LAS VEGAS, March 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) today announced the formation of an
official partnership with the Boston Red Sox. This partnership
includes the MGM Resorts logo appearing on the Green Monster at
Fenway Park, the most iconic ballpark in Major League Baseball.
The new multi-year agreement designates MGM Resorts as the
"official and exclusive resort casino of the Boston Red Sox."
As an official sponsor of the Boston Red Sox, MGM Resorts will
have visible messaging behind home plate, Red Sox radio and other
team controlled media outlets. In addition, MGM Resorts will
receive exclusive access to one-of-a-kind fan experiences at Fenway
Park. MGM Springfield will also host various promotional
experiences throughout the year and be the new home for
the Red Sox' annual Baseball Winter
Weekend event, a weekend of hot stove fun for fans and
families that takes place each January. The event includes a Town
Hall Meeting with Red Sox leaders, autographs and
photos with Red Sox players, and round-table
discussions on a variety of baseball topics. The weekend also
includes a full baseball festival for fans of all ages and clinics
for kids.
"This is such a natural partnership for our two brands," said
Red Sox President and CEO Sam
Kennedy. "MGM has set the standard in the hospitality and
entertainment industry and their recent expansion into the
Commonwealth makes them a clear partner. We are thrilled to welcome
them to the Red Sox family and look forward to a long
collaboration."
"We are excited to enter into this historic partnership with the
Boston Red Sox," said MGM Resorts Chairman and CEO Jim Murren. "Combining the two iconic brands of
the Red Sox and MGM Resorts will create a new one-of-a-kind fan
experience for baseball fans unique to not only New England and MGM
Springfield, but the rest of the country. We look forward to
continuing our work and partnerships in the world of professional
sports and building on our success as a worldwide entertainment
leader."
Visitors to Boston's iconic
Fenway Park will see the multi-year partnership in various ways
beginning at the start of the 2019 season. Additional details of
the partnership include:
- Gameday signage around the park
- Winter Weekend @ MGM Springfield
- VIP gameday hospitality
The deal between MGM Resorts International and the Boston Red
Sox was facilitated by Fenway Sports Management, a global sports
marketing firm that specializes in partnership sales, consulting,
and the creation of unique and memorable events and
experiences.
ABOUT MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® 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 29 unique hotel and destination
gaming offerings including some of the most recognizable resort
brands in the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around
the world, the company acquired the operations of Empire City
Casino in New York in 2019, and in 2018, opened MGM
Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in Macau, and the
first Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The over 82,000
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.
Statements in this release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking" statements and "safe harbor statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that involve risks and/or uncertainties, including those described
in MGM Resorts' public filings with the SEC. MGM Resorts has
based forward-looking statements on management's current
expectations and assumptions and not on historical facts. Examples
of these statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding the expected benefits to be achieved as a result of the
partnership. Among the important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those indicated in such
forward-looking statements include effects of economic conditions
and market conditions in the markets in which MGM Resorts operates
and competition with other destination travel locations
throughout the United States and the world, the design,
timing and costs of expansion projects, risks relating to
international operations, permits, licenses, financings, approvals
and other contingencies in connection with growth in new or
existing jurisdictions and additional risks and uncertainties
described in MGM Resorts' Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form
8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports). In
providing forward-looking statements, MGM Resorts is not
undertaking any duty or obligation to update these statements
publicly as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law. If MGM Resorts updates one or
more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that
it will make additional updates with respect to those other
forward-looking statements.
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