SINGAPORE, April 26 (BestGrowthStock) – Las Vegas Sands (LVS.N: ) is
scheduled to open the Marina Bay Sands, the world’s No.2 most
expensive casino with a price tag of $5.5 billion, on Tuesday.
The cost of building casinos has skyrocketted in recent
years as firms build hotels, convention centres and retail and
entertainment outlets in one integrated resort.
Following is a list of the world’s costliest casino
developments: OPERATOR CASINO
CITY
COST
(Billion) MGM Mirage (MGM.N: )
CityCenter Las Vegas
$8.5 bln Las Vegas Sands (LVS.N: ) Marina Bay Sands
Singapore
$5.5 bln Genting Singapore(GENS.SI: ) Resorts World
Singapore
$4.8 bln
at Sentosa Wynn Resorts
(WYNN.O: ) Wynn LasVegas Las Vegas
$2.7 bln Las Vegas Sands Venetian Macau
Macau
$2.4 bln Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL.O: ) City of Dreams
Macau
$2.1 bln MGM Mirage/ MGM Macau
Macau
$1.25bln Pansy Ho
Wynn Resorts Wynn Macau
Macau
$1.1 bln * data compiled by Reuters * some figures are
converted to dollars from local currency
Stock Investing
(Reporting by Clement
Quek; Editing by Kevin Lim and Valerie Lee)
FACTBOX-Singapore casinos are among the world’s costliest
