747SP at Las Vegas McCarran

[tdracer]

I was flying out of Las Vegas today, and I noticed a 747SP parked at one of the remote hangers. Looked to be in good condition and flight worthy (granted not a great view as SLF on a regional jet).
My first thought was it was some rich guys private jet, but then I noticed a number of small biz jets parked nearby with the same paint scheme, which suggests maybe some specialized charter outfit?
So, does anyone out there know the story behind this SP?

[SpringHeeledJack]

I believe that it belongs to the Sands Casino group and is used for ferrying high-roller gamblers between Las Vegas and Macau. They used to have L1011's as well.


SHJ

[Smoketrails]

They actually have two of these beauties. And if the poor old L1011 had not been caught up in the very bad Hurricane which hit Bangkok a couple of years ago, it would have still been flying too.

[ZFT]

I suspect you may mean the floods of October 2011 that inundated VTBD?

[Spooky 2]

The owner is:

Sheldon Adelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson)

In addition they have the following:

2 L1011-500's (Not in service at this time)
2 747SP's former TWA/AA aircraft with corporate interiors
1 767-300ER (Adelson's personal airplane)
1 737 BBJ
1 Airbus 340-500 undergoing interior mods at this hour
several Gulfstream V's or 550

Life is rough when you are on top of the game.

[lotus1]

I returned from lasvegas on the 28th the 767 turned up for thanks giving celebrations with high rollers on board I also ventured down to the signature hanger very nice machines there also quite a load of police patrolling on the apron also on the Sunday 26 th there was a globe master in transporting Mr obamas cars back to Washington he was there on the Friday.