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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)
☒			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

or

☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From ________ to _________

Commission file number: 000-55791 (VICI Properties Inc.)

Commission file number: 333-264352-01 (VICI Properties L.P.)

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VICI Properties Inc.

VICI Properties L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland			(VICI Properties Inc.)			81-4177147
Delaware			(VICI Properties L.P.)			35-2576503
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

535 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 949-4631

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

Title of each class						Trading Symbol						Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value						VICI						New York Stock Exchange

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☒ No ☐						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☐ No ☒						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☒ No ☐						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☒ No ☐						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

VICI Properties Inc.															VICI Properties L.P.
Large accelerated filer			☒			Accelerated filer			☐						Large accelerated filer			☐			Accelerated filer			☐
Non-accelerated filer			☐			Smaller reporting company			☐						Non-accelerated filer			☒			Smaller reporting company			☐
						Emerging growth company			☐												Emerging growth company			☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

VICI Properties Inc. ☐						VICI Properties L.P. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☒ No ☐						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☒ No ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

VICI Properties Inc. ☐						VICI Properties L.P. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

VICI Properties Inc. ☐						VICI Properties L.P. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

VICI Properties Inc. Yes ☐ No ☒						VICI Properties L.P. Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 30, 2022 (the last business day of VICI Properties Inc.’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter), the aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of VICI Properties Inc. was approximately $28.6 billion, based on the closing price of the common stock as reported on the NYSE on that date. VICI Properties L.P. had no publicly-traded voting equity as of June 30, 2022.

As of February 21, 2023, VICI Properties Inc. had 1,003,674,749 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding. VICI Properties L.P. has no common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the VICI Properties Inc.’s definitive proxy statement relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the calendar year to which this report relates, are incorporated by reference into Part III, Items 10-14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This report combines the annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 of VICI Properties Inc. and VICI Properties L.P. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “VICI” mean VICI Properties Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including VICI Properties OP LLC (“VICI OP”), and references to “VICI LP” mean VICI Properties L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, the terms “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” mean VICI and VICI LP, including, collectively, their consolidated subsidiaries.

In order to highlight the differences between VICI and VICI LP, the separate sections in this report for VICI and VICI LP are described below and specifically refer to VICI and VICI LP. In the sections that combine disclosure of VICI and VICI LP, this report refers to actions or holdings of VICI and VICI LP as being “our” actions or holdings. Although VICI LP is the entity that generally, directly or indirectly, enters into contracts and joint ventures, holds assets and incurs debt, we believe that references to “we,” “us” or “our” in this context is appropriate because the business is one enterprise and we operate substantially all of our business and own, either directly or through subsidiaries, substantially all of our assets through VICI LP.

VICI is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that is the sole owner of VICI Properties GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the sole general partner of VICI LP. As of December 31, 2022, VICI owns 100% of the limited liability company interests of VICI Properties HoldCo LLC (“HoldCo”), which in turn owns approximately 98.7% of the limited liability company interest of VICI OP (such interests, “VICI OP Units”), our operating partnership, which in turns owns 100% of the limited partnership interest in VICI LP. The balance of the VICI OP Units not held by HoldCo are held by MGM Resorts International and its affiliates.

The following diagram details VICI’s organizational structure as of December 31, 2022.

We believe combining the annual reports on Form 10-K of VICI and VICI LP into this single report:

• enhances investors’ understanding of VICI and VICI LP by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;

• eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation; and

• creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.

We operate VICI and VICI LP as one business. Because VICI LP is managed by VICI, and VICI conducts substantially all of its operations and owns, either directly or through subsidiaries, substantially all of its assets indirectly through VICI LP, VICI’s executive officers are VICI LP’s executive officers, although, as a partnership, VICI LP does not have a board of directors.

We believe it is important to understand the few differences between VICI and VICI LP in the context of how VICI and VICI LP operate as a consolidated company. VICI is a REIT whose only material asset is its indirect investment in VICI LP, through which it conducts its real property business. VICI also conducts its golf course business through a taxable REIT subsidiary (a “TRS”), VICI Golf LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“VICI Golf”). As a result, VICI does not conduct business itself other than issuing public equity from time to time, and does not directly incur any material indebtedness, rather VICI LP

holds substantially all of our assets, except for those held in VICI Golf. Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by VICI, VICI LP generates all capital required by the Company’s business, which sources include VICI LP’s operations and its direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness.

