Innovation through the years
A timeline of Adelson’s business successes and philanthropic efforts
1933
Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1940s
Starts business career selling newspapers, candy.
1950s
Joins U.S. military, serves during Korean War.
1960s
Thrives as entrepreneur, launching multiple businesses.
1970
Developed and launched Comdex trade show.
1989
Buys Sands hotel-casino on Las Vegas
Strip.
1990
Sands Expo and Convention Center opens.
1991
Sheldon and Miriam marry.
1993
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation is founded.
Review-joural file
Adelsons open drug abuse clinic in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1995
Comdex is sold, giving Adelson capital to build The Venetian.
1999
The Venetian opens on the Strip.
2000
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment and
Research is founded in Las Vegas.
2007
Israel Hayom publishes first edition. Venetian Macao, Palazzo open. Adelson Family Foundation is established.
2008
Adelson Educational Campus, Plaza Macao open.
2009
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem opens in Pennsylvania.
2010 2004
Las Vegas Sands Corp. goes public. Sands Macao opens.
2006
Marina Bay Sands opens in Singapore. 2012
Sands Cotai Central opens.
2015
Las Vegas Review-journal purchased.
2016
Adelson announces partnership with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis to move the NFL franchise into a new stadium in Las
Vegas. Parisian Macao opens.
2017
Company unveils plans to transform Sands Cotai Central into the Londoner. Adelson exits Raiders partnership; team proceeds with stadium construction with different funding.
2019
Sands announces Adelson
Las Vegas resorts shut down for 78 days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Las Vegas Sands pays its 10,000 workers and the 1,200 employees working in the resorts’ 14 third-party restaurants for the entire closure.
2021
is undergoing treatment for non-hodgkin lymphoma but will remain at the helm of the company. Sands sells Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
2020
Adelson takes a medical leave of absence from Sands to resume his cancer fight. He died Monday at age 87.