MGM<\/a> which has been busily increasing its presence on the East Coast lately.<\/p>\nMGM\u2019s Eastern Expansion <\/b><\/h2>\n
In January, the company bought out Boyd Gaming to assume full control of the Borgata in Atlantic City. A month previously, it had opened its $1.4 billion National Harbor casino resort in Maryland.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, the $950 million MGM Springfield is currently under construction and due for completion in the fall of 2018.<\/p>\n
“We’ve considered Sands a good corporate citizen, but this sale could be a good opportunity,” Robert Donchez, the local mayor, told the Morning Call. “There has been some frustration in getting Sands to put some focus on the rest of the property. The buyer might be more willing to consider developing it, or at least selling it off to someone who will.”<\/p>\n
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The sale of the Sands Bethlehem to MGM Resorts International has been described as \u201cimminent\u201d by sources who spoke to the Allentown Morning Call on Wednesday. MGM\u2019s interest in the LVS property was revealed last week when Sands Bethlehem CEO Mark Juliano sent an email to employees saying talks were underway, but “not imminent.\u201d There […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":46465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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