VICI Properties Inc. reports news on its real estate investment trust portfolio of gaming, hospitality, wellness, entertainment and leisure destinations in the United States and Canada. Company updates commonly cover acquisitions, sale-leaseback transactions, triple-net lease agreements, tenant relationships and amendments involving casino and resort real estate.
Recurring developments also include operating and financial results, capital-structure matters, governance updates and shareholder voting items. News involving VICI often centers on how newly acquired or re-leased properties fit within its portfolio of experiential real estate assets, including major gaming destinations and regional casino properties.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share for the period January 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026. The dividend is payable on April 9, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 19, 2026.
PENN Entertainment (Nasdaq: PENN) reported Q4 2025 results with total revenues of $1,806.2 million and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $225.8 million. Interactive revenues were $398.7 million with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $39.9 million. Liquidity was $1.1 billion including cash of $686.6 million. The company expects 20% segment adjusted EBITDAR growth in 2026, break-even Interactive adjusted EBITDA, >$10.0 million in annualized corporate savings, and reduced leverage (>-1 turn lease adjusted; >-2 turns traditional).
PENN received $150.0 million funding from GLPI and expects ~$225.0 million near the Aurora project opening.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) announced the tax treatment of its 2025 common stock distributions (CUSIP 925652109). The company reported total 2025 distributions of $2.1975 per share, of which $1.7475 is reportable in 2025 and $0.4500 is reportable in 2026. The company disclosed $1.7019 per share as ordinary dividends (Box 1a), $0.0057 as qualified dividends (Box 1b), $0.0456 as non-dividend return of capital (Box 3), and $1.6963 as Section 199A dividends (Box 5).
The release notes that the January 9, 2025 cash distribution is treated as a 2025 distribution under IRC Section 857(b)(9), and that because aggregate 2025 cash distributions exceeded 2025 earnings and profits, the January 8, 2026 cash payment (record date 12/17/2025) will be treated as a 2026 distribution for federal income tax purposes and is not included on 2025 Form 1099-DIV.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) will release fourth quarter and full year 2025 results on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 after market close. The company will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Dial-in details: domestic +1 833-470-1428, international +1 929-526-1599, conference ID 270177. An audio replay is available from 1:00 p.m. ET on February 26, 2026 until midnight ET on March 5, 2026 (domestic +1 866-813-9403; international +44 204-525-0658; passcode 474695). The live webcast and replay will be available via the company’s Investors website and the webcast replay will remain online for one year.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share for the period Oct 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025. The Board set the dividend payable on Jan 8, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Dec 17, 2025. This provides a scheduled cash return to common shareholders for the quarter.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) agreed to acquire seven Nevada casino properties from Golden Entertainment for $1.16 billion and to enter a triple-net 30-year master lease with Golden OpCo. The portfolio includes The STRAT, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Boulder, Aquarius, Edgewater, Pahrump Nugget and Lakeside RV Park, totaling ~362,000 sq ft of casino, >6,000 hotel rooms, 4,306 slots and 78 table games.
Initial annual rent is $87.0 million (7.5% cap rate) with 2.0% annual escalators from Lease Year 3; closing expected mid-2026. VICI will issue ~24.3M shares to Golden shareholders and assume and retire $426M of Golden debt; no additional financing expected. Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to AFFO per share.
Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ: GDEN) agreed to be acquired by Blake L. Sartini and to sell seven casino real estate assets to VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) in a sale-leaseback. Each Golden share will receive 0.902 VICI shares plus $2.75 cash, valuing the deal at $30.00 per share — a 41% premium to Golden's Nov 5, 2025 close. VICI will assume and repay up to $426 million of Golden’s senior secured credit facility. The transaction has unanimous Independent Committee approval, a go-shop through Dec 5, 2025, and is expected to close in mid-2026. Golden will continue quarterly dividends of $0.25 per share through closing and will delist from NASDAQ upon completion.
PENN Entertainment (Nasdaq: PENN) reported results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, and announced an early termination of its U.S. online sports betting agreement with ESPN effective December 1, 2025. Key terms: cash payments to ESPN end Q4 2025, ESPN retains vested warrants to purchase 7,957,210 shares (weighted strike $28.951) and forfeit unvested warrants, and PENN plans to rebrand its U.S. OSB offering to theScore Bet (target Dec 1, subject to approvals).
Financial highlights: Q3 revenues of $1.72B, Segment Adjusted EBITDAR $465.8M (32.8% margin), Interactive revenues $297.7M (includes $139.5M tax gross-up), consolidated Adjusted EBITDA $194.9M, liquidity $1.1B, traditional net debt $2.2B, and significant share repurchases with a new $750M buyback authorized.
VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) reported Q3 2025 results with total revenues of $1.0B, up 4.4% year-over-year, and net income attributable to common stockholders of $762.0M ($0.71 per diluted share), up 4.0% Y/Y. AFFO was $637.6M, up 7.4% Y/Y, and AFFO per share was $0.60, up 5.3% Y/Y. The company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share, a 4.0% increase, marking its 8th consecutive annual dividend increase. Cash and equivalents totaled $507.5M with $244.9M estimated forward-sale proceeds and $2.4B available on the revolving credit facility; total debt was $17.1B and net debt was $16.59B. Updated 2025 AFFO guidance is $2,510M–$2,520M or $2.36–$2.37 per diluted share. Subsequent to quarter-end, VICI agreed to a 25-year triple-net lease for MGM Northfield Park with Clairvest at initial annual base rent of $53.0M.
VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) agreed to a new lease and master-lease amendment tied to the sale of MGM Northfield Park operations to a Clairvest-managed affiliate.
The Northfield Park Lease sets initial annual base rent at $53.0M (or $54.0M if closing after May 1, 2026), begins a new 25-year term with three 10-year renewal options, carries 2.0% annual escalators (with CPI linkage capped at 3.0% beginning in 2032), and requires minimum capex equal to 1.0% of annual net revenue. The lease will be guaranteed by the Clairvest affiliate. VICI will reduce MGM Master Lease rent by the same amount. Transactions are expected in H1 2026, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals.