Vici Properties<\/a> (another REIT) is the real whale, or as we’ve described it, “the Strip’s landlord.”<\/p>\nVici owns 43 casino resorts, including Caesars Palace, Park MGM, Excalibur, Luxor, New York-New York and Harrah’s Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The major casino operators are MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment, of course.<\/p>\n
We hope this painfully granular overview of the sale of a stake in Bellagio has managed to give you all the useless information you can stomach for today.<\/p>\n
What else do you have to do? Work? Please. Care for an elderly parent? Please!<\/p>\n
Deals involving millions and billions of dollars is a reminder you are a commoner, and there’s nothing wrong with that, probably. Your desire to actually “own assets” is utterly quaint, by the way.<\/p>\n
Despite your lowly status, Bellagio will still welcome you with open arms. Hit the fountains, of course, and the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens (still free) and all the other wonders of the MILF of the Las Vegas Strip! Our term, not Bellagio’s, sadly.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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