MGM Resorts International's liquidation posture as of March 31, 2026 remains deeply negative, consistent with prior periods. MFFAIS reports a cash liquidation value of approximately negative $32.6 billion. The asset side is dominated by items that receive severe haircuts under a liquidation lens: operating lease ROU assets of $22.9 billion receive a 0% recovery (they are a contractual right tied to ongoing operations, not independently realizable), goodwill of $4.9 billion is worthless in liquidation, and intangibles of $1.3 billion similarly recover nothing. PP&E net book value is $6.2 billion; at a 50-70% recovery that yields roughly $3.1-4.3 billion. Cash of $2.3 billion recovers at par. Gross receivables of approximately $1.27 billion (before $147 million allowance) recover at 90-95%, yielding roughly $1.1 billion. Inventory of $123 million at 60% yields approximately $74 million. Total haircutted asset recovery is materially below total liabilities. On the liability side, the operating lease obligation stands at $25.0 billion at carrying value—this is the single largest liability and does not extinguish on windup under normal lease law. Long-term debt carries at $6.4 billion face. Deferred tax liabilities of $2.6 billion remain at face. Other current and noncurrent liabilities aggregate to approximately $3.6 billion. Total liabilities of $38.1 billion dwarf any plausible liquidation asset recovery. Off-balance-sheet exposures compound the deficit: MGM provides a $3.01 billion shortfall guarantee on Bellagio REIT debt maturing 2029, an uncapped completion guarantee on MGM Osaka, and a remaining equity funding commitment of approximately $2.1 billion (JPY 335.9 billion) to MGM Osaka through 2028. These off-balance-sheet items are discussed in MD&A and footnotes but the Osaka completion guarantee is not separately tagged in XBRL as a quantified liability—only the PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted tag captures the funding commitment amount. The April 2026 sale of MGM Northfield Park for $546 million cash will modestly improve liquidity but does not alter the fundamental liquidation deficit. Annual cash rent obligations under triple net leases approximate $1.8 billion per year; these obligations persist in any wind-down scenario. The company's going-concern value is supported by $568 million of operating cash flow in Q1 2026 and $4.5 billion of quarterly revenue, but none of this is recoverable in a stop-and-liquidate scenario.
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