LAS VEGAS, July 20, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts International announced today that
it has appointed Marcus Glover
president and chief operating officer of Borgata Hotel Casino &
Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. He will
oversee the daily operations of the property while providing
strategic direction and leadership.
Mr. Glover brings to the position more than a decade of gaming
and hospitality experience. He has designed and developed several
properties from the ground up in new jurisdictions and has held
leadership roles in project management, government relations and
labor relations.
"Marcus' proven leadership ability and wide range of skills will
continue to serve the Company well as he assumes this new role,"
said Corey Sanders, chief operating
officer of MGM Resorts.
Mr. Glover joined MGM Resorts in 2015, first serving as general
manager and then president and chief operating office of Beau
Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi,
Miss. He previously served as senior vice president and
general manager for Caesars Entertainment in northeastern
Ohio, and as assistant general
manager and vice president of operations for Harrah's in
St. Louis. He also held several
leadership positions with Caesars in Mississippi and Louisiana.
He earned a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua
School of Business at Duke University
and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Morehouse College. While in Mississippi, he served as a member of the
Mississippi Economic Council, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of
Commerce and the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce. In Mississippi, he also was an Ochsner Baptist
Governing Board member and on the board of the Mississippi
Hospitality and Gaming Association.
He succeeds Tom Ballance as
president of Borgata, the premier resort in Atlantic City. It was announced in May that
after the leadership transition, Mr. Ballance would become
executive vice president of operations for MGM Resorts.
Mr. Glover will assume his new role at Borgata upon completion
of licensing requirements.
ABOUT BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA
Located in Atlantic City's
Marina District, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa features 2,000
guest rooms and suites; 161,000 square feet of gaming; 184 table
games; 3,026 slot machines; a 75+ table poker room; 11 retail
boutiques; 5 acclaimed fine dining restaurants by renowned chefs;
10 casual dining options; a 54,000 square foot spa; 88,000 square
feet of event space; 20,000 square foot indoor/outdoor pool and
garden; 32,000 square foot outdoor pool; 4 signature nightlife
experiences; and parking for 7,100 cars. The market-leading resort
also features Atlantic City's
first cosmopolitan hotel experience, The Water Club at Borgata,
with 800 guest rooms and suites; a 36,000 square foot spa; 18,000
square feet of meeting space; 6 designer retail boutiques; and 5
heated indoor and outdoor pools. Borgata offers online gaming
within the state of New Jersey
through its real-money gaming sites, www.BorgataCasino.com and
www.BorgataPoker.com. Borgata is an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). For more
information about Borgata, please visit www.theborgata.com or
follow Borgata on Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is a
global entertainment company with national and international
locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the
art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical
entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant,
nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive,
iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM
Resorts portfolio encompasses 27 unique hotel offerings including
some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. The
company is expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world,
developing MGM Springfield in Massachusetts and MGM COTAI in Macau, and debuting the first international
Bellagio branded hotel in Shanghai. The 77,000 global
employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being
recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired
Companies®. For more information visit us
at www.mgmresorts.com.
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