EXHIBIT 99.1
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M E D I A   R E L E A S E
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                        LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. ANNOUNCES
            PRICING OF SECONDARY STOCK OFFERING AT $50.25 PER SHARE

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Las  Vegas,  Nevada  March 13,  2006 /  PRNewswire-FirstCall  via  COMTEX  News
Network/ -- Las Vegas Sands Corp.  (NYSE: LVS) announced today the pricing of a
secondary stock offering of 55,000,000 shares of its common stock at $50.25 per
share. All of the shares are being offered by certain trusts for the benefit of
its principal  stockholder and his family.  To the extent that the underwriters
sell more than 55,000,000  shares of common stock,  the  underwriters  have the
option to purchase up to an  additional  8,250,000  shares of common stock from
the selling  stockholders  at the public  offering price less the  underwriting
discount.  All  of the  shares  will  be  sold  by  selling  stockholders  and,
accordingly,  Las Vegas Sands Corp.  will not  receive  any  proceeds  from the
offering.

Goldman,  Sachs & Co. acted as the sole  book-running  manager of the offering.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Jefferies & Company, Inc.,
Merrill  Lynch,  Pierce,  Fenner & Smith  Incorporated,  Morgan  Stanley & Co.,
Incorporated,  J.P. Morgan  Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC acted as the
co-managers in this offering.

The registration  statement relating to the public offering of shares of common
stock has been declared  effective by the Securities  and Exchange  Commission.
The offering of these  securities  will be made only by means of a  prospectus,
copies of which may be obtained from  Goldman,  Sachs & Co. at 85 Broad Street,
New York, NY 10004, Attention: Prospectus Department (Tel: 212-902-2171).


ABOUT LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.

Las Vegas  Sands Corp.  is a hotel,  resort,  gaming and  exhibition/convention
company  headquartered  in Las Vegas,  Nevada.  The company  owns The  Venetian
Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and  Convention  Center,  where it hosts
exhibitions and  conventions,  in Las Vegas and the Sands Macao in the People's
Republic of China Special  Administration  Region of Macao. The company is also
developing  additional  casino hotel resort  properties,  including The Palazzo
Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas and The Venetian Macao Casino Resort in Macao.

CONTACTS:

Investment Community:

Scott Henry
Chief Financial Officer
(702) 733-5502


Media:

Ron Reese
Executive Director of Communications
(702) 414-3607