Hogan Lovells Advised VICI Properties In US$1.16 Billion Sale-Leaseback Transaction With Golden Entertainment

Hogan Lovells Advised VICI Properties In US$1.16 Billion Sale-Leaseback Transaction With Golden Entertainment

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is advised VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI) (“VICI Properties”) as it enters into an agreement to acquire 100% of the land, real property, and improvements of seven casino properties from Golden Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN) for US$1.16 billion.

VICI Properties will enter into a triple-net master lease (the “Golden Master Lease”) with a newly formed entity that will be owned and controlled by Blake L. Sartini, current chairman and chief executive officer of Golden, which entity will acquire the operating business of Golden in connection with the closing of the transaction (“Golden OpCo”).

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. This portfolio features approximately 362,000 square feet of casino space, over 6,000 hotel rooms, 4,306 slot machines, and 78 table games.

The Hogan Lovells deal team was led by Cristina Arumi (Partner), Stacey McEvoy (Partner), Andy Zahn (Partner), and Tina Guo (Senior Associates), and Dylan Hays (Senior Associate), Erin Clancy (Associate), Tommy Wiltshire (Associate), Eryn Lin (Associate), Vanessa Gomez (Associate), and Katelyn Parchman (Senior Associate), and Kelsey Levin-Epstein (General Corporate & Finance, New York).

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