All rooms have at least some view of the water and the Marina Bay Sands behemoth on the other side.

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Marina Bay Sands attracted more than 11 million visitors whereas its rival Genting Singapore attracted more than 15 million visitors in 2010.

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It is Asia-meets-Las Vegas at the enormous, eye-catching and now iconic 2, 561-room Marina Bay Sands on the eastern edge of the CBD.

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The Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Venetian casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, opened Marina Bay Sands in Singapore in April.

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Rich out-of-towners play at Singapore's two glamorous new casino resorts, opened in 2010, including the Marina Bay Sands complex with its celebrity chef restaurants and an infinity pool on the 57th floor with palm trees overlooking the skyline.

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In 2010, LVS brought the Marina Bay Sands to Singapore, a destination that is on pace to bring in more gaming revenue than Las Vegas this year and slip into second place behind Macau in terms of money spent on gambling.

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"Rich people can have fun anywhere, " he says, as the sound of a Ferrari zooming past distracts his train of thought, while he directs a stream of models, designers and fashion writers coursing through a tent next to the Marina Bay Sands, where his fashion show is being held.

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With the casino complete, the resort features a 2, 561-room hotel, a 1, 300, 000-square-foot (120, 000 m2) convention-exhibition centre, the 800, 000-square-foot (74, 000 m2) The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, an iconic ArtScience museum, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1, 600 slot machines.

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