In April 2015, the MGM casino was sued by a group of Prince George's County businesses who claimed the casino didn't comply with minority business enterprise (MBE) contracting standards.

The west entrance to the facility features a 25-by-15-foot (7.6 m × 4.6 m) iron archway composed of 'found objects' such as farming tools, children's toys, wheels and axes designed by Bob Dylan. Artists, sculptors, and photographers featured in the collection include Alice Aycock, Charles Hinman, Chul Hyun Ahn, John Safer, Liao Yibai, Margaret Boozer, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Sam Gilliam, and Terry O'Neill.

The resort's public spaces feature a permanent collection of art inspired by the Washington metropolitan area and developed in collaboration with Prince George's County Arts and Humanities Council, Atlantic Arts, and RareCulture. MGM National Harbor includes a 23-story hotel with 308 rooms, 135,000 square feet (12,500 m 2) in gaming space, retail space, a spa, seven restaurants, a 3,000-seat theater with seven VIP suites, 27,000 square feet (2,500 m 2) of meeting and event space, and a parking garage for 4,800 cars. while the architect of record for the project is SmithGroupJJR. The organization of the casino is along a central axis, similar to the arrangement for the National Mall. The white exterior of the building is in keeping with the marble used in many of the buildings in Washington DC. Vici Properties acquired MGM Growth, including MGM National Harbor, in 2022. In September 2017, MGM Growth Properties purchased the land and buildings of MGM National Harbor from MGM Resorts International for $1.2 billion in a leaseback transaction. Ĭonstruction on MGM National Harbor began in April 2014. The company received the license after competing with bids from Penn National Gaming to develop a $700-million facility at its Rosecroft Raceway and Greenwood Racing to develop a $761-million facility near Maryland Route 210. MGM Resorts International received a license in December 2013 to develop a $925-million resort (later increased to $1.2 billion ) in National Harbor. History South entrance Hotel entrance and lobby Conservatory, decorated in autumn decor

It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International.

It opened on December 8, 2016, and cost $1.4 billion. MGM National Harbor is a casino hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

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