Equity and Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Equity and Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables) [Abstract]


		Preferred Stock
		Dividends Paid to		Preferred Stock
Board of Directors’		Principal		Dividends Paid to		Total Preferred Stock
Declaration Date	Payment Date	Stockholder’s Family		Public Holders		Dividends Paid
February 5, 2010	February 16, 2010	$	13,125	$	10,225	$	23,350
May 4, 2010	May 17, 2010	$	13,125	$	10,225	$	23,350

						$	46,700

February 1, 2011	February 15, 2011	$	13,125	$	6,473	$	19,598
May 5, 2011	May 16, 2011	$	13,125	$	6,094	$	19,219

						$	38,817

August 4, 2011	August 15, 2011	$	13,125	$	6,015	$	19,140

Comprehensive income (loss)


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net income	$	489,092		$	78,548		$	853,595		$	126,362
Currency translation adjustment		56,892			(2,172	)		88,848			(4,496	)

Total comprehensive income		545,984			76,376			942,443			121,866
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(80,864	)		(34,040	)		(153,507	)		(62,826	)

Comprehensive income attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.	$	465,120		$	42,336		$	788,936		$	59,040

Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (used in the calculation of basic earnings (loss) per share)		728,695,140		660,364,559		726,056,840		660,322,428
Potential dilution from stock options, restricted stock and warrants		82,579,566		—		85,186,355		—

Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares (used in the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share)		811,274,706		660,364,559		811,243,195		660,322,428

Antidilutive stock options, restricted stock and warrants excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share		5,981,719		173,331,327		6,515,362		173,331,327

- Definition

This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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