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MGM Grand Detroit, Detroit, MI

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MGM Grand Detroit

Play slots and table games and stay at a downtown Detroit casino resort that opened the city's first legal casino in 1999.

Detroit, MI

About MGM Grand Detroit

MGM Grand Detroit is one of three casino resort hotels in Detroit. Its first, temporary casino opened on July 29, 1999 and was the first legal casino in the city, and the permanent resort opened on October 3, 2007. Vici Properties owns it and MGM Resorts operates it. Wikipedia describes approved plans for 100,000 square feet of casino space, 401 hotel rooms and 1,200-seat live performance space.

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