LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Sands plans to spend about $1 billion to add 4,100 rooms to its Venetian casino here, which would make it the world s largest hotel, said Sands President, William Weidner. Sands would add 1,100 rooms to the Venetian in 2002, Weidner said, and star t work on a 3,000-room hotel building on the property later that year. The Venetian would then have more than 7,000 rooms, surpassing MGM Grand s 5,034 rooms to become the world s biggest hotel.
Weidner said the 3,000-room hotel wouldn t follow the same design as the existing Venetian casino. “The idea is to try to create another experience,” giving people “new reasons” to visit Las Vegas, said Weidner. (2/7/01)
SOURCE:Bloomberg News