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MACAO — If you blindfolded an American tourist and plopped them on the Cotai Strip in Macao, they might take one look at the Venetian hotel and the replica Eiffel Tower and assume they were in Las Vegas.

Like Las Vegas, Macao — a special administrative region of China — is transforming itself with fresh entertainment, waterparks, spas, fine dining and sports.

This week Las Vegas Sands is hosting two NBA games in Macao, a return for the basketball league after a six-year absence from China. The company's president and chief operating officer, Patrick Dumont, owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and was pivotal in engineering the league's return.

"I think it's great for Macao, because it highlights re

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