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	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2009 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2009 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2009 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2008 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2008 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2008 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2008 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2007 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2007 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Secured Credit Facility - Term B [Member]	May 31, 2007 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Long-term Debt, Other Disclosures [Abstract]
Original discount on issue of senior notes																						$ 2,300,000
Discount on issue of senior notes																				547,000	720,000
Debt instrument, interest rate																				6.375%	6.375%
Credit spread, alternative base rate																								2.00%																																																																																																																			2.25%				2.75%												1.75%															1.50%																																																	4.50%
Credit spread, base rate and alternative base rate																																																																																																																																																																																																																															4.50%																																																																				2.25%
Credit spread, base rate																								1.00%																1.50%																									1.25%																																																																										1.25%				1.75%												0.75%															0.50%																																																	5.50%																			2.50%	2.50%																	2.50%								2.25%	2.25%							2.25%
Credit facility, available borrowing capacity																																																																																											520,600,000																																																																																																																																																																													79,300,000	103,000,000							79,300,000																		103,000,000
Credit facility, extended amount																																																																																																																										1,420,000,000								284,500,000								207,900,000		532,500,000
Credit facility, repayments																							91,800,000																																																																																												775,900,000		775,900,000																								1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000																																																																			479,600,000		500,000,000
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity, as amended																													167,000,000																																																																																					750,000,000																																																																																																								3,300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal				7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000	7,500,000												8,400,000			8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000	8,400,000					700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000								200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000										1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000			1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000								3,500,000	3,500,000	3,500,000		700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000			500,000	500,000	500,000	500,000	500,000	500,000								3,500,000	3,500,000	3,500,000		1,900,000	1,900,000	1,900,000	1,900,000	1,900,000	1,900,000			400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000	400,000		200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000						4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000	4,500,000			1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000			6,300,000	6,300,000	6,300,000	6,300,000	6,300,000	6,300,000																																			8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000	8,800,000	68,100,000									96,200,000	125,000,000	96,200,000	125,000,000	96,200,000	125,000,000	96,200,000	125,000,000
Credit facility, frequency of payments																Quarterly																						Quarterly																							Quarterly																										Quarterly																	Quarterly								Quarterly																	Quarterly								Quarterly										Quarterly							Quarterly								Quarterly							Quarterly															Quarterly												Quarterly								Quarterly																			Quarterly																																	Quarterly			Semi-annual																			Quarterly			Quarterly												Quarterly
Credit facility, date of first required payment																September 30, 2007																						July 1, 2008																							June 01, 2007																										June 30, 2007																	September 30, 2008								May 31, 2009																	September 30, 2010								September 30, 2010										September 30, 2010							September 30, 2010								September 30, 2010							September 30, 2010															'June 2009												'June 2009								'June 2009																						March 31, 2013		March 31, 2013																												October, 2009			March 31, 2010																			March 31, 2011			March 31, 2011												31-12-2014
Debt instrument, maturity date																				Feb. 15, 2015																																											Mar. 01, 2017																										Mar. 31, 2017																																								Nov. 23, 2016								Nov. 23, 2015		May 31, 2014								Nov. 23, 2016							May 23, 2014								May 23, 2014							May 23, 2013															May 25, 2013												May 25, 2012								May 25, 2011				May 25, 2011															Jun. 16, 2015																																	Dec. 31, 2015			Sep. 30, 2014													Mar. 31, 2015																			Nov. 15, 2016
Long-Term Debt, Carrying Value	10,010,000,000	10,120,000,000
