LAS VEGAS, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Monday, Jan. 20, the Las Vegas community will come together to
participate in the 38th annual Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Parade. MGM Resorts International (NYSE:
MGM) will be the presenting sponsor of the parade for the 10th
consecutive year.
MGM Resorts International's "The Fabric of America" float entry
in the 2020 MLK Parade pays tribute to iconic African Americans
woven throughout history who spoke out and advocated for equality
and human rights for all. The parade will kick off at
10 a.m. with the route starting at
Fourth Street and Gass Avenue. This year's parade theme is "Living
the Dream – The Time is Right to Do What's Right."
As always the Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Committee, the nonprofit organization that plans and
hosts the parade, promises this year's parade to provide a variety
of entertainment, including floats, exotic vehicles, marching bands
and dancers. Public officials and representatives of area nonprofit
organizations are also expected to participate in the event. MGM
Resorts has participated in the Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Parade since 2003. Hundreds of employee
volunteers from the company are expected to turn out in full force
to march in the parade with an MGM Resorts float created by the
company's special events department.
"We are proud to come together with our community to honor the
life and unmatched legacy of Dr. King. His quest for equal
rights and universal respect for all continues to inspire our
work as we embrace humanity and promote inclusion for all
through his timeless teachings," said Jyoti Chopra, Senior Vice President, Chief
Diversity & Sustainability Officer for MGM Resorts
International. "As a company we continue to focus on taking
strong and principled stands on issues of equality and aim to
better unify our world."
Dozens of Las Vegas employees
from MGM Resorts will also honor Dr. King's legacy through
participation in several service projects across the Las Vegas
Valley throughout the month of January. Cleaning donated books,
serving meals at local nonprofits and facilitating games for
special needs children are among the projects that volunteers plan
to support.
Similar activities are planned across the company's domestic
regional operations, as well. In what has become a
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
tradition, employees from Gold Strike Tunica in Mississippi will volunteer by providing
information and directional assistance to guests visiting the
National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. The museum, located on the site
of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., chronicles the history of the American civil
rights movement and draws thousands of visitors each year.
For more information, please visit www.kingweeklasvegas.com.
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 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 82,000 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.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kenthea Pedraza
MGM Resorts International
Kpedraza@mgmresorts.com
702-692-6898
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