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VICI Pays $1.16B for 7 Nevada Casinos
VICI entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the land, real property and improvements of seven casino properties (the “Golden Portfolio”) from Golden Entertainment for $1.16 billion and to enter into a triple-net master lease (the “Golden Master Lease”) with a newly formed entity that will be owned and controlled by Golden.
The Golden Portfolio includes: The STRAT Hotel, Casino & Tower on the North Las Vegas Strip; Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder in the Las Vegas Locals market; Aquarius Casino Resort and Edgewater Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nevada; and Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino and Lakeside RV Park & Casino in Pahrump, Nevada.
The Golden Portfolio features approximately 362,000 square feet of casino space, over 6,000 hotel rooms, 4,306 slot machines and 78 table games.The Golden Master Lease will have an initial total annual rent of $87.0 million, representing an acquisition cap rate of 7.5%, and an initial term of 30 years, with four 5-year tenant renewal options. Rent under the Golden Master Lease will escalate annually at 2.0% beginning in Lease Year 3.
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