{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"163389","rtpr_id":"nPn3NwWW1a-20261007","ticker":"LVS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["LVS","1928"],"title":"Sands China Launches 'NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026'","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-07T15:56:00.044Z","article_body":"Sands China Launches 'NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026'\nPR Newswire\n\nMACAO, Oct. 7, 2026\n\nNBA legend Ray Allen and Ding Yanyuhang engage with the community on opening\nday\n\nBringing together youth from and the Greater Bay Area to foster exchange and\ninclusion\n\nMACAO, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With The NBA China Games 2026 set to take\nplace in Macao, Sands China has once again partnered with NBA Cares to present\nthe five-day \"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" from Oct. 7\nto 11. Bringing together NBA legends and current players to engage with the\ncommunity through a series of inclusive sports activities and interactive\nexperiences, the initiative extends the impact of the world-class basketball\nevent into the Macao community, while promoting social inclusion, inspiring\npositive youth development, and demonstrating care for the local community\nthrough meaningful action.\n\nYouth Day, which marked the first event of the Impact Week, took place today\n(Oct. 7) at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. This year, the initiative\nexpanded its reach to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA),\nbringing together 150 young basketball players aged 11 to 14 from eight Macao\nschools, namely Yuet Wah College, Instituto Salesiano, Lou Hau High School,\nKeang Peng School, Pui Ching Middle School, Sacred Heart Canossian College\n(English Section), Pui Va Middle School, and Escola da Sagrada Familia, as\nwell as 50 young players from Hong Kong and mainland GBA cities.\n\nThe participating GBA youth took part in professional training sessions led by\nNBA legend Ray Allen –– a two-time NBA champion, 10-time NBA All-Star,\ntwo-time All-NBA Team, member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and 2018\nBasketball Hall of Fame Inductee –– together with NBA coaches, renowned\nChinese basketball player Ding Yanyuhang, and China women's basketball\nnational team player Zhang Ziyu.\n\nThe event aimed to give young people from across the GBA the opportunity to\nengage closely with world-class basketball talent and enhance their basketball\nskills, while fostering interaction and exchange among youth from Guangdong,\nHong Kong and Macao. Through building friendships and sharing experiences,\nYouth Day encouraged participants to develop self-confidence and teamwork,\nwhile further strengthening connections among young people across the GBA.\nTogether with Sands China executives and Sands Cares Ambassadors, the event\nattracted a total of 300 participants.\n\nFriendly matches brought together young players from Guangdong, Hong Kong and\nMacao, who first underwent professional fitness assessments and took part in a\nbasketball clinic led by NBA coaches, receiving training in footwork,\nball-handling, and offensive and defensive techniques. They were then selected\nto form mixed teams comprising players from across the three regions to\ncompete in separate boys' and girls' matches. NBA legend Ray Allen and NBA\ncoaches served as mentors throughout, offering hands-on guidance and sharing\nvaluable on-court experience. The young athletes honed their basketball skills\nand forged friendships in a spirited and enthusiastic environment,\ndemonstrating the power of sport to transcend geographical boundaries and\nbring young people together.\n\nDr. Wilfred Wong, executive vice chairman of Sands China Ltd., said: \"Our\nheartfelt thanks go to the Macao SAR government and all sectors of the\ncommunity for their tremendous support, which has enabled us to leverage The\nNBA China Games, a world-class sporting event, for a second consecutive year\nto bring positivity and care into the community. We not only present this\ntop-notch basketball competition to residents and visitors, but also draw on\nthis platform to connect with the local community and create valuable\nopportunities for people from various sectors of society to engage and learn\nfrom NBA legends, fully embodying the commitment of Sands Cares and NBA Cares\nto giving back to the community. This year, we expanded participation in Youth\nDay to the Greater Bay Area, giving more young people the opportunity to\nreceive firsthand guidance and inspiration from world-class players, while\nstrengthening connections among youth across the region. We also organised the\nHer Time To Play seminar, inviting accomplished women to share their personal\ngrowth stories with young people, encouraging the youth to build confidence\nand pursue their dreams. Looking ahead, Sands China will continue to fully\nsupport the Macao SAR government's direction of promoting economic\ndiversification, while deepening the synergy of sports and tourism, further\nenhancing Macao's status as a City of Sports, and injecting sustained vitality\ninto its position as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure.