“Today, MGM has become one of the world’s most powerful and diverse entertainment brands,” Murren said in comments last week at the National Press Club.
MGM Resorts International expands its universe to Washington, D.C., with the grand opening of its MGM National Harbor on the eastern banks of the Potomac River on Thursday night.Ĭasino officials are on the verge of conducting their last technology integrity tests this week before receiving a license from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to open what will be the state’s sixth casino.īut as MGM Chairman and CEO Jim Murren sees it, National Harbor will be far more than a resort hotel and MGM is much more than just a casino company. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) HILL, Md.
The $1.4 billion hotel-casino is slated to open Thursday. The 308-room, 24-story hotel tower rises above at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md.
