LVS is expanding by developing its Cotai Strip project in Macao,[1], building the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore,[1] and opening the Sands Bethlehem in May 2009.[2] As a result, the company is swimming in more than $10 billion in debt,[3] dealing with rapidly slowing economy, and facing an unforgiving credit market. LVS's expansion came too hard at the wrong time and will result in the crippling of this company.