It has a few more rooms than Bellagio with 5,497 rooms attached to a 142,000 sq ft casino. Interestingly enough, the Bellagio is majority owned by the Blackstone Group, with MGM only having a 5% stake (and retaining revenues from operating the casino).Īria was opening a bit later in 2009, and calls itself the “epitome of luxury casino resorts” while maintaining an environmentally friendly angle.
According to MGM’s 2021 10K, it is comprised of 3,933 guest rooms attached to a 152,000 sqft casino. The Bellagio was opened in 1998, and claims to be inspired by “the villages of Europe”, though I really think they don’t look alike. The early company was actually related to MGM Studios, but was sold off to pay off debts. Bellagio and Aria are two of the strip’s most prominent resorts, and are actually owned by the same parent company: MGM Resorts International. Jk, the most I do in Vegas is watching shows (shoutout to Shin Lim and Criss Angel Mindfreak, and I prefer the latter) and eating food (shoutout to the Bacchanal and Wicked Spoon). I’ve found that for some reason I end up in Las Vegas when I’ve been losing for a bit, and so likely I am trying to make it up by trying to win it back by random guessing. A place that sells hopes and dreams, but in actuality has the deck statistically stacked against you.
