Cotai Strip breaks earth in Macao

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-03-02 10:33

(L to R) Symon Bridle, Chief Operating Officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Stephen Weaver, President Asian Region of Las Vegas Sands Corp, Miriam Adelson and her husband Sheldon G. Adelson, chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., William P.Weidner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and Matthew Fry, Vice-president of Acquisitions and Development of Starwood Asia Pacific, attend the ground breaking ceremony of the Cotai Strip in Macau March 1, 2007. The Cotai Strip is a a section of reclaimed land that developers are fashioning into a Vegas-like string of casinos, shopping malls, hotels and theaters, which will include the Shangri-La Hotel, Traders and Starwood hotel brands, Sheraton Hotel and St.Regis Hotel.[Reuters]