Credit facility, interest rate description																								at the Company’s option, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate or at a base rate, plus an applicable margin. The initial applicable margin was 1.0% per annum for loans accruing interest at the base rate, and 2.0% per annum for loans accruing interest at the adjusted Eurodollar rate.																three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.5% per annum (set at 2.1% as of December 31, 2011)																									three-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum (set at 1.8% as of December 31, 2011)																										At the Company’s option, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate or at an alternative base rate plus a credit spread. For base rate borrowings, the initial credit spread is 0.5% per annum and 0.75% per annum for the Revolving Facility and the term loans, respectively, and 1.25% per annum and 1.75% per annum for the Extended Revolving Facility and the Extended Term Loans, respectively. For Eurodollar rate borrowings, the initial credit spread is 1.5% per annum and 1.75% per annum for the Revolving Facility and the term loans, respectively (the term loans were set at 1.9% as of December 31, 2011), and 2.25% per annum and 2.75% per annum for the Extended Revolving Facility and Extended Term Loans, respectively (the Extended Term loans were set at 2.9% as of December 31, 2011).																																																																																																																								The credit spread was reduced by 100 basis points		As part of the amendment, the credit spread increased by 325 basis points with borrowings bearing interest, at the Company’s option, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate (or, in the case of the local term loan, adjusted Hong Kong Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“HIBOR”)) or at an alternate base rate, plus a spread of 5.5% per annum or 4.5% per annum, respectively.				the lenders of the VML Credit Facility approved a reduction of the interest rate margin for all classes of loans by 50 basis points						Either the adjusted Eurodollar rate or an alternative base rate (in the case of U.S. dollar denominated loans) or HIBOR (in the case of Hong Kong dollar and Macao pataca denominated loans), as applicable, plus a spread of 4.5% per annum										the credit spread increased by 50 basis points to 2.5% per annum for borrowings made in Hong Kong Dollars and accruing interest at HIBOR (set at 2.8% as of December 31, 2011) or 2.5% per annum for borrowings made in U.S. Dollars and accruing interest at LIBOR																																							Singapore Swap Offered Rate (“SOR”) plus a spread of 2.25% per annum (set at approximately 2.6% as of December 31, 2011)																			either the adjusted Eurodollar rate or an alternative base rate -(in the case of U.S. dollar denominated loans) or Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate -(in the case of Hong Kong dollar and Macau pataca denominated loans), as applicable, plus a spread of 2.25% until May 13, 2012 (the first 180 days after November 15, 2011, set at 2.6% for the U.S. dollar denominated loans and 2.5% for the Hong Kong dollar and Macao pataca denominated loans as of December 31, 2011). Beginning May 14, 2012, the spread for all outstanding loans is subject to reduction based on the CLR.
Credit facility, payment terms																																						On July 1, 2008, the Company was required to begin make quarterly installment principal payments of $8.4 million, which was the amount equal to 5.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the delayed draw term loan outstanding on July 1, 2008, with the remainder due in four equal quarterly installments ending on the maturity date.																							are subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.7 million, which began June 1, 2007		have no interim amortization payments																								is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.2 million, which began June 30, 2007		has no interim amortization payments		the Term B, Delayed Draw I and Delayed Draw II Facilities were subject to quarterly amortization payments of $7.5 million, which began September 30, 2007, $1.5 million, which began September 30, 2008 and $1.0 million, which began March 31, 2009, respectively.																																						The Extended Delayed Draw I Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.7 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $266.9 million due on November 23, 2016.								The Extended Delayed Draw II Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.5 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $197.1 million due on November 23, 2015.		The Extended Revolving Facility has no interim amortization payments.								The Extended Term B Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $3.5 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $1.3 billion due on November 23, 2016.							The Term B Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $1.9 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $723.1 million due on May 23, 2014.								The Delayed Draw I Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.4 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $148.3 million due on May 23, 2014.							The Delayed Draw II Facility matures on May 23, 2013, and is subject to quarterly amortization payments of $0.2 million, which began on September 30, 2010, followed by a balloon payment of $75.0 million due on May 23, 2013.															The VML Term B Delayed Draw and the VML Term B Facility were subject to nominal quarterly amortization payments of $1.8 million and $4.5 million, respectively, for the first five and six years, respectively, which commenced in June 2009, with the remainder of the loans payable in four equal quarterly installments in the last year immediately preceding their maturity dates.												The VML Term B Delayed Draw and the VML Term B Facility were subject to nominal quarterly amortization payments of $1.8 million and $4.5 million, respectively, for the first five and six years, respectively, which commenced in June 2009, with the remainder of the loans payable in four equal quarterly installments in the last year immediately preceding their maturity dates.								