glass facade of MBS
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 my paper TEAMS of top rock climbers from around the world will compete to emerge as the best “Spidermen”, in a building-climbing contest – the first of its kind – to be held here. Tomorrow, 21 climbers will scale the glass facades of integrated resort Marina Bay Sands’ three 200m-tall towers [...]
The panoramic view of Singapore’s city-sea skyline at Marina Bay Sands’ SkyPark
SkyPark Fun Facts The length of the SkyPark is 340m. If the Eiffel Tower in Paris were laid on the ground, it would be shorter than that and the SkyPark’s 1.2ha rooftop garden is large enough to park 4 1/2 A-380 jumbo jets The 150m-long infinity pool, which overlooks the city’s skyline, is [...]
