That said, hotel is also very clean (and new.I think it has only been open for a couple months). Room is very large/clean but nothing to write home about or exceptional. Additionally, we spent the night in the King room vs trucking home given the hour. We spent the evening revisiting my husband's youth jamming to the tunes of the elements. Go to Maryland Live and you will have a lot more fun! No food after 12 midnight and no on floor entertainment. How bush league! I do not recommend this casino unless you go on an off night. Except for one employee standing in the crowd with a hand held arrow sign saying and pointing to the 'CASINO'. I dare say the facility is a fire code violation since the crowds are not managed. Instead of escalators they have about 20 elevators where you have to dive into the crowd and guess which one is next since the floor indicators can not be seen unless you stand in front of one elevator. The parking entrance to the casino floor remains the worse bottleneck. There was space at the slots if you could get past the crowds trying to navigate into the entrances. When the show let out you could not even walk without going shoulder to shoulder with people. We got lucky and were able to get an open table at our 3rd choice restaurant. There was no space in the halls and lines were very long at every restaurant. They had a concert so that added an additional 3,000 people to the property. There were long lines for parking and we had to park and walk back off site. We decided to give the MGM another try last night. Good thing about this one is that you are also about two minutes from parking garage to National Harbor with lots of places to also go eat and hang out and about two minutes to the Tangerine Outlets for more reasonable shopping options although this is in the opposite direction of the Harbor. While a casino is a casino is a casino, the views from this one will knock your socks off. It houses a number of upscale restaurants and shops and also has a nice food court with reasonable eating options such as a shake shack, pizza and other reasonably priced food options. This area overlooks DC, the Potomac, National Harbor and Old Town Alexandria in the distance. It has an outdoor area which actually sits above the garage which has some restaurant/bar seating and a nice water feature with a giant screen. While I did not stay in the hotel I must say it is stunning. I've seen the MGM grand in different stages so we had to come see the finished product. I am a frequent visitor to National Harbor and my family and I enjoy the waterfront area.

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