Maryland Live!, now the state’s No. 2 casino by gaming revenue behind the new MGM National Harbor casino and resort, marked its fifth anniversary Tuesday, and is touting its contribution to the state’s economy.
The expansion plans at Maryland Live! will include a 17-story hotel. The addition will include 310 hotel rooms, an event center, meeting spaces, new restaurants, a day spa and salon and a 1,500-seat concert venue.
Casino owner The Cordish Companies says Live! now welcomes more than 10 million visitors a year, and has generated nearly $3 billion in total gaming revenue since opening.
Maryland Live! is in the midst of a $200 million expansion that includes a 17-story hotel, a concert venue and more restaurants. The hotel is expected to open in early 2018 and will add another 4,300 jobs to Maryland Live!’s current payroll of about 3,000.
It is also renovating an existing hotel nearby, rebranding it as a boutique hotel called Live! Lofts.
Since opening, Cordish says Live! has paid out more than $22 billion in winning.
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