VICI consolidates VICI LP for financial reporting purposes, and VICI does not have material assets other than its indirect investment in VICI LP. Therefore, while there are some areas of difference between the Consolidated Financial Statements of VICI and those of VICI LP, the assets and liabilities of VICI and VICI LP are materially the same on their respective financial statements. As of December 31, 2022, the primary areas of difference between the Consolidated Financial Statements of VICI and those of VICI LP were cash and cash equivalents, stockholders’ equity and partners’ capital, non-controlling interests, and golf operations, which include the assets and liabilities and income and expenses of VICI Golf.

To help investors understand the differences between VICI and VICI LP, this report provides:

• separate consolidated financial statements for VICI and VICI LP;

• a single set of notes to such consolidated financial statements that includes separate discussions of stockholders’ equity or partners’ equity and per share and per unit data, as applicable;

• a combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section that also includes discrete information related to each entity, as applicable;

• separate Part II, Item 5. Market for the Company’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities;

• separate Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures sections; and

• separate Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for each VICI and VICI LP in order to establish that the requisite certifications have been made and that VICI and VICI LP are each compliant with Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. §1350.

The separate discussions of VICI and VICI LP in this report should be read in conjunction with each other to understand our results on a consolidated basis and how management operates our business.

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			TABLE OF CONTENTS			Page
Part I
			Item 1 – Business			6
			Item 1A – Risk Factors			22
			Item 1B – Unresolved Staff Comments			44
			Item 2 – Properties			44
			Item 3 – Legal Proceedings			44
			Item 4 – Mine Safety Disclosures			44
Part II
			Item 5 – Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			45
			Item 6 – [Reserved]			47
			Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			48
			Item 7A – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			67
			Item 8 – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			67
			Item 9 – Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			68
			Item 9A – Controls and Procedures			68
			Item 9B – Other Information			69
			Item 9C - Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections			69
Part III
			Item 10 – Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			70
			Item 11 – Executive Compensation			70
			Item 12 – Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			70
			Item 13 – Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			70
			Item 14 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services			70
Part IV
			Item 15 – Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			71
			Item 16 – Form 10-K Summary			76
Signatures						77
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule						F - 1

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PART I

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the words the “Company,” “VICI,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to VICI Properties Inc. and its subsidiaries, including VICI LP, on a consolidated basis, unless otherwise stated or the context requires otherwise.

We refer to (i) our Consolidated Financial Statements as our “Financial Statements,” (ii) our Consolidated Balance Sheets as our “Balance Sheet,” (iii) our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income as our “Statement of Operations,” and (iv) our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows as our “Statement of Cash Flows.” References to numbered “Notes” refer to the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

“Apollo” refers to Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, as the context requires, certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates.

“April 2022 Notes” refer collectively to (i) the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% senior unsecured notes due 2025, (ii) the $1,250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.750% senior unsecured notes due 2028, (iii) the $1,000.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.950% senior unsecured notes due 2030, (iv) the $1,500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior unsecured notes due 2032, and (v) the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2052, in each case issued by VICI LP in April 2022.

“Caesars” refers to Caesars Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“Caesars Las Vegas Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for Caesars Palace Las Vegas and the Harrah’s Las Vegas facilities, as amended from time to time.

“Caesars Leases” refer collectively to the Caesars Las Vegas Master Lease, the Caesars Regional Master Lease and the Joliet Lease, in each case, unless the context otherwise requires.

“Caesars Regional Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the regional properties (other than the facility in Joliet, Illinois) leased to Caesars, as amended from time to time.

“Caesars Transaction” refers to a series of transactions between us and Caesars (formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc.) in connection with the merger between Eldorado Resorts, Inc. and Caesars, including the acquisition of the Harrah’s New Orleans, Harrah’s Laughlin and Harrah’s Atlantic City, modifications to the Caesars Lease Agreements, and rights of first refusal.

“Century Casinos” refers to Century Casinos, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“Century Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the (i) Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort located in New Cumberland, West Virginia, (ii) Century Casino Caruthersville located in Caruthersville, Missouri and (iii) Century Casino Cape Girardeau located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as amended from time to time.

“CNB” refers to Cherokee Nation Businesses, L.L.C., and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“Co-Issuer” refers to VICI Note Co. Inc., a Delaware corporation, and co-issuer of the November 2019 Notes, February 2020 Notes and Exchange Notes.

“Credit Agreement” refers to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2022, by and among VICI LP, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended from time to time.

“Credit Facilities” refer collectively to the Delayed Draw Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility.

“Delayed Draw Term Loan” refers to the three-year unsecured delayed draw term loan facility of VICI LP provided under the Credit Agreement entered into in February 2022, as amended from time to time.

“EBCI” refers to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized Tribe located in western North Carolina, and, as the context requires, its subsidiary and affiliate entities.

