instead of all the gambling concerns on macau run by this random guy, the chinese decided instead they were going to open up their gambling capital of the world to foreign developers, namely to vegas developers. to two developers from las vegas in 1999. within five years of that decision, macau s first vegas casino had the grand opening called the sands in macau. here s what it looked like when it happened. when sands of las vegas opened its doors, they were deluged with customers. somebody was describing that tape before i saw it, and they were like it s a bralg crowd. let me see it first. oh, my gosh. the casino isn t that spectacular of a casino, but as you can tell from the crowds on opening day, it did the trick. within two years that same vegas developer just two years later