CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Casino	$ 8,771	$ 9,083	$ 12,004
Rooms	1,527	1,470	1,540
Food and beverage	774	757	779
Mall	591	564	554
Convention, retail and other	533	540	549
Gross revenue	12,196	12,414	15,426
Less — promotional allowances	(786)	(726)	(842)
Net revenues	11,410	11,688	14,584
Operating expenses:
Casino	4,838	5,114	6,705
Rooms	262	262	257
Food and beverage	421	403	393
Mall	64	61	70
Convention, retail and other	252	277	321
Provision for doubtful accounts	173	156	187
General and administrative	1,284	1,267	1,258
Corporate	256	176	175
Pre-opening	130	48	26
Development	9	10	14
Depreciation and amortization	1,111	999	1,031
Amortization of leasehold interests in land	38	39	41
Loss on disposal or impairment of assets	79	35	7
Total operating expenses	8,917	8,847	10,485
Operating income	2,493	2,841	4,099
Other income (expense):
Interest income	10	15	26
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized	(274)	(265)	(274)
Other income	31	31	2
Loss on modification or early retirement of debt	(5)	0	(20)
Income before income taxes	2,255	2,622	3,833
Income tax expense	(239)	(236)	(245)
Net income	2,016	2,386	3,588
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(346)	(420)	(747)
Net income attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.	$ 1,670	$ 1,966	$ 2,841
Earnings per share:
Basic (in usd per share)	$ 2.10	$ 2.47	$ 3.52
Diluted (in usd per share)	$ 2.10	$ 2.47	$ 3.52
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	795	797	806
Diluted (in shares)	795	798	808
Dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 2.88	$ 2.6	$ 2.00