Live! Casino & Hotel, formerly Maryland Live! Casino, is a

casino hotel A casino hotel is an establishment consisting of a casino with temporary lodging provided in an on-premises hotel. Customers receive the benefits of both gambling facilities and lodging. Since the casino and hotel are located on the same premis ...

Hanover, Maryland Hanover is an unincorporated community in the Baltimore/Annapolis area in northwestern Anne Arundel County and eastern Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland, located south of Baltimore. The community is located approximately at the interse ...

, adjacent to

Arundel Mills Mall Arundel Mills is a shopping mall located in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland (with a Hanover mailing address). It is 59.3% owned by Simon Property Group, who manages the mall. With its GLA, it is the largest mall in the state o ...

. It is owned by

Gaming and Leisure Properties Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in casino properties, based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. It was formed in November 2013 as a corporate spin-off from Penn National Gaming. The company owns ...

and operated by

The Cordish Companies The Cordish Companies (previously The Cordish Company) is a U.S.-based real estate development and entertainment operating company with its headquarters on the 6th floor of the Pratt Street Power Plant in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded ...

. It opened in 2012. The casino has over 3,900

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and electronic table games, 189 live table games, and 52 poker tables. There is parking for 5,000 vehicles in a six-story parking garage. At 17 stories, the hotel is the tallest building in

Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, whi ...

History

The casino opened its first phase on June 6, 2012, which included 3,200 slot machines and electronic table games. It was built on what was formerly mall parking lots. The second phase opened in September 2012, bringing the total to 4,750 machines. In December 2012, Maryland Live! transitioned to being open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In April 2013, Maryland Live! debuted 122 table games to complement its electronic games and slot machines. A 52-table poker room opened in August 2013. A 310-room hotel and conference center opened on June 6, 2018, on a site adjacent to the casino building. In December 2021, Cordish sold the land and buildings to

(GLP) in a

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transaction for $1.14 billion in cash, stock, and assumed debt. Cordish would pay $75 million of annual rent for the property.

Restaurants

* Bobby's Burger Palace * Luk Fu * Morty's Delicatessen * Noodles Ramen Bar * The Orchid Kitchen *

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* The Prime Rib * David's * Luckie's

Entertainment

* Live! Center Stage (concert venue)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Live! Casino and Hotel Buildings and structures in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Tourist attractions in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Casinos in Maryland 2012 establishments in Maryland The Cordish Companies Casinos completed in 2012

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