The VML Local Term Facility was subject to quarterly amortization payments of $6.3 million, which commenced in June 2009				The VML Revolving Facility had no interim amortization payments															Commencing on March 31, 2013, and at the end of each subsequent quarter in 2013, VOL would have been required to repay the outstanding VOL Term and Delayed Draw Facilities on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to 5% of the aggregate principal amount of term loans outstanding as of November 17, 2011. Commencing on March 31, 2014, and at the end of each subsequent quarter in 2014, VOL would have been required to repay the outstanding VOL Term and Delayed Draw Facilities on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to 7.5% of the aggregate principal amount of term loans outstanding as of November 17, 2011. In addition, commencing with December 31, 2013, and the end of each fiscal year thereafter, VOL would have been required to further repay the outstanding VOL Term and Delayed Draw Facilities on a pro rata basis with 50%, subject to downward adjustments if certain conditions were met, of its excess free cash flow (as defined by the VOL Credit Facility).																																	is subject to 26 quarterly payments of HKD 68.1 million (approximately $8.8 million at exchange rates in effect on December 31, 2011), which commenced in October 2009.																						Commencing March 31, 2011, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, MBS is required to repay the outstanding Singapore Credit Facility A and Facility B loans on a pro rata basis in an aggregate amount equal to SGD 125.0 million (approximately $96.9 million at exchange rates in effect on December 31, 2010) per quarter. In addition, commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2011, MBS is required to further prepay the outstanding Singapore Credit Facility A and Facility B loans on a pro rata basis with a percentage of excess free cash flow (as defined by the Singapore Credit Facility).			Commencing March 31, 2011, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, MBS is required to repay the outstanding Singapore Credit Facility A and Facility B loans on a pro rata basis in an aggregate amount equal to SGD 125.0 million (approximately $96.9 million at exchange rates in effect on December 31, 2010) per quarter. In addition, commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2011, MBS is required to further prepay the outstanding Singapore Credit Facility A and Facility B loans on a pro rata basis with a percentage of excess free cash flow (as defined by the Singapore Credit Facility).												Commencing on December 31, 2014, and at the end of each subsequent quarter through September 30, 2015, the Borrower is required to repay the outstanding 2011 VML Term Facility on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to 6.25% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding as of November 15, 2011. Commencing on December 31, 2015, and at the end of each subsequent quarter through June 30, 2016, the Borrower is required to repay the outstanding 2011 VML Term Facility on a pro rata basis in an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding as of November 15, 2011. The remaining balance on the 2011 VML Term Facility and any balance on the 2011 VML Revolving Facility are due on the maturity date. In addition, the Borrower is required to further repay the outstanding 2011 VML Term Facility with a portion of its excess free cash flow (as defined by the 2011 VML Credit Facility) after the end of each year, unless the Borrower is in compliance with a specified consolidated leverage ratio (the “CLR”).
Gain (loss) on modification or early retirement of debt	(22,554,000)	(18,555,000)	(23,248,000)																(2,900,000)		3,400,000				(500,000)																																																																			(21,200,000)																																																																																																																																	(6,100,000)											(22,100,000)																												(17,100,000)
Balloon payments																																																																																																																																	266,900,000								197,100,000										1,300,000,000							723,100,000								148,300,000							75,000,000
Weighted average interest rate																									2.10%															1.90%	1.90%																								1.60%	1.60%																									2.60%	2.30%																																																																																																																	4.80%														4.80%	4.90%			4.80%	4.80%														2.70%	2.70%							2.80%	2.80%									2.70%	2.80%							2.50%	2.50%							2.50%	2.60%																		2.60%
Debt instrument, face value																	3,000,000,000					250,000,000				142,900,000		7,900,000											135,000,000																							28,800,000		43,200,000			20,300,000																					8,100,000		12,200,000				5,000,000,000	72,000,000										600,000,000								400,000,000					1,000,000,000																																																					100,000,000														1,200,000,000												700,000,000									100,000,000				500,000,000															1,750,000,000		750,000,000		750,000,000		250,000,000					155,600,000	1,210,000,000																								600,000,000																		1,540,000,000	2,000,000,000		2,120,000,000	2,750,000,000	148,200,000	192,600,000		384,700,000	500,000,000				3,700,000,000		3,200,000,000		500,000,000	475,000,000
Net proceeds from private placement																		244,800,000
Early repurchase of senior notes																			189,700,000		60,300,000
Percentage of aggregate principal amount outstanding as of a certain date																																						5.00%																																																																																																																																																																																									5.00%																																																																				6.25%
Debt Instrument Basis Spread On Variable Rate Adjustment																								0.25%
Capital lease agreement, description																																																																																																																																																																												The lease has a 10-year term with a purchase option at the third, fifth, seventh and tenth anniversary dates. The Company is obligated under the agreement to make monthly payments of approximately $300,000 for the first year with automatic decreases of approximately $14,000 per month on every anniversary date. The HVAC Equipment Lease has been capitalized at the present value of the future minimum lease payments at lease inception.
