MGM proposes $925 million casino for P.G. County

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun

 

 Playing the last hand of the week in a round of bidding for the rights to build a casino in Prince George's County, MGM Resorts said Friday that the merits of its $925 million resort next to the Capital Beltway trump the others.

 Its ace in the hole is a location on a hill above the Potomac River at National Harbor, said Jim Murren, MGM's chairman and CEO.

"We have never seen a site more perfectly tailored," said Murren during a site visit Friday by members of the state's Video Lottery Facility Location Commission.

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