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In August 2002, MGM Grand Detroit acquired 25 acres of nearby property for an undisclosed price from DTE Energy. [5] In 2005, the MGM Grand Detroit Casino was the subject of a possible sale when parent company MGM MIRAGE announced that it was acquiring rival casino company Mandalay Resort Group, owners of the MotorCity Casino.
The skyline of Detroit in 2015. This list of tallest buildings in Detroit ranks skyscrapers and high rises in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan by height. The tallest skyscraper in Detroit is the 73-story Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, which rises 727 feet (222 m) along Detroit's International Riverfront.
MGM Grand Detroit: Detroit: Wayne: Michigan: Land-based: MotorCity Casino Hotel: Detroit: Wayne: Michigan: Land-based: Northern Waters Casino Resort: Watersmeet: Gogebic: Michigan: Native American: Owned by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa: Odawa Casino Mackinaw: Mackinaw City: Cheboygan: Michigan: Native American: Owned by ...
The casino advertises via a huge electronic sign on the I-94 freeway, the heavily traveled corridor between Detroit and Chicago. The sign is 50 ft (15 m) tall by 30 ft (9.1 m) wide by 8 ft (2.4 m) deep, and the total structure weighs more than 10 short tons (9,100 kg).
The company's background can be traced to 1969, when airline and casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian bought a controlling stake in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio. [15] In 1970 and 1971, Kerkorian struggled with debt from his acquisitions of MGM and Western Airlines, and was forced to sell a majority of his casino company, International Leisure, to Hilton Hotels at a steep discount.
MotorCity Casino Hotel is a casino hotel located in Detroit, Michigan, United States.It was opened on December 14, 1999. [1]The $825 million MotorCity complex contains a historic building that housed the Wagner Baking Company, makers of the brand Wonder Bread. [2]
On October 17, 2023, casino workers in Detroit began a strike against MGM Resorts International, operator of the MGM Grand Detroit, and Penn Entertainment, which runs the MotorCity Casino Hotel and Hollywood Casino at Greektown. Casino workers in Michigan's largest city, represented by the Detroit Casino Council (DCC), failed to reach a labor ...
Casino workers for MGM Grand Detroit have voted to ratify a new contract, ending a 47-day strike. MGM Grand Detroit workers are union members of the Detroit Casino Council, which represents nearly ...