MGM Macau (; formerly known as MGM Grand Macau) is a 35-story, 600-room
casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertai ...
resort
A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term ''resort ...
in
Sé,
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
. Under a
sub concession approved by the Macau government, the project is owned and operated as a 50–50 joint venture between
MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International is an American global hospitality and entertainment company operating destination resorts in Las Vegas, Massachusetts, Detroit, Mississippi, Maryland, and New Jersey, including Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, and Pa ...
and
Pansy Ho
Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king (; born 26 August 1962) is a Hong Kong-Canadian billionaire businesswoman who is the daughter of Macau-based businessman Stanley Ho, and the managing director of various companies he founded, including Shun Tak Holdi ...
, daughter of Macau casino magnate
Stanley Ho. The sub-concession is one of several examples of new casino construction following the end of the
government-granted monopoly
economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a "de jure monopoly" or "regulated monopoly") is a form of coercive monopoly by which a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good ...
held for decades by Stanley Ho.
History
The MGM Grand Macau was opened on 18 December 2007 at a cost of US$1.25 billion.
The property was renamed to MGM Macau, as part of MGM Mirage's 2010 rebranding to MGM Resorts International.
On 18 April 2011, an
initial public offering
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...
was announced. Under the agreement, Pansy Ho would receive a 29 percent stake in the company, MGM China Holdings Ltd, which was created as a listing vehicle for the IPO. MGM Resorts would hold 51 percent and the public would receive 20 percent. The company raised US$1.5 billion from its IPO on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it has 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion. It is repor ...
at the top price of the range.
Layout
Phase One of the casino floor accounts for square metres over two levels and wrapping around the Grande Praça; with
table games and
slot machine
A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively a ...
s.
The property includes a convention space of , including The Grand Ballroom of 807 square metre for business meetings, social events and weddings; and partner with Six Senses Spa to have a space of 2,720 square metre that includes 12 treatment areas.
MGM Macau also features a number of restaurant outlets, bars, and lounges. There are 12 food and beverage outlets in total.
Soon after
Wynn Macau
Wynn Macau () is a luxury hotel and casino resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China with two towers containing a total of 1,008 rooms and suites, approximately of casino space, over of retail space, e ...
expansion plans became public, the MGM Macau announced its own plans for expansion, only weeks after the project was publicly launched. The expansion will add to the casino floor's 2nd level. The additional space allows 70 more game tables and 240 slot machines added.
Gallery
File:MGM Grand Macau Main Enterance.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Main Entrance
File:MGM Grand Macau Hotel Lobby Interior.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Hotel Lobby Interior
File:MGM Grand Macau Sky Roof Plaza.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Sky Roof Plaza
File:MGM Grand Macau Access to Casino.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Access to Casino
File:MGM Grand Macau Access.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Access
File:MGM Grand Macau Champagine Bar.jpg, MGM Grand Macau Champagne Bar
File:MGM Grand, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 19.jpg, MGM Grand exterior
See also
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Gambling in Macau
Gambling in Macau has been legal since the 1850s when the Portuguese government legalised the activity in the autonomous colony. Since then, Macau has become known worldwide as the "Gambling capital of the world" or "Monte Carlo of the East". ...
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