\"\n\nThe event also featured an individual skills challenge for young players,\ntesting their speed, basketball skills and concentration through a series of\nchallenges, including cone dribbling, precision passing and sprint layups.\nFollowing the spirited competition, an awards ceremony was held to recognise\nthe outstanding young players for their exceptional performances.\n\nA Her Time To Play seminar was also held, with NBA's associate vice president\nand head of international basketball relations Dawn Smyth; Dallas Mavericks'\nchief communications officer Gina Miller; Houston Rockets' president Gretchen\nSheirr; and Sands China's senior vice president and chief marketing officer of\nresort marketing DeVonne Iao joining as guest speakers to share their\nexperiences of personal and career development. From striving for excellence\nin sport to navigating career choices, they shared insights with the young\nparticipants and encouraged them to build confidence and pursue their goals\nwith courage.\n\nThe \"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" is taking place over\nfive consecutive days, Oct. 7-11, featuring a diverse programme of activities\nfocused on youth development, healthy living and community inclusion. Current\nNBA players and legends will engage with communities across Macao, with the\ninitiative seeking to extend the impact of the NBA sporting event into the\ncommunity and enable more Macao residents to experience the positive energy\nand excitement generated by the world-class basketball event.\n\nTomorrow (Oct. 8), a Tip-off event for the Impact Week will take place at The\nVenetian Arena. Players from the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets will\nmake a special appearance, leading Macao secondary school students in a\nbasketball clinic and bringing the excitement and positive spirit of The NBA\nChina Games further into the Macao community.\n\n\"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" is part of Sands Cares,\nthe global corporate citizenship programme of Sands China's parent company. As\nan important stakeholder in the Macao community, Sands China has actively\nfulfilled its corporate social responsibility for more than two decades.\nThrough the programme, the company strives to connect with and serve the\ncommunity, give back to society, and work alongside different sectors to build\na more vibrant and inclusive Macao community.\n\nFor high resolution photos, please\nvisit: https://it-ezshare.sands.com.mo/exweb/share/357cfd2d-54c6-4fc7-8197-4a3c63c7968d\n(https://it-ezshare.sands.com.mo/exweb/share/357cfd2d-54c6-4fc7-8197-4a3c63c7968d)\n\n###\n\nAbout Sands China Ltd.\n\nSands China Ltd. (Sands China or the Company) is incorporated in the Cayman\nIslands with limited liability and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong\nKong Limited (HKEx: 1928). Sands China is the largest operator of integrated\nresorts in Macao. The Company's integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip comprise\nThe Venetian(®) Macao, The Plaza(®) Macao, The Parisian(®) Macao and The\nLondoner(®) Macao. The Company also owns and operates Sands(®) Macao on the\nMacao peninsula. The Company's portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure\nand business attractions and transportation operations, including large\nmeeting and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping\nmalls; world-class entertainment at The Venetian Arena, The Londoner Arena,\nThe Venetian Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, The Londoner Theatre and Sands\nTheatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and\nMacao. The Company's Cotai Strip portfolio has the goal of contributing to\nMacao's transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure. Sands China\nis a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).\n\nFor more information, please visit www.sandschina.com\n(http://www.sandschina.com/) .\n\nSands Cares\n\nA firm believer in the importance of corporate social responsibility, Sands\nChina Ltd. engages with the local Macao community as a part of Sands Cares –\nthe charitable giving programme of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp. Sands\nCares integrates the company's philanthropic work worldwide in four key areas:\nfinancial giving, community problem solving and collaboration, in-kind\ndonations, and team member volunteerism.