GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jorge Perez, President and COO, MGM National Harbor

This week the GGB Podcast sits down with Jorge Perez, the president and chief operating officer of MGM National Harbor, who explains about his recent appointment and the difficult situation of reopening the property following the lockdown.

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jorge Perez, President and COO, MGM National Harbor

Jorge Perez has been with MGM Resorts for 25 years in a variety positions, most recently president of the company’s regional resorts a title he still hold in addition to being president and COO of MGM National Harbor. Perez joined National Harbor after a reorganization of corporate leadership in May 2020. He explains what it means to lead one of MGM’s leading regional properties during the pandemic and how it has fared since reopening in late June. He spoke with GGB Editor Frank Legato from his offices at National Harbor in October.

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Articles by Author: Frank Legato

Frank Legato is editor of Global Gaming Business magazine. He has been writing on gaming topics since 1984, when he launched and served as editor of Casino Gaming magazine. Legato, a nationally recognized expert on slot machines, has served as editor and reporter for a variety of gaming publications, including Public Gaming, IGWB, Casino Journal, Casino Player, Strictly Slots and Atlantic City Insider. He has an B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in communications from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of the humor book How To Win Millions Playing Slot Machines... Or Lose Trying, and a coffee table book on Atlantic City, Atlantic City: In Living Color.