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Sands To Build Eurovegas

AIR DATE: September 11, 2012
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Las Vegas Sands has announced a deal to spend $20 billion building a casino complex including six casinos, twelve hotels and three golf courses near Madrid.  The project has aroused an unusual coalition of opponents - left-wing activists and Catholic bishops - who say the complex will bring problem gambling and bankruptcies. So can Las Vegas Sands repeat its success in building mega-resorts in Macau and Singapore? Or could this be more like Eurodisney?
 
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Howard Stutz, gaming reporter, LVRJ


    Sands To Build Eurovegas
    Spain will be bankrupt before this casino ...
    -Tom Hurst
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    Spain will be bankrupt before this casino complex is ever built, and, in any case, the Euro is well on the way to being a worthless currency. Overall, a foolish investment.
    Tom HurstSep 10, 2012 17:58:42 PM


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