LEASES - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) agreement
MGM China \| M G M Macau
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	25 years
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
MGM China \| M G M Cotai
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	25 years
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Blackstone real estate income trust \| Las Vegas Strip Resorts \| Bellagio BREIT Venture
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	30 years
Number of renewal periods, exercisable at option \| agreement	2
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Annual rent escalator from year one through year ten	2.00%
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Annual rent escalator cap from year eleven through year twenty	3.00%
Annual rent escalator after year twenty	4.00%
Annual rent escalator from year eleven through year twenty	2.00%
Lessee, operating lease, annual rent expense \| $	$ 255
VICI BREIT Venture \| Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand Las Vegas
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	30 years
Number of renewal periods, exercisable at option \| agreement	2
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Lease agreement renewal period	15 years
Lessee, operating lease, annual rent expense \| $	$ 304
Annual rent escalator from year one through year fifteen	2.00%
Annual rent escalator after year fifteen	2.00%
Annual rent escalator cap after year fifteen	3.00%
Affiliated Entity \| Aria and Vdara
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	30 years
Number of renewal periods, exercisable at option \| agreement	3
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Lease agreement renewal period	15 years
Lessee, operating lease, annual rent expense \| $	$ 215
Annual rent escalator after year fifteen	2.00%
Annual rent escalator cap after year fifteen	3.00%
Fixed rent escalator for fifteen years	2.00%
VICI Properties, Inc \| VICI Lease and Ground Subleases
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	25 years
Number of renewal periods, exercisable at option \| agreement	3
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Annual rent escalator from year one through year ten	2.00%
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Lessee, operating lease, annual rent expense \| $	$ 860
Annual rent escalator after year ten	2.00%
Annual rent escalator cap after year ten	3.00%
Subsidiaries \| Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Leases [Line Items]
Lease agreement initial lease term	30 years
Number of renewal periods, exercisable at option \| agreement	3
Lease agreement renewal period	10 years
Lease agreement renewal period	15 years
Lessee, operating lease, annual rent expense \| $	$ 200
Annual rent escalator after year fifteen	2.00%
Annual rent escalator cap after year fifteen	3.00%
Fixed rent escalator for fifteen years	2.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918673-209980

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