It also houses numerous shops, night clubs, restaurants and the largest casino in Clark County, which occupies 171,500 sq ft (15,930 m 2).
The property includes five outdoor pools, rivers, and waterfalls that cover 6.6 acres (2.7 ha), a 380,000 sq ft (35,000 m 2) convention center, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and the Grand Spa. Owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International, the 30-floor main building is 293 ft (89 m) high. When it opened in 1993, the MGM Grand was the largest hotel complex in the world. It is also the third-largest hotel complex in the world by number of rooms and second-largest hotel resort complex in the United States behind the combined The Venetian and The Palazzo. The MGM Grand is the largest single hotel in the world with 6,852 rooms. The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.