Credit facility, assets restricted from distribution, description																																																																																											As of December 31, 2011, approximately $7.24 billion of net assets of LVSLLC were restricted from being distributed under the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
Capital leases, future payments, monthly																																																																																																																																																																												300,000
Capital leases, future payments, monthly, annual adjustments																																																																																																																																																																												14,000
Reduction of interest rate margin for all classes of loans approved by lenders																																																																																																																																																																																																																									by 50 basis points
Amount of incremental facilities under accordion feature accessed by borrower																																																																																																																																																																																																																									800,000,000
Credit facility, commitment fee																																						0.50%																																																																		0.75%								0.50%				0.375%																							0.50%																																																																																							2.00%		2.00%		1.50%																																																			1.13%					0.90%			2.25%						0.50%
Credit facility, increase in borrowings																																																																																																																																																																													600,000,000																																		200,000,000																											72,300,000	561,600,000
Notional amount of interest rate cap agreement																																																																																																																																																																																																																				1,590,000,000		160,000,000	165,000,000	325,000,000		1,000,000,000				375,000,000																																										1,150,000,000								1,150,000,000	365,000,000	850,000,000	1,410,000,000
Notional amount of extended interest rate derivatives																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																								50,000,000								50,000,000
Derivative maturity date or range of dates																																																																																																																																																																																																																				September 2012		September 21, 2009	September 21, 2009	September 21, 2009		September 21, 2009				September 2013																																																		between May and August 2014	between January and June 2013	between March and December 2012	between June and December 2011
Percentage of aggregate principal amount outstanding as of a certain date, adjustment																																																																																																																																																																																																																															7.50%																																																																				10.00%
Debt instrument, additional payment requirements																																																																																																																																																																																																																																		50%, subject to downward adjustments if certain conditions are met, of its excess free cash flow (as defined by the VOL Credit Facility)		50%, subject to downward adjustments if certain conditions are met, of its excess free cash flow (as defined by the VOL Credit Facility)																																												In addition, commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2011, MBS is required to further prepay the outstanding Singapore Credit Facility A and Facility B loans on a pro rata basis with a percentage of excess free cash flow (as defined by the Singapore Credit Facility). The initial excess free cash flow calculation was performed on September 30, 2011, with the payment made during the fourth quarter of 2011.																					In addition, the Borrower is required to further repay the outstanding 2011 VML Term Facility with a portion of its excess free cash flow (as defined by the 2011 VML Credit Facility) after the end of each year, unless the Borrower is in compliance with a specified consolidated leverage ratio (the “CLR”).
Number of interest rate cap agreements held by Company																																																																																																																																																																																																																														3																																										12	12							12	7	14	9
Description of Interest Rate Derivative Activities																																																																																																																																																																																																																				The provisions of the interest rate cap agreement entitle the Company to receive from the counterparty the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rate exceeds the strike rate of 9.5%.		The provisions of the interest rate cap agreements entitled the Company to receive from the counterparties the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rates exceed the strike rate of 6.75%.	The provisions of the interest rate cap agreements entitled the Company to receive from the counterparties the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rates exceed the strike rate of 6.75%.	The provisions of the interest rate cap agreements entitled the Company to receive from the counterparties the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rates exceed the strike rate of 6.75%.		The provisions of the interest rate cap agreements entitled the Company to receive from the counterparties the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rates exceed the strike rate of 6.75%.				The provisions of the interest rate cap agreement entitle the Company to receive from the counterparty the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rate exceeds the strike rate of 3.5%.																																																		The provisions of the interest rate cap agreements entitle the Company to receive from the counterparties the amounts, if any, by which the selected market interest rates exceed the strike rate (which range from 3.5% to 4.5%) as stated in such agreements.
Percentage of strike rate																																																																																																																																																																																																																				9.50%		6.75%	6.75%	6.75%		6.75%				3.50%																																																						3.50%	4.50%
Number of ferries financed																																																																																																																																																																																																																																										4	4	10	10
Debt instrument, expiration date																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																									'December 31, 2010					February 28, 2015									October 15, 2016
Debt instrument, expiration date																																																																																																								12 months								18 months																																																																																																																				18 months																												18 months
Minimum redemption period for exchangeable bonds																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																						60 days prior to September 4, 2012	30 days after the closing date
Maximum redemption period for exchangeable bonds																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																						30 days prior to September 4, 2012	ending the day prior to the maturity date
Redemption rate of exchangeable bonds																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																			100.00%
Subsidiary common stock issued, shares, exchange of exchangeable bond																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																				497,865,084
Debt instrument, interest rate at period end																																								2.10%																									1.80%																																																																														2.90%												1.90%																																																																																			2.80%	2.80%																	2.80%								2.60%	2.60%							2.60%																										2.60%	2.50%
Credit facility, assets restricted from distribution, amount																																																																																											7,240,000,000
Fair Value of Long-Term Debt	9,480,000,000	9,720,000,000
Derivative Maturity Date Or Range Of Dates, Extension																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																Aug. 01, 2013
Cash repayment of long term debt																			$ 191,700,000																																																																								$ 28,937,000	$ 1,810,329,000	$ 40,000,000																																																																																																																														$ 2,060,819,000	$ 572,337,000	$ 662,552,000					$ 749,660,000																														$ 35,002,000	$ 35,055,000	$ 17,695,000														$ 418,564,000		$ 17,762,000