\nThe 12,000-square-foot Level Up space between the Hakkasan Nightclub is a true millennial playground, a palace of esports and skill-gaming, which MGM hopes strikes the perfect balance between arcade gaming and gambling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nIt includes, for example, the world\u2019s first Frogger machine that can be played for money. Even traditional gambling games, like blackjack and roulette, are set up differently, with a dynamic that\u2019s geared towards socializing, as well as lower minimum bets to make them millennial-friendly.<\/p>\n
And then there are activities than aren\u2019t remotely connected to gambling at all, such as foosball and ping pong, QuadAir Hockey, Bubble Hockey, Sigma Derby, Giant Pac-Man and Connect Four. There\u2019s even an arm wrestling table.<\/p>\n
New Breed of Gambler<\/b><\/h2>\n
While visitors flock to Vegas in greater number than ever before, fewer than ever are gambling; instead, they come for the restaurants, the shows and the nightlife.<\/p>\n
According to the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, the amount wagered on slots machines has fallen from a 2007 high of $355 billion to $291 billion in 2014.<\/p>\n
Level Up seeks to provide the missing link between gambling and other forms of entertainment and, in doing so, perhaps provides us a glimpse of the casinos of the future.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MGM Grand is has unveiled its new skill-gaming indoor golf suite, Golfstream, which opened at the casino\u2019s millennial-friendly Level Up skill-gaming entertainment lounge over the weekend. MGM is touting the suite as a “first-of-its-kind golf experience [that] uses augmented reality and laser guidance \u2026 in a new approach to skill-based contests,\u201d allowing users to play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3312,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
MGM Grand Launches Skill-gaming Indoor Golf Concept Golfstream<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n