LAS VEGAS, March 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International today announced that it will comply with the Michigan
Gaming Control Board's order and will temporarily suspend gaming
operations at MGM Grand Detroit by 5:00 pm
EST, March 16th.
All hotel, restaurant and bar operations will cease by this
time as well. It is anticipated that it will remain closed
for two weeks, at which time the status will be re-evaluated.
"As we continue to navigate through this unprecedented public
health crisis, we will close MGM Grand Detroit for the safety of
our employees and the community," said MGM Resorts Chief Operating
Officer and President Bill
Hornbuckle. "We will work hard to mitigate the impacts
and will reopen as soon as it is appropriate and safe to do
so."
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 recently acquired the operations of Empire City Casino
in New York and Hard Rock Rocksino
in Ohio, which was rebranded as
MGM Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in
Macau, and the first
Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The over 80,000 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 the Company's public filings with the SEC. The Company 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, the mitigation of the
potential impacts of the coronavirus. These forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. 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 the Company 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 the Company's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K
reports (including all amendments to those reports). In providing
forward-looking statements, the Company 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 the Company 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.
MGM RESORTS CONTACTS:
BRIAN AHERN
Director of Media
Relations
media@mgmresorts.com
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