Perhaps it’s time to leave the stock exchange and head for the casino
February 8th, 2010Looking to gamble? Go east young man
The most impressive building on earth is a casino! It’s the Venetian Macau and is owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation belonging to one of the world’s richest men, Sheldon Adelson. Built on the Cotai strip in Macau, the casino is currently the biggest in the world and a triumph of human architecture. It is also the third largest building in the world. Officially opened on 28 August 2008 The Venetian is part of an 8 part development that isn’t matched anywhere else on this planet.
The new Las Vegas?
In the future gamblers can spend their money not only in the massive Venetian, but also bed themselves in some other top class hotels, all within walking distance.
- The Venetian Macao
- Four Seasons Macau
- Far East Consortium
- City of Dreams
- Shangri-La and Traders
- Sheraton and St. Regis
- Hilton and Conrad
- Fairmont and Raffles
Construction is going on at a rapid pace and once this is all built it will be the largest strip of casinos anywhere, making the mighty Las Vegas blush with envy.
The Venetian Macau
The Venetian Macau is so huge that you could fit 90 Boeing 747 jumbo jets into it. Visitors will find 3,000 suites, 1,200,000 square feet of convention space, 1,600,000 square feet of retail shopping, 550,000 square feet of casino space – the largest in the world, housing 3,400 slot machines and 800 gambling tables. It includes a 15,000 seat arena for entertainment and sports events.
The gamblers
The hotel offers so much entertainment that you could while away there for weeks without being bored for a minute. Just make sure you take enough money with you. The hotel’s very own Paiza Club caters to the high rollers of society and a suite costs along the lines of HK$2,000 a night. But, and here’s the good news, if you are going to be gambling in the casino, you stay there for free for the time of your visit. Everyone’s wish is fulfilled free of charge. Paiza Club guests are supplied with their own butler, direct access to their suite, private gambling tables and its own reception and lobby. Staying at the Venetian Macau will put a new spin on travel and hotel accommodation for anybody that ever sets foot into this amazing building.
Adelson the Dropout
Sheldon Adelson grew up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a rough-and-tumble section of Boston, where his father drove a taxicab. He worked at a young age selling newspapers on local street corners and owned his first business by the time he was twelve. In the years that followed, he worked as a mortgage broker, investment adviser and financial consultant. He started a business selling toiletry kits, and in the 1960s he started a charter tours business with two friends. Today he is on the Forbes list of the world’s richest.
Tags: Casinos, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Macau
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Housing is back; I need a Payday Loan to get started
February 7th, 2010I’ve seen our dream cottage
That gorgeous little cottage at the end of Maple Street is on the market and Marcie and I are determined to buy it. All I need to get started on this complicated operation is a payday loan to get me through the first few weeks of heavy expenses.
Fairytale cottage
That cottage comes straight out of a fairytale book. It’s white, it’s neat and it has a colorful garden with a bright green lawn and a white picket fence. The windows have those small panes and the frames are painted a lilac color. There is a chimney on the roof; I wonder if the fireplace works? I’ll find out next winter when we’re living there.
We dreamed the cottage dream
From the day we married, Marcie and I have talked about ‘our cottage’. How it will look, what it will have inside, what color we’ll paint the baby’s room, the pictures we’ll hang, the furniture…. We saved wherever we could, giving up on goodies and pleasures and keeping the money in our special ‘cottage account’. We stopped going to the movies and we gave up the steakhouse. Our cottage fund grew by leaps and bounds. I took the night job at the motel reception desk and Marcie worked extra shifts at the hospital. Soon the cottage was in sight.
I took a Payday Loan
We finally saw the cottage we wanted. It wasn’t exactly the one in our dream, but close. I took a payday loan and we hired an engineer to inspect the property before we made an offer. His report was bad; the ground was clay, the foundations were poor and the house had two cracks that you could put your fingers into. We ran for our lives.
The market collapses
Before we got our breaths back the subprime mortgage scandal hit and we decided to sit tight with our money. I repaid the Payday Loan and we kept adding to our cottage fund. We also started going to the movies again. Things got worse. I lost the night clerk job and nearly lost my day job as well. Marcie was safe in the hospital and the cottage receded into the mist.
Awakening time
Things are changing slowly but surely and there are signs that confidence is returning. The last few weeks has seen a revival of interest in the housing market and sales are taking place. We pricked up our ears and started driving around the suburbs.
There’s our cottage!
It was Marcie that saw it. She came running into the house at high speed, yelling “Mike! I saw our cottage! Come look!” We shot down there and one look confirmed that she was right.
We need a Payday Loan tomorrow
Tomorrow I will call the engineer to go and look. I will take another Payday Loan for his fees. We are determined to be in that cottage by the end of next month.
Tags: Cottage, Engineer, Mortgages, Payday Loan, Property market
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
