The El Clásico snub: Sands picks Madrid over Barcelona for the $65 billion EuroVegas project


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Even though Barcelona is a bigger tourist city, Madrid gets the nod. Lot depends on how the Euro and Spain's own economic crisis turns out, before the project finally gets off the ground.

Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. picked Madrid over Barcelona for a multi-billion dollar Spainish gambling resort project dubbed "EuroVegas." The Spanish capital, the country's largest city, emerged as the company's best choice for the development, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson said in a statement released late Friday in Las Vegas. "The regional government of Madrid has been a strong advocate for this potential development, and we are appreciative of the energy they have brought to th