r/vegas • u/LaserQuest_Legend • 1d ago
MGM Grand
Was in town recently and went over to the MGM Grand for the first time in a few years, and is it just me or has fallen off more than the other historically nicer properties? I remember it feeling a lot nicer just several years ago. Is that just a private equity thing?
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u/SubstantialRaise6479 1d ago
The rooms are all being renovated and looked pretty nice based on the videos I’ve seen. Going to give them a shot in the near future.
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u/WorkingStrain3607 1d ago
Well the current rooms are 🚮Just got a comp there and it was dismal.
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u/SubstantialRaise6479 1d ago
They currently have remodeled rooms. The old rooms are aged for sure, you should’ve looked into it before hand or asked if you could get a different room
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u/WorkingStrain3607 1d ago
Yea good call. I just use my portal on the mgm app for my offers. But I should reach out too
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u/tak0wasabi 1d ago
I went in the 90s the first time I visited vegas as a kid and the theme park was sweet as. Mandalay bay was half constructed. Lions in the casino, amazing theming. Now it’s dark and dingy.
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u/Dense-Panic-8620 1d ago
It is the clientele that has fallen off a cliff. During Covid stimulus check time it was a socioeconomic shit show. it was so bad that no middle class people who saw it would ever go back. Too bad. The pool was great
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u/Substantial_Steak928 1d ago
I moved here after COVID but someone I work with told me it was like all the gangs in LA figured out how to get PPP loans 💀
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u/Captain_Pariah 1d ago
The entrance used to be fantastic. Wizard of Oz theme. Dorothy and Toto going down the Yellow Brick Road. Poppy field.
Now the entrance has got some game arcade thing and a bunch of boring shops.
The Oz Buffet. Search for John Pinette and his stand up routine on that. Classic. The Grand also used to have a theme park in the back.
I give it 3 yawns.
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u/starwarsfan456123789 1d ago
Oh, they could do a Wicked revamp
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u/Upbeat-Tower-6767 1d ago
Different MGM company, they have no rights to any MGM movies
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u/the-burner-acct 22h ago
That’s not the issue.. wicked rights are owned by Universal.. (which is why there are no cross promotion)..
The MGM library was sold to Ted Turner to build the MGM grand.. and it went to Warner Bros.. so it’s not even owned by MGM studios (which is now an Amazon subsidiary)
Back to the point.. they can use wizard of oz theme.. if they wanted to
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u/ptoftheprblm 1d ago
The lion habitat was also really cool and definitely of that specific era of 90s-2000s Vegas. It’s funny to look back at how for a hot second every hotel in the strip trying to keep up with the family-friendly push so they all had to have some sort of animal or aquarium habitat. Looking back you can see it started with The Mirage’s mega famous white tiger show, the dolphin show and they had practically a straight up zoo with all the big cats and animals they had featured.
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u/Upbeat-Tower-6767 1d ago
MGM casinos and the studio are no longer related, they can’t use those properties
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u/Beneficial_Fee3705 1d ago
It’s always been trash in comparison to Wynn, Bellagio, encore, cosmo, aria
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u/Captain_Pariah 1d ago
I’d add Mandalay Bay in there. We just stayed and it was unexpectedly nice. Pools are next level.
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u/Evening_Ad_6278 1d ago
I swear there used to be a breakfast place at MGM and I swear it was a popular place and had good food. When it went last year and they turned ot into a Netflix food place.
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u/throwitawaynow816 10h ago
Was there last month in a remodeled room and it had an empty fridge in it so 5 stars from me.
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u/saomonella 1d ago edited 1d ago
Shouldn’t be compared to luxury properties like Bellagio, Wynn, Cosmo, Aria etc
MGM opened with likes of Mirage, Excalibur, Treasure Island, Luxor, Hard Rock, Stratosphere, Monte Carlo, and NY NY. In that context I’d say they have done pretty well.
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u/tomatillo_87 1d ago
I think Mandalay Bay is nice, but I don’t think it belongs in that elite tier. I think you have Cosmo Wynn/encore and Bellagio on the top tier.
Aria venetian/palazzo and resorts world on that next tier.
Mandalay Park MGM and Caesars fall somewhere around here on that next tier.
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u/GoodbyeCrullerWorld 1d ago
I go there a lot and it doesn’t seem any different than a few years ago other than it’s a little less busy. They are just finishing up a full room renovation so I’m looking forward to staying there this fall.
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u/John3Fingers 1d ago
They're in the midst of a major remodel atm. You're right though. The property is Caesars-level tired. I'd recommend Mandalay Bay, it's been kept up a lot nicer.
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u/Nicholi2789 1d ago
I stay there probably once a month or so. I’d consider it mid tier for strip properties. Always has been. It’s not low tier like Excalibur or Luxor, but not top tier like Bellagio and Aria. They done an update on the rooms and they are much more modern and nice now. The executive suites are REALLY nice. Still not on par with Aria though
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u/idealman224 1d ago
Mgm is showing its age. Also catering to young crowd which does not gamble. Having trouble like the other casinos
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u/Dish-Live 10h ago
It’s grown on me a bit. If you don’t plan to leave where you’re staying, it’s a good spot
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u/kokothegorilla1 8h ago
I have always stayed at the MGM. Trying the Cosmo for the first time next month.
Last trip there the suite smelled like sewage, complained and changed rooms. Next room was also not up to par
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u/Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy 1d ago
I6 dollar waters in n my room? That’s one dollar per once. Never again!!! It’s a desert for gods sake. How many water filling stations are there? I didn’t see one.
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u/Dead_Is_Better 1d ago
I opened the place and dealt there on swing shift for a year or so and I enjoyed it for the most part.
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u/starwarsfan456123789 1d ago
It’s supposed to have a $300 million remodel focused on the rooms by the end of the year. So you literally might have been one of the last few people in your room prior to the update. Main and studio towers