\n\nKey areas of Sands Cares in Macao include the Sands Cares Ambassador programme\nfor volunteering in the local community; charitable contributions to NGOs and\ncommunity organisations; and sponsorship of community events.\n\nFor more information, please visit www.sands.com/sands-cares/\n(https://www.sands.com/sands-cares/)\n\nAbout NBA Social Impact & Inclusion and NBA Cares\n\nNBA Social Impact & Inclusion drives change on issues facing fans and\ncommunities by advancing needed resources and proven partners. We create\ndata-driven strategies and programming to empower colleagues to bring their\nbest self. NBA Cares works with NBA players and teams to highlight important\nissues through the NBA's digital, social and broadcast channels, live events\nand partnerships.\n\nMedia contacts:\nCorporate Communications, Sands China Ltd.\nMabel Wu\nTel: +853 8118 2268\nEmail: mabel.wu@sands.com.mo (mailto:mabel.wu@sands.com.mo)\n\nJesse Chiang\nTel: +853 8118 2054\nEmail: jesse.chiang@sands.com.mo (mailto:jesse.chiang@sands.com.mo)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sands-china-launches-nba-cares-x-sands-cares-community-impact-week-2026-302901351.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sands-china-launches-nba-cares-x-sands-cares-community-impact-week-2026-302901351.html)\n\nSOURCE Sands China\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004316/20261007111106EDT_image_9.jpg?id=OA2992554\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004310/20261007111106EDT_image_10.jpg?id=OA2992548\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004315/20261007111106EDT_image_7.jpg?id=OA2992553\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004313/20261007111106EDT_image_4.jpg?id=OA2992551\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004314/20261007111106EDT_image_3.jpg?id=OA2992552\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004312/20261007111106EDT_image_8.jpg?id=OA2992550\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004317/20261007111106EDT_image_2.jpg?id=OA2992555\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004318/20261007111106EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2992556\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004311/20261007111106EDT_image_6.jpg?id=OA2992549\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004309/20261007111106EDT_image_5.jpg?id=OA2992547\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn3NwWW1a-20261007","title":"Sands China Launches 'NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026'","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"LVS","created":"2026-10-07T15:56:00.044Z","tickers":["LVS","1928"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Sands China Launches 'NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026'\nPR Newswire\n\nMACAO, Oct. 7, 2026\n\nNBA legend Ray Allen and Ding Yanyuhang engage with the community on opening\nday\n\nBringing together youth from and the Greater Bay Area to foster exchange and\ninclusion\n\nMACAO, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- With The NBA China Games 2026 set to take\nplace in Macao, Sands China has once again partnered with NBA Cares to present\nthe five-day \"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" from Oct. 7\nto 11. Bringing together NBA legends and current players to engage with the\ncommunity through a series of inclusive sports activities and interactive\nexperiences, the initiative extends the impact of the world-class basketball\nevent into the Macao community, while promoting social inclusion, inspiring\npositive youth development, and demonstrating care for the local community\nthrough meaningful action.\n\nYouth Day, which marked the first event of the Impact Week, took place today\n(Oct. 7) at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. This year, the initiative\nexpanded its reach to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA),\nbringing together 150 young basketball players aged 11 to 14 from eight Macao\nschools, namely Yuet Wah College, Instituto Salesiano, Lou Hau High School,\nKeang Peng School, Pui Ching Middle School, Sacred Heart Canossian College\n(English Section), Pui Va Middle School, and Escola da Sagrada Familia, as\nwell as 50 young players from Hong Kong and mainland GBA cities.\n\nThe participating GBA youth took part in professional training sessions led by\nNBA legend Ray Allen –– a two-time NBA champion, 10-time NBA All-Star,\ntwo-time All-NBA Team, member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and 2018\nBasketball Hall of Fame Inductee –– together with NBA coaches, renowned\nChinese basketball player Ding Yanyuhang, and China women's basketball\nnational team player Zhang Ziyu.