MGM Resorts Eyeing Atlanta for Casino

Monday, July 6th, 2015

MGM Resorts International is interested in building a $1 billion casino resort in downtown Atlanta that would create 3,500 permanent jobs, the General Assembly’s leading economic development policy maker said Thursday.

“I’ve seen it, the conceptual plan at least,” state Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Savannah, told Atlanta Business Chronicle. “It will compare with anything in Las Vegas.”

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