Friday, December 20, 2013

MGM wins license for Maryland casino

MGM Resorts International won a license for a new casino near the nation’s capital in Maryland.  A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of Las Vegas-based MGM Resort’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor with a 300-suite hotel, casino and seven restaurants. The nonsmoking casino plan includes 3,600 slot machines and 140 table games.

The license is the sixth granted in five years in Maryland and four casinos have already opened. This casino could not open until July 2016, or two years after a casino being built in Baltimore opens.

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