MGM Grand Detroit Casino News - Page 8

MGM Grand Detroit property is now accepting hotel reservations for November 1, 2007 and later.

News Brief: Today is the first day you can reserve a room at the MGM Grand's permanent Detroit hotel, which opens in October.

News Brief: The MGM Grand Detroit Casino will open its new job staffing center today that will be used for job interviews and training for 1,000 new employees for its new $750 million casino/hotel/entertainment center.

MGM Grand Detroit announced Wednesday it has opened a website where individuals can apply for jobs at its new hotel and entertainment destination that will open in Detroit in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Electronic Game Card, Inc. confirms that MGM Grand Detroit has signed an agreement to use Electronic GameCards in a promotion for its 75,000 square-foot gaming property in Detroit.

News Brief: Greektown Casino led Detroit casinos in revenue growth for March, registering a 14.6% rise, the Michigan Gaming Control Board reports.

News Brief: The new permanent MGM Grand Detroit Casino under construction now will be 17-stories high designed in a somewhat art-deco style.

Attorney Mayer Morganroth has filed a $69 million lawsuit in Detroit demanding a trial by jury against MGM Grand Detroit, LLC, MGM Grand Resorts, LLC and MGM Mirage, Inc.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to MGM Grand Detroit casino's plans for a permanent hotel/casino structure.

News Brief: MGM Grand Detroit Casino L.L.C. and Greektown Casino L.L.C. reported revenue increases for July, while MotorCity Casino L.L.C. revenue was 4 percent behind 2004 for July and nearly 1 percent off the year to date.

News Brief: Two Detroit casinos have pocketed about $650,000 since 2003 in winnings that forgetful gamblers neglected to claim before they expired.

News Brief: The MGM Grand Detroit Casino gave away more than 83,000 meals last year to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Metro Detroit for distribution to the poor.

News Brief: About 1,500 other women of a certain age converged on MGM Grand casino Monday for Red Hat Day, a party celebrating the over-50 women's group spreading like a red and purple virus across the country.

Two of the city's three casinos saw revenue fall last month, but the local industry still brought in slightly more cash than last year, thanks to a good month at MGM Grand Detroit.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board still hasn't received an application to transfer ownership in either MGM Grand casino or MotorCity Casino, but one is expected by week's end, the board's executive director said Monday.

News Brief: The Michigan Gaming Control Board will likely consider the sale of either MotorCity Casino or MGM Grand Detroit Casino at its March 8 meeting, the board's executive director said Thursday.

Attorneys for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians filed notice today that it will seek to enjoin MGM Grand Detroit from selling its casino franchise.

News Brief: The soon-to-be-merged gaming giants MGM Mirage and Mandalay Resort Group says it has received about a half dozen offers for one of its two area casinos and expects to sell one before the end of the first quarter.

News Brief: Detroit's three casinos raked in more than $1.18 billion in 2004, a 5.2-percent increase, with both MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity increasing revenues while Greektown lost some ground.

News Brief: The Las Vegas Sands Corp. is likely to face stiff competition in any attempt to purchase the MGM Grand Detroit Casino and build a new casino, hotel and convention center in Detroit.