\n\nThe event aimed to give young people from across the GBA the opportunity to\nengage closely with world-class basketball talent and enhance their basketball\nskills, while fostering interaction and exchange among youth from Guangdong,\nHong Kong and Macao. Through building friendships and sharing experiences,\nYouth Day encouraged participants to develop self-confidence and teamwork,\nwhile further strengthening connections among young people across the GBA.\nTogether with Sands China executives and Sands Cares Ambassadors, the event\nattracted a total of 300 participants.\n\nFriendly matches brought together young players from Guangdong, Hong Kong and\nMacao, who first underwent professional fitness assessments and took part in a\nbasketball clinic led by NBA coaches, receiving training in footwork,\nball-handling, and offensive and defensive techniques. They were then selected\nto form mixed teams comprising players from across the three regions to\ncompete in separate boys' and girls' matches. NBA legend Ray Allen and NBA\ncoaches served as mentors throughout, offering hands-on guidance and sharing\nvaluable on-court experience. The young athletes honed their basketball skills\nand forged friendships in a spirited and enthusiastic environment,\ndemonstrating the power of sport to transcend geographical boundaries and\nbring young people together.\n\nDr. Wilfred Wong, executive vice chairman of Sands China Ltd., said: \"Our\nheartfelt thanks go to the Macao SAR government and all sectors of the\ncommunity for their tremendous support, which has enabled us to leverage The\nNBA China Games, a world-class sporting event, for a second consecutive year\nto bring positivity and care into the community. We not only present this\ntop-notch basketball competition to residents and visitors, but also draw on\nthis platform to connect with the local community and create valuable\nopportunities for people from various sectors of society to engage and learn\nfrom NBA legends, fully embodying the commitment of Sands Cares and NBA Cares\nto giving back to the community. This year, we expanded participation in Youth\nDay to the Greater Bay Area, giving more young people the opportunity to\nreceive firsthand guidance and inspiration from world-class players, while\nstrengthening connections among youth across the region. We also organised the\nHer Time To Play seminar, inviting accomplished women to share their personal\ngrowth stories with young people, encouraging the youth to build confidence\nand pursue their dreams. Looking ahead, Sands China will continue to fully\nsupport the Macao SAR government's direction of promoting economic\ndiversification, while deepening the synergy of sports and tourism, further\nenhancing Macao's status as a City of Sports, and injecting sustained vitality\ninto its position as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure.\"\n\nThe event also featured an individual skills challenge for young players,\ntesting their speed, basketball skills and concentration through a series of\nchallenges, including cone dribbling, precision passing and sprint layups.\nFollowing the spirited competition, an awards ceremony was held to recognise\nthe outstanding young players for their exceptional performances.\n\nA Her Time To Play seminar was also held, with NBA's associate vice president\nand head of international basketball relations Dawn Smyth; Dallas Mavericks'\nchief communications officer Gina Miller; Houston Rockets' president Gretchen\nSheirr; and Sands China's senior vice president and chief marketing officer of\nresort marketing DeVonne Iao joining as guest speakers to share their\nexperiences of personal and career development. From striving for excellence\nin sport to navigating career choices, they shared insights with the young\nparticipants and encouraged them to build confidence and pursue their goals\nwith courage.\n\nThe \"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" is taking place over\nfive consecutive days, Oct. 7-11, featuring a diverse programme of activities\nfocused on youth development, healthy living and community inclusion. Current\nNBA players and legends will engage with communities across Macao, with the\ninitiative seeking to extend the impact of the NBA sporting event into the\ncommunity and enable more Macao residents to experience the positive energy\nand excitement generated by the world-class basketball event.\n\nTomorrow (Oct. 8), a Tip-off event for the Impact Week will take place at The\nVenetian Arena. Players from the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets will\nmake a special appearance, leading Macao secondary school students in a\nbasketball clinic and bringing the excitement and positive spirit of The NBA\nChina Games further into the Macao community.