Sheldon Adelson remembered as philanthropist, patriot

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon G. Adelson, who died Monday evening, was remembered Tuesday by leaders and others, who recalled his enterprise acumen, his love of nation and his philanthropy.

President Donald Trump: “Sheldon lived the true American dream. His ingenuity, genius and creativity earned him immense wealth, however his character and philanthropic generosity (earned him) his nice identify. Sheldon was additionally a staunch supporter of our nice ally, the state of Israel. He tirelessly advocated for the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, the popularity of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and the pursuit of peace between Israel and its neighbors. Sheldon was true to his household, his nation and all those who knew him. The world has misplaced an excellent man. He shall be missed.”

Former President George W. Bush: Adelson “battled his manner out of a tricky Boston neighborhood to construct a profitable enterprise that loyally employed tens of hundreds — and entertained tens of millions. He was an American patriot, a beneficiant benefactor of charitable causes and a powerful supporter of Israel. He shall be missed by many, none greater than his beloved household.”

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel: “Sheldon’s nice actions to strengthen Israel’s place within the U.S. and to strengthen ties between Israel and the diaspora shall be remembered for generations.

“We’ll ceaselessly bear in mind Sheldon and his nice contribution to Israel and the Jewish folks.”

Former U.S. Senate Majority Chief Harry Reid: “Few folks have had such important an impression on the resort and gaming trade and on Nevada’s economic system as Sheldon Adelson. He got here to Las Vegas as a grasp of the conference enterprise. Adelson grew to become considered one of Nevada’s giants in gaming, conventions and hospitality. He was instrumental in reworking Las Vegas into the enduring vacation spot it’s at present.”

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak: “Sheldon was a person who believed in, succeeded in and invested in daring and daring concepts that modified the state of Nevada.

“For me, in these tough occasions, one act stands above all. Regardless of struggling important financial losses because of the international pandemic, the shutdowns and restricted enterprise as a result of mitigation protocols, Sheldon made a dedication to maintain all of his Las Vegas workers paid and insured. That dedication helped preserve hundreds of Nevadans afloat throughout probably the most tough of months, and Sheldon’s dedication won’t ever be forgotten.”

Sen. Jacky Rosen: “Sheldon and Miriam’s efforts to fight dependancy and substance abuse within the Silver State modified the lives of many. As Jewish leaders, we additionally shared a deep concern for the rise in anti-Semitism and joined efforts to assist fight hate.”

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto: “Sheldon Adelson’s imaginative and prescient helped rework Las Vegas from a small desert metropolis right into a world-class tourism vacation spot. The Silver State’s huge enterprise, leisure and conference industries are what they’re at present due to his life’s work and his dedication to constructing a Las Vegas that may cater to everybody from entrepreneurs to worldwide vacationers.”

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee: “I’m saddened to listen to of Sheldon Adelson’s passing. He was a gaming big who helped form fashionable Las Vegas and employed hundreds of Las Vegas households for many years. Most of all, I respect his and his household’s invaluable investments in our neighborhood, from opening clinics to assist these fighting opioid abuse to founding the Adelson Academic Campus, a vibrant college that’s now a cornerstone of the Las Vegas Jewish neighborhood. His legacy will most actually reside on in each nook of Southern Nevada.”

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford: “Sheldon Adelson left an simple mark on Las Vegas. Via his huge philanthropic efforts, he created new instructional alternatives for Southern Nevada’s kids and helped hundreds of teenagers and adults fighting opioid dependancy overcome their sickness. His legacy will reside on by the Adelson Academic Campus and the Adelson Clinic, and Nevadans will proceed to profit from his generosity.”

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus: “Sheldon Adelson helped make Las Vegas a prime worldwide journey vacation spot. He performed a key function in making our metropolis a premier sports activities city. I hope the Adelson household will keep on his philanthropic legacy, and I’m considering of them of their time of grief.”

Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Clark County Fee chair: “We’re grateful for therefore most of the great contributions he has made to our neighborhood. He was dedicated to our veterans and Nellis households throughout the valley and to preventing opioid dependancy, assisted his crew members with constructing quite a few neighborhood gardens and has lengthy been a pillar of Nevada’s Jewish neighborhood.”

