I-MGM Resorts International namuhla imemezele ukuthi isifinyelele isivumelwano sokudayisa ukusebenza kwe I-Mirage Hotel & Casino kuya I-Hard Rock International ngemali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.075, kuncike ekulungisweni kwekhephithali yokusebenza evamile.
“Lokhu kuthengiselana kuyingqophamlando ebalulekile Izindawo zokudlela ze-MGM, kanye naseLas Vegas,” kusho uBill Hornbuckle, oyi-CEO kanye noMongameli, we-MGM Resorts International. “Njengeqembu elivulile IMirage ngo-1989, ngiyazi mathupha ukuthi ikhethekile kangakanani, futhi yeka ithuba elihle elinikeza lona Hard Hard iqembu. Ngifuna ukubonga bonke abasebenzi bethu bakwa-Mirage abaye baletha ngokungaguquki imidlalo esezingeni lomhlaba nokuzijabulisa ezivakashini zethu iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu.”
"Lesi simemezelo siphawula umvuthwandaba wochungechunge lwezinguquko ze-MGM Resorts eminyakeni embalwa edlule," kusho uPaul Salem, uSihlalo weBhodi Labaqondisi, I-MGM Resorts International. “Ukwenza imali ngayo yonke iphothifoliyo yethu yendawo yangempela, kanye nokwengezwa kwe-CityCenter kanye nesivumelwano sethu sokuthola i-Cosmopolitan yase-Las Vegas, kuzobeka Inkampani ishidi lebhalansi lenqaba, iphothifoliyo eyinhloko, kanye nemithombo yezimali ebalulekile ukuze ifeze izinhloso zethu zamasu. ”
Izinyanga eziyishumi nambili ziphele ngoDisemba 31, 2019, IMirage kubikwe I-Adjusted Property EBITDAR yezigidi ezingu-$154. Lapho kuvalwa umsebenzi, isivumelwano sokuqashisa esiyinhloko se-MGM Resorts okwamanje esifaka i-The Mirage property sizochitshiyelwa ukuze kwehliswe irenti yonyaka ngezigidi ezingu-$90. Inkampani ilindele ukuthi ingqikithi yemali etholwayo ngemva kwezintela nezindleko ezilinganisiwe zibe cishe izigidi ezingama-$815.
“Lona kuwumphumela omuhle eNkampanini, njengoba sikwazi ukuphinda sibeke phambili izindleko zesikhathi esizayo kumathuba azothuthukisa ulwazi lwamakhasimende kwezinye izindawo zethu e-Las Vegas,” kusho u-Jonathan Halkyard, CFO & Treasurer, MGM Resorts International. “Siyayithokozela i-VICI, njengomnikazi wendawo ye-The Mirage uma sekuvaliwe ukuthengwa kwe-MGM Growth Properties, isebenza ngokwakhayo Hard Hard ukwenza kube lula isivumelwano sokuqashisa esisha.”
U-Halkyard uphethe ngokuthi, “Mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwemali etholwayo, sizohlala singabahlinzeki abaqotho bemali yethu ukuze sikhulise inani labanikazi bamasheya. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukugcina ishidi eliqinile lebhalansi, ukubuyisela imali kubanikazi bamasheya, nokuphishekela amathuba okukhula okuhlosiwe athuthukisa umbono wethu wokuba inkampani yezokuzijabulisa yemidlalo ephambili emhlabeni.”
IMirage yavulwa ngo-1989 futhi yatholwa yi-MGM Resorts ngo-2000. Indawo eyisakhiwo sodumo, etholakala enhliziyweni ye-Las Vegas Strip, yaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngentaba-mlilo yayo engamamitha angu-90, kanye nezinketho zayo zokuzijabulisa eziguqukayo.
Ngaphansi kwemibandela yesivumelwano, izindawo zokungcebeleka ze-MGM zizogcina igama ne-brand ye-The Mirage, ziyinikeze ilayisensi yakwa-Hard Rock mahhala isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka emithathu kuyilapho iphothula izinhlelo zayo zokuqamba kabusha indawo.
Umsebenzi kulindeleke ukuthi uvalwe engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022, ngokuya ngezimvume ezingokomthetho nezinye izimo zokuvala ezivamile.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngaphansi kwemibandela yesivumelwano, izindawo zokungcebeleka ze-MGM zizogcina igama ne-brand ye-The Mirage, ziyinikeze ilayisensi yakwa-Hard Rock mahhala isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka emithathu kuyilapho iphothula izinhlelo zayo zokuqamba kabusha indawo.
- “As part of the team that opened The Mirage in 1989, I know firsthand how special it is, and what a great opportunity it presents to the Hard Rock team.
- “The monetization of our entire real property portfolio, together with the addition of CityCenter and our agreement to acquire The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, will position the Company with a fortress balance sheet, premier portfolio, and significant financial resources to pursue our strategic objectives.