\n\n\"NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026\" is part of Sands Cares,\nthe global corporate citizenship programme of Sands China's parent company. As\nan important stakeholder in the Macao community, Sands China has actively\nfulfilled its corporate social responsibility for more than two decades.\nThrough the programme, the company strives to connect with and serve the\ncommunity, give back to society, and work alongside different sectors to build\na more vibrant and inclusive Macao community.\n\nFor high resolution photos, please\nvisit: https://it-ezshare.sands.com.mo/exweb/share/357cfd2d-54c6-4fc7-8197-4a3c63c7968d\n(https://it-ezshare.sands.com.mo/exweb/share/357cfd2d-54c6-4fc7-8197-4a3c63c7968d)\n\n###\n\nAbout Sands China Ltd.\n\nSands China Ltd. (Sands China or the Company) is incorporated in the Cayman\nIslands with limited liability and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong\nKong Limited (HKEx: 1928). Sands China is the largest operator of integrated\nresorts in Macao. The Company's integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip comprise\nThe Venetian(®) Macao, The Plaza(®) Macao, The Parisian(®) Macao and The\nLondoner(®) Macao. The Company also owns and operates Sands(®) Macao on the\nMacao peninsula. The Company's portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure\nand business attractions and transportation operations, including large\nmeeting and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping\nmalls; world-class entertainment at The Venetian Arena, The Londoner Arena,\nThe Venetian Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, The Londoner Theatre and Sands\nTheatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and\nMacao. The Company's Cotai Strip portfolio has the goal of contributing to\nMacao's transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure. Sands China\nis a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).\n\nFor more information, please visit www.sandschina.com\n(http://www.sandschina.com/) .\n\nSands Cares\n\nA firm believer in the importance of corporate social responsibility, Sands\nChina Ltd. engages with the local Macao community as a part of Sands Cares –\nthe charitable giving programme of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp. Sands\nCares integrates the company's philanthropic work worldwide in four key areas:\nfinancial giving, community problem solving and collaboration, in-kind\ndonations, and team member volunteerism.\n\nKey areas of Sands Cares in Macao include the Sands Cares Ambassador programme\nfor volunteering in the local community; charitable contributions to NGOs and\ncommunity organisations; and sponsorship of community events.\n\nFor more information, please visit www.sands.com/sands-cares/\n(https://www.sands.com/sands-cares/)\n\nAbout NBA Social Impact & Inclusion and NBA Cares\n\nNBA Social Impact & Inclusion drives change on issues facing fans and\ncommunities by advancing needed resources and proven partners. We create\ndata-driven strategies and programming to empower colleagues to bring their\nbest self. NBA Cares works with NBA players and teams to highlight important\nissues through the NBA's digital, social and broadcast channels, live events\nand partnerships.\n\nMedia contacts:\nCorporate Communications, Sands China Ltd.\nMabel Wu\nTel: +853 8118 2268\nEmail: mabel.wu@sands.com.mo (mailto:mabel.wu@sands.com.mo)\n\nJesse Chiang\nTel: +853 8118 2054\nEmail: jesse.chiang@sands.com.mo (mailto:jesse.chiang@sands.com.mo)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sands-china-launches-nba-cares-x-sands-cares-community-impact-week-2026-302901351.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sands-china-launches-nba-cares-x-sands-cares-community-impact-week-2026-302901351.html)\n\nSOURCE Sands China\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004316/20261007111106EDT_image_9.jpg?id=OA2992554\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004310/20261007111106EDT_image_10.jpg?id=OA2992548\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004315/20261007111106EDT_image_7.jpg?id=OA2992553\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004313/20261007111106EDT_image_4.jpg?id=OA2992551\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004314/20261007111106EDT_image_3.jpg?id=OA2992552\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004312/20261007111106EDT_image_8.jpg?id=OA2992550\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004317/20261007111106EDT_image_2.jpg?id=OA2992555\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004318/20261007111106EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2992556\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004311/20261007111106EDT_image_6.jpg?id=OA2992549\nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS2004309/20261007111106EDT_image_5.jpg?id=OA2992547\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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