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                 [MASLON EDELMAN BORMAN & BRAND, LLP LETTERHEAD]

                                                               October 29, 1997


Grand Casinos, Inc.
130 Cheshire Lane
Minnetonka, Minnesota  55305

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            We have acted on behalf of Grand Casinos, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company") in connection with the preparation of a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 1997 relating
to an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") all of the Company's 9% Series A
Senior Notes due 2004 for the Company's 9% Series B Senior Notes due 2004
(the "New Notes").

            Upon examination of such corporate documents and records as we have
deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes hereof and including and in
reliance upon certain certificates by the Company, it is our opinion that:

            1. The Company and each corporate Guarantor is a validly existing 
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota.

            2. The New Notes have been duly authorized, and when properly 
exchanged in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer, will be validly 
issued and fully  paid.

            3. Upon issuance in accordance with the Exchange Offer, the New
Notes will be binding obligations of the Company, and the guarantees of the New
Notes by the Guarantors will be a binding obligation of each Guarantor, subject
to and limited by the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereinafter
in effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights, (ii) general principles
of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness,
good faith and fair dealing (whether considered at law or in equity) and (iii)
federal or state securities laws or regulations or public policy that may 
limit rights to indemnification.

            We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and the references to our firm under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the Registration Statement.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                         /s/ Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand,
                                                 a Limited Liability Partnership