Tag Archives: Mandalay Bay
US – MGM donates land for memorial at site of Route 91 Harvest massacre
MGM Resorts International will donate land for a public memorial for the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting on October 1, 2017. The two acres of land will house a memorial where the festival concert took place, close to the Mandalay Bay Hotel, resulting in a massacre where more than 860 were injured and 58…
US – Mandalay Bay’s stadium to be renamed Michelob Ultra Arena
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino has sold the naming rights agreement with industry-leading beverage company Anheuser-Busch. The deal, negotiated by MGM Resorts International, will rename the resort’s 12,000-seat sports and entertainment venue in Las Vegas the Michelob ULltra Arena. The agreement’s integration will feature a variety of assets inside the Michelob ULTRA Arena and at…
US – MGM to pay $49m of $751m Las Vegas shooting settlement
A day before the third anniversary of the mass shooting which killed 58 people at the at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, a judge has ordered that MGM Resorts, owner of the hotel and the concert venue, will pay $49m of a $751m settlement with its insurance companies paying the rest. MGM acknowledged…
US – MGM prepares to reopen Luxor, Aria and Mandalay bay
On the heels of reopening its first three Las Vegas properties, MGM Resorts International announced it will add several of its resorts in the weeks ahead. Luxor and The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place will reopen on June 25. They will be followed by ARIA, and Mandalay Bay, Four Seasons Las Vegas on July 1….
US – Blackstone to pay $4.6bn for foothold in MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay
MGM Resorts is offloading a major shareholding in two of its major Las Vegas assets with MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay being sold to growing gaming force Blackstone for $4.6bn following the increasingly popular ‘buy and lease back model.’ The deal between MGM Growth Properties and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust effectively monetises the real…
US – MGM confirms landmark settlement of $735m for Route 91 victims
Victims of the Route 91 Harvest shootings in 2017 in Las Vegas will receive a landmark settlement of between $735m and $800m from MGM Resorts, who owns Mandalay Bay Hotel, from where the gunman killed 58 people. More than 800 people were injured at the country music festival at a venue across from the hotel,…
US – MGM’s lawsuit on ‘Route 91 massacre’ provokes social media backlash
MGM Resorts has filed a federal lawsuit against more than 1,000 Las Vegas mass shooting victims in an effort to avoid liability when a lone gunman killed 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest festival on October 1. MGM is being sued by thousands of concert goers caught up in the massacre who believe it…
US – MGM prevented from clearing killer’s room at Mandalay bay
Lawyers representing a woman who suffered three gunshot wounds to the chest during the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas have won an important court decision with Judge Mark Denton ruling in favour of an emergency Temporary Restraining Order to protect and preserve all evidence in the case. “This order prevents…
US – MGM Resorts facing its first lawsuit following Mandalay Bay massacre
Paige Gasper, a 21-year-old from Texas who is studying in California, is the first to take legal action against MGM Resorts International after she was injured during the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival. The complainant, who was shot in the chest and needed several surgeries, also details the estate of the gunman,…
