Apollo Funds to Purchase Operations of America’s Premier Built-in Resort
VICI to Purchase Actual Property Belongings and to Lease Again to Venetian Working Firm
NEW YORK, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apollo World Administration, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (along with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) at the moment introduced that funds managed by its associates (the “Apollo Funds”) have entered right into a definitive settlement to amass The Venetian Resort and Sands Expo and Conference Heart Working Firm in Las Vegas (“The Venetian”) from Las Vegas Sands Company (NYSE: LVS) (“Las Vegas Sands”).
Underneath the phrases of the transaction, Apollo Funds will purchase the working firm of The Venetian, an iconic Las Vegas property and one of many largest built-in resorts on this planet, for $2.25 billion. VICI Properties (“VICI”) will buy the land and actual property belongings of The Venetian for $4.0 billion, for a complete transaction worth of $6.25 billion. Simultaneous with the closing of the transaction, the Apollo Funds will enter right into a long-term, triple web lease settlement for The Venetian with VICI.
A marquee property on the Las Vegas Strip, The Venetian options three luxurious resort towers providing friends an array of gaming, leisure, procuring and eating experiences. The landmark resort consists of greater than 7,000 all-suite rooms, 225,000 sq. toes of gaming house and a pair of.3 million sq. toes of assembly house. The MSG Sphere at The Venetian, an immersive, state-of-the-art venue, is underneath growth by Madison Sq. Backyard Leisure Corp. and can be situated on The Venetian grounds.
Apollo Associate Alex van Hoek stated, “The Venetian is America’s premier built-in resort, with an unmatched set of facilities to serve friends throughout hospitality, assembly occasions, gaming, and leisure – classes that we consider are nicely positioned for sturdy restoration and long-term development. The group at Las Vegas Sands, underneath the management and imaginative and prescient of Sheldon Adelson, constructed an irreplaceable asset that’s famend for its high quality, scale and built-in choices, and we see important alternative to spend money on and speed up its development. This funding additionally underscores our conviction in a powerful restoration for Las Vegas as vaccines usher in a reopening of leisure and journey in america and the world over.”
“The Venetian has the most effective groups within the trade, targeted on delivering world-class customer support and experiences. We’re honored and excited to help this proficient and devoted group and construct upon the sturdy basis set by Mr. Adelson and Las Vegas Sands,” added van Hoek.
John Payne, President and Chief Working Officer of VICI Properties, stated, “The Venetian is without doubt one of the most coveted properties in Las Vegas and a premier vacation spot for gaming, enterprise and leisure alike. We’re thrilled so as to add The Venetian to our roster of best-in-class belongings and consider the property is positioned to profit from a rebound in Las Vegas underneath Apollo’s management. We stay up for what we count on can be a mutually helpful and productive relationship with Apollo.”
Apollo Funds’ funding was conservatively structured and consists of no third-party debt, long-dated and attractively priced vendor financing, and a lease help settlement from LVS via 2023. The transaction is topic to the satisfaction of customary closing circumstances and is predicted to shut by the fourth quarter of 2021.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as authorized counsel to the Apollo Funds. Eastdil Secured acted as actual property advisor to the Apollo Funds.
Hospitality, Gaming and Journey Expertise
Apollo and its funds have deep expertise investing in main companies throughout hospitality, journey, gaming, and leisure. Apollo intends to leverage this expertise in shepherding this iconic asset via its subsequent stage of development.
Latest gaming investments embody the pending acquisition of Nice Canadian, Canada’s main gaming and leisure supplier, the acquisition of IGT’s Lottomatica enterprise, and the pending funding in Sazka, Europe’s largest lottery operator.
As well as, in 2020, Apollo made investments in Expedia, Swissport and Aeromexico, utilizing its sector experience to look previous short-term Covid disruption and display sturdy conviction in these companies’ long-term market management positions.
Further prior Apollo fund investments within the hospitality, journey, gaming, and leisure industries embody PlayAGS, Gala Coral Group, Solar Nation Airways, Norwegian Cruise Traces, Vail Resorts, Aliante On line casino and Resort, Bally’s Company, and Nice Wolf Resorts, amongst others.
About Apollo
Apollo is a number one international funding supervisor with places of work in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Bethesda, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, amongst others. Apollo had belongings underneath administration of roughly $455 billion as of December 31, 2020 in credit score, personal fairness and actual belongings funds. For extra details about Apollo, please go to www.apollo.com.
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