On Friday, it took a step closer to its goal when the Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld announced plans for a 270-room hotel there. Tonight, it will notch up another coup when the Rolling Stones play the 15,000 capacity arena at the Sands China casino. A sister venue to the Sands casino in Las Vegas, its bosses have also enlisted David Beckham as a “regional ambassador” in the hope that his “well-known personal values” will help.