[LETTERHEAD OF CHRISTENSEN, MILLER, FINK, JACOBS, GLASER, WEIL & SHAPIRO, LLP]


                                    March 6, 1997



MGM Grand, Inc.
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada  89109

            RE:  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
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Gentlemen:

     You have requested our opinion, as counsel for MGM Grand, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 106,000 shares (the "Shares") of the
Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable
pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Bonus Plan (the "Plan").  The Shares
are the subject of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about March 7, 1997 (the
"Registration Statement").

     In rendering our opinion herein, we have assumed the satisfaction of the
following conditions:  the issuance of the Shares to be issued under the Plan in
accordance with the terms thereof; the issuance by any applicable regulatory
agencies of all appropriate permits, consents, approvals, authorizations and
orders relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares in their respective
jurisdictions; the Registration Statement becoming effective; the offering and
sale of the Shares in the manner set forth in the Plan and pursuant to said
permits, consents, approvals, authorizations and orders; and the reservation by
the Company of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance under
the Plan.

     Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued,
will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                                   EXHIBIT 5


 
MGM Grand, Inc.
March 6, 1997
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     This opinion is addressed solely to the Company and no one else has the
right to rely upon it, nor may anyone release it, quote from it or employ it in
any transaction other than the Registration Statement without our prior written
consent.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the references to our firm contained therein.

                               Very truly yours,

                               /s/ Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, 
                                   Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP

                               CHRISTENSEN, MILLER, FINK, JACOBS, GLASER,
                                         WEIL & SHAPIRO, LLP