It’s been a rumor for a long time, but the Friends Experience Las Vegas is a real thing. I mean, we know that it’s real because it toured the country. But now there are plans to make the attraction a permanent part of Las Vegas… or as permanent as anything can be in Sin City. Yes, it’s being called “The One in Vegas“, and when it eventually opens it will offer fans of the beloved TV show an immersive, interactive journey into the show. Located at MGM Grand, this unique attraction will bring iconic moments to life, allowing fans to…

Guests will soon have more reasons to love the MGM Grand. The famous property at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip has been in the middle of a $300 million renovation project to its main tower, and the first upgraded rooms are open to the public. The project will eventually redo more than 4,000 rooms. Another part of the remodel is the addition of 110 new suites, made possible by the transforming of about 350 standard rooms on the top floors, offering guests more spacious accommodations. Construction on those units began late last year and is expected to…

MGM Resorts plans to announce that they have a buyer for their MGM Grand casino property in Las Vegas. That announcement is expected to come by the end of this year. In a conference call Wednesday, MGM CEO Jim Murren said the company plans to use the proceeds from the MGM Grand sale to reduce debt and invest in new growth opportunities, including a potential $10 billion casino in Japan and sports betting in the U.S. This marks one of the final steps toward the MGM’s goal of becoming an “asset-light” casino operator. The company agreed this month to sell…

The MGM Grand is bringing to Las Vegas a virtual reality experience that will put participants inside the type of apocalyptical and fantastical video games they can play on their home computer. MGM Resorts International has teamed up with Australia-based VR game maker Zero Latency to bring three “free-roaming” social gaming experiences to the Level Up lounge starting Sept. 8. The MGM Grand will become the seventh U.S. location to host Zero Latency games. The Zombie Survival and Singularity games will require teams to kill zombies and robots as the they roam through what appears to be buildings and streets….

The MGM Grand hotel and casino, in an exclusive statement issued to Gambling 911 on Thursday, said a recent incident where a hotel guest reportedly found a bed bug in her room was not the fault of the MGM but of a previous guest who brought the insect in. “We take great pride in both our amazing resort and our world-class customer service at MGM Grand Las Vegas,” said Gordon Absher, Vice-President of Corporate Communications for the hotel. “The case generating so much recent social media activity was limited to one guest and one guest room… This is therefore an…

Apparently, skill gaming is the border dividing casino gambling and video games lies somewhere between a nightclub and a sports book — at least that’s where Hakkasan Group will open a space named Level Up in MGM Grand later this month. Level Up — which Hakkasan describes as a social lounge — will sit between Hakkasan and the sports book and will be roughly divided into two areas. One is a new arena with stadium seating where 40 gamblers at a time can play social versions of table games, such as blackjack, poker, keno and roulette. At craps, roulette or…