LAS VEGAS, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas Sands
Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and the Adelson Family Foundation today announced
they are establishing a $4 million
relief fund in memory of the people who lost their lives in the
Las Vegas mass shooting, as well
as honoring the courageous victims, festival-goers, first
responders and medical professionals who joined together to save
lives.
Sands Cares, the global corporate giving program of Las Vegas
Sands, and the Adelson Family Foundation, the charitable giving
entity of Dr. Miriam Adelson and Las
Vegas Sands Chairman and Founder Sheldon G.
Adelson, will each contribute $2
million to organizations providing aid to victims and their
families, as well as to support and reinforce our city's resources
to respond to crisis and disaster situations.
"No amount of financial resources will erase this terrible
tragedy or bring back those who lost their lives because of it,"
the Adelsons said. "To honor the memories of those lost, we
must help rebuild the lives of people impacted and provide
much-needed support to the organizations helping in that effort.
Las Vegas is our home and on
behalf of every single Las Vegas Sands Team Member and the Adelson
family, we pledge to do everything we can to bring our community
together, provide support for the victims and their families, and
ensure Las Vegas remains the
strong and vibrant city it has always been."
The Sands Cares/Adelson Family Las Vegas United Relief
Fund extends other company resources provided since the
shooting, including in-kind facility and hotel room accommodations
for victims and displaced hotel guests, food and water supplies for
blood donors, and grief counseling services for affected Las Vegas
Sands Team Members.
About Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the world's pre-eminent
developer and operator of world-class Integrated Resorts that
feature luxury hotels; best-in-class gaming; retail; dining and
entertainment; Meetings, Incentives, Convention and Exhibition
(MICE) facilities; and many other business and leisure
amenities. We pioneered the MICE-driven Integrated Resort, a
unique, industry-leading and extremely successful model that serves
both the business and leisure tourism markets.
Our properties include The Venetian and The Palazzo resorts and
Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Sands
Bethlehem in Eastern Pennsylvania,
and the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Through majority ownership in Sands
China Ltd., LVS owns a portfolio of properties on the Cotai Strip
in Macao, including The Venetian
Macao, The Plaza and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Sands Cotai Central
and The Parisian Macao, as well as the Sands Macao on the
Macao Peninsula.
LVS is dedicated to being a good corporate citizen, anchored by
the core tenets of delivering a great working environment for our
more than 50,000 team members worldwide, driving impact through its
Sands Cares corporate giving program and leading innovation with
the company's award-winning Sands ECO360° global sustainability
program. To learn more, please visit www.sands.com.
Contact:
Ron Reese
(702) 414-3607
Kristin Koca
(702) 414-3218
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