MGM Grand Las Vegas
Casino resort in Las Vegas
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| 2025 | Arena will host eight First Round and four Quarterfinal games of the College Basketball Crown tournament. |
| 2025 | Netflix Bites residency restaurant is set to open, featuring chefs from the broadcaster's streaming line-up. |
| September 6 2024 | Suicideboys' Grey Day 2024 Tour performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena with full attendance of 11,252 |
| 2023 | Luchini Italian restaurant and Chez Bippy opened at the MGM Grand. |
| January 2023 | Vici Properties buys out Blackstone's stake in the MGM Grand. |
| 2022 | The Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony moved from MGM Grand Garden Arena to Allegiant Stadium, ending the venue's long-running hosting tradition. |
| 2022 | Brad Garrett's Comedy Club relocated to The District, reducing seating to 210 in a higher-traffic area. |
| 2022 | The Jonas Brothers opened Nellie's Southern Kitchen, their second location named after their great-grandmother. |
| 2022 | West Wing is renamed the Studio Tower following renovations. |
| July 2 2022 | Hosted WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view, which was originally planned for Allegiant Stadium. This was the first WWE pay-per-view event held at the arena. |
| April 2022 | Vici Properties buys MGM Growth. |
| April 3 2022 | The MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, which was the first time the prestigious music awards ceremony was held in Las Vegas. |
| 2021 | Hosted the Latin Grammy Awards for the sixth time. |
| 2021 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. |
| October 31 2021 | Phish performed the album 'Get More Down' by their fictional band 'Sci-Fi Soldier' as their Halloween musical costume at MGM Grand Garden Arena. |
| June 12 2021 | Continuation of PBR Unleash the Beast Series event at MGM Grand Garden Arena. |
| June 11 2021 | PBR Unleash the Beast Series returns to MGM Grand Garden Arena for the first time since 1998, with events held on June 11 and 12. |
| 2020 | CSI: The Experience attraction closed due to local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | MGM Resorts announces the sale of the resort to a joint venture of MGM Growth Properties and The Blackstone Group. |
| 2019 | Hosted the Latin Grammy Awards for the fifth time. |
| 2019 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. |
| 2019 | Fiamma Trattoria was replaced by a new Italian restaurant, Ambra. |
| May 25 2019 | Hosted All Elite Wrestling's inaugural event, Double or Nothing (2019), with tickets selling out in just four minutes. |
| January 2019 | Conference center expansion was completed, built at a cost of $130 million. |
| 2018 | Hosted the Latin Grammy Awards for the fourth time. |
| 2018 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. |
| 2018 | Hosted the first Academy of Country Music Awards following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, marking a significant emotional milestone for the venue and community. |
| 2018 | Pearl Chinese restaurant was replaced by China Tang, which would close two years later. |
| October 31 2018 | Phish performed an all-new original set, fictionally presented as a cover of the album 'í rokk' by the invented Scandinavian progressive rock band 'Kasvot Växt'. |
| 2017 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. |
| October 1 2017 | Las Vegas shooting occurred approximately 1 mile from the arena, impacting the local community and future events. |
| June 2017 | Expansion of the resort's conference center began. |
| 2016 | PBR World Finals event relocates to T-Mobile Arena. |
| 2016 | Topgolf opened a driving range on the former theme park land. Level Up, a video game lounge by Hakkasan, opened in the former Rainforest Cafe space. |
| 2016 | Chef Masaharu Morimoto opened Morimoto, a Japanese restaurant, replacing Shibuya. |
| October 31 2016 | Phish performed a complete cover of David Bowie's album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' as their Halloween musical costume at the venue. |
| 2015 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards for the second time. |
| 2015 | The Jabbawockeez dance group began performing in the former Crazy Horse venue, with a contract extending through 2025. |
| July 19 2015 | Lady Gaga's Artrave: The Artpop Ball tour performed at the arena with Lady Starlight, achieving full attendance of 24,948 |
| 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Latin Grammy Awards for the first time. |
| 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena began hosting the Roman Main Event (initially called The MGM Resorts Main Event), an 8-team college basketball tournament during Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season. |
| 2014 | Appears in The Amazing Race 24 |
| 2014 | Serves as the home base of David Whele in the TV series Dominion |
| 2014 | A New Hampshire couple won the jackpot on the famous Lion's Share slot machine, which was subsequently retired after gaining a cult following among gamblers. |
| October 31 2014 | Phish performed 'Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House' as their Halloween musical costume at MGM Grand Garden Arena, creating an original instrumental performance. The band later incorporated 'Martian Monster' into their regular concert repertoire, performing it at over 25 subsequent concerts. |
| 2013 | Jeff Beacher opened Beacher's Madhouse in the former Crazy Horse venue. |
| 2013 | Studio Walk was rebranded as The District. |
| October 13 2013 | Madonna's MDNA Tour performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena with Martin Solveig, achieving full attendance of 24,991 |
| April 2013 | Hakkasan nightclub and restaurant replaced the former Studio 54 space. |
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