MGM Mirage is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based business engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels and casinos throughout the world. The company began operations on May 31, 2000 after the completion of the US$6.4 billion merger of MGM Grand Inc. and Mirage Resorts Inc. Prior to the merger of the two companies, MGM Grand had been in operation since the 1960s and Mirage Resorts (formerly Golden Nugget Companies, Inc.) had been in operation since the 1970s.
On January 26, 2004, MGM Mirage completed the sale of its two Golden Nugget casinos -- the Golden Nugget Las Vegas and the Golden Nugget Laughlin. The former, in downtown Las Vegas, was the first casino owned by Steve Wynn, and was the foundation on which he built the MGM Mirage predecessor corporation Mirage Resorts. The Golden Nugget properties were purchased by the Las Vegas-based private investment firm Poster Financial Group, Inc. for approximately $215 million.
On June 4, 2004 MGM Mirage announced a bid to acquire one of its major competitors, Mandalay Resort Group, for $68 per share plus assumption of debt. The ensuing negotiations between the two companies included at one point an announcement that the Mandalay board was rejecting the offer because of antitrust concerns. On June 15, 2004, however, both companies' boards approved a revised offer of $71 per share. The agreement calls for MGM Mirage to pay $4.8 billion and to assume $2.5 billion in debt. Because the combined company would control approximately half of the hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip, with a particular concentration in high-end resorts, analysts expected the Federal Trade Commission to consider whether to require divestment of one or more Las Vegas properties as a condition for approving the transaction.
On June 23, 2004 MGM Mirage completed its $140 million dollar sale of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Darwin, Australia to SKYCITY Entertainment Group.
Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian and his Tracinda Corporation are currently the majority owners of MGM Mirage. Kerkorian also is the majority owner of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio, from which the predecessor corporation MGM Grand, Inc. derived its name.
Current MGM Mirage properties
All properties are wholly owned subsidiaries except where indicated.
- Beau Rivage Hotel/Casino, Biloxi Mississippi
- Bellagio Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas Nevada
- Boardwalk Hotel/Casino (Formerly Boardwalk Casino & Holiday Inn), Las Vegas Nevada
- Borgata Hotel/Casino and Spa, Atlantic City New Jersey (50% owner through Marina District Development Corporation, LLC)
- MGM Grand Hotel/Casino and City of Entertainment, Las Vegas Nevada
- MGM Grand Detroit Casino, Detroit Michigan (50% owner in partnership with Partners Detroit, L.L.C.)
- MGM Mirage Vacations, Milwaukee Wisconsin (Non-Gaming Operation)
- Mirage Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas Nevada
- Monte Carlo Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas Nevada (50% owner in partnership with Mandalay Resort Group)
- New York New York Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas Nevada
- Primm Valley Resorts, Primm Valley Nevada
- Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas Nevada
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Last updated: 10-24-2005 19:18:58
