The Las Vegas chapter of the Israeli-American Council held a drive-through lighting of Ner Neshama in remembrance of the resort developer, who died Jan. 11 at age 87.
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Dr. Miriam Adelson, the widow of the longtime Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman and CEO, eulogized him as someone who was irreplaceable.
The longtime CEO and chairman of Las Vegas Sands Corp., who died Monday at age 87, had strong ties to Israel.
The Venetian Ristorante was for generations a popular dinner hang on the corner of Sahara Avenue and Jones Boulevard. The Venetian resort opened on the Strip in 1999.
Politicians and others recalled Sheldon Adelson’s love of country as well as his philanthropy a day after the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. died at age 87.
Sheldon Adelson, who died Monday at age 87, seized an opportunity in the late 1970s to capitalize on the then-fledgling personal computer industry.
“Sheldon was the love of my life. He was my partner in romance, philanthropy, political activism and enterprise. He was my soul mate.”
The Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman and CEO, who pioneered integrated resorts on the Strip and in Asia, had been fighting non-Hodgkin lymphoma for two years.