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| We see plenty of both near-term and medium-term opportunities to enhance revenue per occupied room night even beyond the benefits of the Marriott partnership |
| They also made significant strides in the technology roadmap -- with the launching of a new app design and was single account, single wallet capabilities being available now in most states |
| In fact, our employees earned record NPS scores from our customers throughout 2023 |
| So '23 was a great year |
| The strength and resiliency of Las Vegas market has been particularly impressive |
| So we are confident and we are optimistic with the Chinese New Year as well as the rest of this quarter |
| The game was another strong hotel and casino event for us with ADRs near a thousand, and posting three of the top five room revenue days ever recorded and near-record event gaming volumes |
| As to MGM China, two properties combined, the visitation, the players count, the table drop, that slot handle as well as VIP turnover have all well exceeded 2019 same period levels |
| The game on Sunday followed our inaugural Formula 1 race in November which was also an incredible success as the largest city event in our history |
| So actually, our January performance has exceeded even October levels across all segments, including EBITDA and market share |
| We are happy to see our January performance has continued to grow |
| We also have officially launched our partnership with Marriott, with impressive early results |
| The market share results continue to be very good |
| Our robust market share was comfortably in the mid-teens and continued its upward trend in January |
| The strategic addition of 200 table games, coupled with the agile operations of our team, and the reinvestment into many amenities have collectively driven these exceptional results |
| As we look to drive future growth within our domestic portfolio, our centers of excellence and property leaders have identified opportunities to increase our share of customer spend and drive organic growth |
| Looking ahead, our outlook remains strong |
| We're encouraged by the metrics we've seen in our business, including room and rates on the books and in the year, group attendance and future bookings, as well as a robust event calendar for the city |
| Adjusted property EBITDAR in 2023 will benefit from a number of key initiatives in '24 |
| Obviously, the results are very good |
| On the Group side, the Mandalay Bay Convention Center refreshes nearly complete and we are poised to benefit from an increased 100,000 plus group room nights on the strip |
| And so we all must admit, 2023, and if you think about the recent stretch we've just been through, was an amazing year and an amazing stretch |
| And we launched our own digital brand and business in rest of world, and so excited by it, excited by the balance sheet and the development opportunities |
| Later this week, we will host our Annual Chinese New Year celebration at Bellagio and Aria which is already seeing strong gaming demand -- stronger gaming demand, excuse me, than last year |
| Super Bowl was amazing |
| That being said, we are committed to consistently improving our operational model, sustained margins and foster steady generation of free cash flow |
| Our regional portfolio has historically proven to be highly defensive thanks to the exceptional high-quality assets we operate, the diverse set of non-gaming amenities we offer, our strong market-share positioning and overall customer loyalty |
| Looking ahead in Macau, our exceptional results for 2023 have carried into the first 45 days of 2024, driven by successful events, including a Bruno Mars concert at the MGM Cotai, driving strong visitation to our properties |
| Demand in our properties for Chinese New Year, which is also going on now is also very strong |
| So all-in-all, I think it's going to be a really strong year |
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| There was also some lingering cyber incident challenges that specifically impacted the regional portfolio given the promotional offers were not available to our customers for the first half of October |
| In the regions, same-store revenue, which excludes Gold Strike was down 7% year-over-year, with same-store adjusted property EBITDAR decreasing $64 million, or 22% |
| We realize particularly this quarter there is pressure on regional margins |
| We've got some headwinds with particularly labor costs |
| It did -- we were always concerned |
| I guess, more so in the current quarter, we've seen a number of public releases out there for January showing that there's been some pretty significant declines |
| Obviously, you've seen we've lost share, literally, in both instances |
| It's important to note that approximately $60 million of the decrease year-over-year came from Detroit and National Harbor, where those properties were impacted by disruptions related to a strike and some high-end play not returning, respectively |
| I think on pricing when it comes to Formula 1, we're going to be more cautious at some of the outlier properties that we have |
| I think your same-store revenues were up about 10%, margins down a couple of hundred basis points |
| I would say that certain of our properties were affected by the weather |
| We do have a number of tools at our disposal, but we're also facing some labor cost increases there |
| We are going to miss the Pac-12 championship next year |
| I would say both because of weather effects as well as the calendar a bit coming off of New Year's, January saw some of those impacts in our regional markets |
| Corey Sanders What I would add, Joe, on the F1 in particular, the South Strip in particular, we would treat that probably more like a normal weekend going forward because of the lack of activation there |
| We don't have that luxury so it does impact some of our margins |
| Corey Sanders And in the regionals, especially fourth quarter because of weather and it's a little slower, you'll have a little bit lower margin in the fourth quarter, but 30% for the year is attainable |
| But it definitely won't have the same benefits that the luxury properties are and will see |
| And it sounds like most of that is kind of chalked up to bad weather, and we've heard that from a lot of companies |
| But remember what Jonathan said, $60 million of the $64 million was tied to two events, the Detroit Strike and ultimately a player in our National Harbor company didn't come back at year-over-year |
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