LAS VEGAS, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International was honored at the 12th annual Sports
Business Awards as the "Breakthrough of the Year" recipient by the
Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily, a division of
Street and Smith's. The award was presented to MGM Resorts at
the Sports Business Awards Ceremony in New York last week.
Last summer, MGM Resorts Chairman and CEO Jim Murren announced a historic alliance, naming
MGM Resorts the "Official Gaming Partner of the NBA and WNBA." As
the first sports betting operator in the U.S. to partner with a
professional sports league in this category, MGM Resorts is a
trailblazer, bringing millions of basketball fans and MGM Resorts
guests together in an innovative and collaborative way. In the
process, MGM Resorts is laying the foundation and setting
expectations for all other partnerships, changing the way that
consumers interact with sports betting operators, clubs and leagues
alike.
"To win an award from the Sports Business Journal, one of the
most recognizable sources for sports in the world, is an honor,"
said Murren. "As Las Vegas develops into a true sports destination,
MGM Resorts will continue to invest in sports and look to create
new and exciting partnerships. The sky is the limit."
In recent months, MGM Resorts has also formed groundbreaking
sports betting and entertainment partnerships with the National
Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and Major League Soccer. MGM
has also formed individual team partnerships with the New York
Jets, New England Patriots, Sacramento Kings and Boston Red Sox. In
addition, the company is the owner of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces,
Las Vegas' first professional
basketball team and is a joint venture partner in T-Mobile Arena,
home of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights.
Launched in 2008, the Sports Business Awards were established by
Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily to celebrate and
recognize the leaders, visionaries and day-to-day practitioners who
personify excellence in the business of sports. The 2019 nominees
and were recognized for excellence and outstanding achievement in
the business of sports for the period from March 1, 2018 – February
28, 2019.
The Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily's
editorial team reviewed outside submissions and put forward its own
suggestions to come up with nominees for the Sports Business Awards
in a variety of categories. Winners were selected by a team
of 29 industry executives based on clarity and effectiveness of
presentation; specific answers and results on the
criteria; and clear accomplishments over the year.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment
company with national and international locations featuring
best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and
conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment
experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and
retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences
through its suite of Las
Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses
30 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings including some of
the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding
throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company recently
acquired the operations of Empire City Casino in New York and Hard Rock Rocksino in
Ohio, which was rebranded as MGM
Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM Resorts opened MGM Springfield in
Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in
Macau, and the first
Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The 83,000 global employees of MGM
Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of
FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more
information visit us at www.mgmresorts.com.
About the Sports Business Journal
With more than
80 reporters, editors and guest columnists, Sports Business Journal
is the category-leading weekly magazine covering sports business.
Sports Business Daily, the industry's leading daily online site,
summarizes news reported by more than 600 media outlets while its
Global edition aggregates business news throughout the world by
following more than 200 local-language publications and media
outlets.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
News
Media
MARC
JACOBSON
Manager of Media
Relations
media@mgmresorts.com
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