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman: “Past the general public picture and a Horatio Alger rise, Sheldon Adelson took Las Vegas to a brand new stage of limitless tourism and conference success by bringing Comdex (CES) into actuality and constructing a 5 star hotel-casino empire. Little-known however of huge impression in our metropolis was his huge philanthropy and generosity. Mr. Adelson was a caring and non secular man who quietly made lives a lot stronger and significant.”

Nevada Senate Majority Chief Nicole Cannizzaro: “Sheldon Adelson constructed one of many world’s most recognizable gaming manufacturers, and his impression has been felt throughout Las Vegas and around the globe. It was heartening to many Nevada households that when the COVID disaster closed our resorts and casinos, he continued payroll and advantages for hundreds of workers within the face of inauspicious financial circumstances. He and Dr. Adelson’s private generosity led to the founding of the Adelson Clinic, which has helped many Nevadans by the tough street to restoration from substance abuse during the last 20 years.”

Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell: “Our nation misplaced a exceptional American with the passing of my good friend Sheldon Adelson. Sheldon constructed an unimaginable life and profession. He climbed from sleeping on tenement flooring in the course of the Nice Melancholy as a younger boy to actually towering over Las Vegas and past. He created numerous jobs within the course of. And he poured his success into philanthropy — from drug abuse remedy to analysis into most cancers and different illnesses to the numerous Jewish causes around the globe that have been particularly near his coronary heart.”

Nevada Legal professional Normal Aaron Ford: “Sheldon Adelson is a person who has served our neighborhood in some ways: He was a pioneer within the on line casino and conference trade, a talented businessman and a philanthropist who funded a faculty, medical analysis and numerous different causes.

“Via his deeds, Mr. Adelson has left a long-lasting mark on our neighborhood, and our Nevada household is grateful for his contributions.”

Former Sen. Norm Coleman, nationwide chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition, and Matt Brooks, govt director of the coalition: “Now we have misplaced one of the vital consequential figures in American Jewish historical past: an American patriot, a devoted defender of Israel, a unprecedented philanthropist and an expensive mentor and good friend.

“His loss of life leaves an empty place the place a vibrant, dedicated and caring man as soon as stood.”

Michael McDonald, chairman of the Nevada Republican Get together: “Mr. Adelson was an excellent businessman, a devoted philanthropist, a patriot and an excellent Nevadan. His generosity and kindness was spectacular and far appreciated by those who he helped. His life story and legacy are actually that of the American dream, and he shall be sorely missed in our neighborhood.”

Invoice Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Affiliation: “As we speak’s passing of Sheldon Adelson is an amazing loss to the gaming neighborhood. Mr. Adelson, founder and chairman of Las Vegas Sands, was a real visionary and pioneer of contemporary on line casino gaming for greater than three a long time. From Las Vegas and Pennsylvania to Macao and Singapore, his mark is indelible.”

John T. Moran Jr., chairman of the Nevada Gaming Fee: “As a younger lawyer, I bear in mind watching Sheldon as he constructed his unimaginable empire in Las Vegas. He was a visionary and have become one of many stable and necessary foundational blocks of the gaming trade. He at all times took care of his workers and acknowledged they have been the necessary spine of his gaming enterprise.”

Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority: “Sheldon was a visionary entrepreneur and performed a pivotal function, as each a buyer after which as a resort developer, in establishing Las Vegas because the pre-eminent conference and assembly vacation spot on the earth. He additionally noticed the promise of what a premier stadium would imply to this metropolis and was the driving pressure behind that venture. On behalf of the LVCVA, I want to specific my deepest sympathies to Dr. Adelson, their kids and grandchildren and to your entire Las Vegas Sands household.”

Virginia Valentine, president of the Nevada Resort Affiliation: “We’re deeply saddened to study of the passing of Mr. Sheldon Adelson, an trade icon, devoted philanthropist and extraordinary entrepreneur who formed Las Vegas into the No. 1 commerce present and conference vacation spot it’s at present.”

Derek Stevens, proprietor of three downtown Las Vegas hotel-casinos: “It is a unhappy day for Las Vegas. Mr. Adelson introduced a lot innovation and capital to Las Vegas. He personally saved LVS afloat after 9/11 and created so many roles in our valley. His management shall be missed.”

Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Client Know-how Affiliation: “I’m unhappy to listen to the information of Sheldon Adelson’s passing, and we at CTA ship our condolences to his household. Now we have misplaced a legend.”

Invoice Hornbuckle, CEO of MGM Resorts Worldwide: “Sheldon Adelson helped form the trendy period of gaming and hospitality in Las Vegas, Asia and around the globe. His imaginative and prescient and improvements outlined what was doable and helped make Las Vegas, Macao and different cities the enduring locations they’re at present. A philanthropic big, his deep generosity and innumerable contributions had an amazing impression in Las Vegas and around the globe.”

Mary Beth Sewald, president and CEO of the Vegas Chamber: “Nobody formed modern-day Las Vegas greater than Sheldon Adelson. From reworking the conference trade and creating two of Las Vegas’ most iconic resorts to turning into a global chief in sustainability practices and supporter of the women and men who’ve served our nation within the navy, he leaves a legacy that few, if any, will ever match.”

Jan Jones Blackhurst, Caesars Leisure Inc. board member and Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority board member: “Sheldon was actually a large amongst males. He had imaginative and prescient, energy, dedication and was a driving pressure behind making town of Las Vegas one of the vital vibrant conference and hospitality locations on the earth. All of us within the gaming trade owe a debt of gratitude to Sheldon for seeing, believing and serving to to construct our neighborhood. His management and generosity shall be enormously missed.”

Jim Murren, former chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts Worldwide: “Sheldon Adelson was an iconic fixture in Las Vegas. He got here from humble beginnings, forcefully working his option to change into considered one of America’s most profitable businessmen. Sheldon was difficult, a examine in contrasts. He was powerful and pugnacious but conversely he could possibly be sort and philanthropic. His imprint on Las Vegas, Macao and Singapore shall be everlasting, and his legacy assured as one of many hospitality trade’s pioneers.”

Keith Smith, president and CEO of Boyd Gaming Corp.: “Sheldon Adelson was a tremendously profitable enterprise chief, and the impression he had on our metropolis and our trade shall be felt for a very long time to come back. Extra necessary, nonetheless, was Sheldon’s lifelong dedication to giving again to others and the highly effective instance he set along with his philanthropy.”

Marilyn Spiegel, president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore and vice chair of the Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority, who opened Tuesday’s board assembly with a second of silence to honor Adelson: “Sheldon was a visionary entrepreneur who got here to our metropolis within the late ’80s with an thought of what could possibly be and had the fortitude to construct it. I believe we are able to all agree that our metropolis and our state is such a greater place due to Sheldon Adelson.”

Tom Reeg, CEO of Caesars Leisure Inc.: “Sheldon Adelson was a visionary who undeniably formed our trade. From championing the nascent conference enterprise, which has change into one of many pillars of Las Vegas as we all know it at present, to being the primary to develop resort-style gaming in Macao, the impression of Adelson’s entrepreneurial imaginative and prescient and ambition is indelible. It could have been matched solely by his dedication to his household and neighborhood.”

Gary Carano, govt chairman of Caesars’ board of administrators: “There are however few males like Sheldon Adelson on this world. Few have the tenacity and the chance to form industries and communities. Sheldon had these in spades. A Las Vegas visionary, a global enterprise magnate and a passionate philanthropist, Sheldon leaves a legacy of dedication, acuity and generosity. His impression in Nevada and around the globe will reverberate for years to come back.”

Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, CEO and vice chairman of Pink Rock Resorts Inc., respectively:“Via his entrepreneurial spirit and imaginative and prescient, Sheldon helped encourage and rework Las Vegas into the world-class vacation spot it’s at present. Sheldon was and can at all times be a legend within the gaming trade. Not solely did he construct unimaginable resorts for the enjoyment of his friends, he unequivocally set the bar when it got here to caring for his crew members. He acknowledged {that a} property is just pretty much as good as its crew.”

Steve Wynn, former chairman and CEO and co-founder of Wynn Resorts Ltd.: “Sheldon Adelson’s unimaginable success as a businessman is well-known and distinctive, however his generosity to folks in want, his philanthropy and his dedication to the welfare of his workers is proof of character and humanity that brings credit score to the trade by which he prospered. Particularly for his humanity, I used to be proud to be his good friend and to accord him my utmost respect. He shall be missed and unimaginable to switch.”