“Exchange Notes” refer collectively to (i) the $1,024.2 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2024, (ii) the $799.4 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior unsecured notes due 2025, (iii) the $480.5 million aggregate principal amount of 4.500% senior unsecured notes due 2026, (iv) the $729.5 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2027, (v) the $349.3 million aggregate principal amount of 4.500% senior unsecured notes due 2028, and (vi) the $727.1 million aggregate principal amount of 3.875% senior unsecured notes due 2029, in each case issued by VICI LP and Co-Issuer, in April 2022 pursuant to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations (as defined herein).

“February 2020 Notes” refer collectively to (i) the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.500% senior unsecured notes due 2025, (ii) the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% senior unsecured notes due 2027, and (iii) the $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior unsecured notes due 2030, in each case issued by VICI LP and Co-

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Issuer in February 2020.

“Forum Convention Center Mortgage Loan” refers to a $400.0 million mortgage loan agreement entered into on September 18, 2020 with Caesars for a term of five years and secured by, among other things, the Caesars Forum Convention Center in Las Vegas.

“Foundation Gaming” refers to Foundation Gaming & Entertainment, LLC and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“Foundation Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the Fitz Casino & Hotel, located in Tunica, Mississippi, and the WaterView Casino & Hotel, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi*, as amended from time to time.*

“Gold Strike Lease” refers to the lease agreement with CNB for the Gold Strike Casino Resort, located in Tunica, Mississippi (“Gold Strike”), as amended from time to time.

“Greektown Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the Greektown Casino-Hotel, located in Detroit, Michigan, as amended from time to time.

“Hard Rock” means Hard Rock International, and, as the context requires, its subsidiary and affiliate entities.

“Hard Rock Cincinnati Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the Hard Rock Cincinnati Casino, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, as amended from time to time.

“JACK Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the JACK Cleveland Casino located in Cleveland, Ohio, and the JACK Thistledown Racino facility located in North Randall, Ohio, as amended from time to time.

“JACK Entertainment” refers to JACK Ohio LLC, and, as the context requires, its subsidiary and affiliate entities.

“Joliet Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the facility in Joliet, Illinois, as amended from time to time.

“Lease Agreements” refer collectively to our leases with our respective tenants, unless the context otherwise requires.

“Margaritaville Lease” refers to the lease agreement for Margaritaville Resort Casino, located in Bossier City, Louisiana, as amended from time to time.

“Mergers” refer to a series of transactions governed by the MGP Master Transaction Agreement that occurred on April 29, 2022, consisting of (i) the contribution of our interest in VICI LP to VICI OP, which subsequent to the MGP Transactions serves as our new operating partnership, followed by (ii) the merger of MGP with and into Venus Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of VICI LP (“REIT Merger Sub”), with REIT Merger Sub surviving the merger, followed by (iii) the distribution by REIT Merger Sub of the interests of the general partner of MGP OP to VICI LP and (iv) the merger of REIT Merger Sub with and into MGP OP, with MGP OP surviving such merger.

“MGM” refers to MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“MGM Grand/Mandalay Bay JV” (previously referred to as the “BREIT JV”) refers to a joint venture that holds the real estate assets of MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay in which we previously held a 50.1% ownership stake as of December 31, 2022. On January 9, 2023, we acquired the remaining 49.9% ownership stake from our joint venture partner, as further described herein.

“MGM Grand/Mandalay Bay Lease” refers to the lease agreement for MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay, as amended from time to time.

“MGM Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the properties leased to MGM, excluding those leased under the MGM Grand/Mandalay Bay Lease, as amended from time to time.

“MGM Tax Protection Agreement” refers to the tax protection agreement entered into with MGM upon consummation of the MGP Transactions.

“MGP” refers to MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which was acquired by the Company on April 29, 2022, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“MGP Master Transaction Agreement” refers to that certain Master Transaction Agreement between the Company, MGP, MGP OP, VICI LP, REIT Merger Sub, VICI OP, and MGM entered into on August 4, 2021.

“MGP OP” refers to MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which was acquired by the Company on April 29, 2022, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“MGP OP Notes” refer collectively to the notes issued by MGP OP and MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. (“MGP Co-Issuer” and, together with MGP OP, the “MGP Issuers”), consisting of (i) the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of April 20, 2016, (ii) the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of June

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5, 2020, (iii) the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of August 12, 2016, (iv) the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2027 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of January 25, 2019, (v) the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2028 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of September 21, 2017, and (vi) the 3.875% Senior Notes due 2029 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of November 19, 2020, in each case, as amended or supplemented as of the date hereof, among the MGP Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “MGP Trustee”).

“MGP Transactions” refer collectively to a series of transactions pursuant to the MGP Master Transaction Agreement between us, MGP and MGM and the other parties thereto in connection with our acquisition of MGP on April 29, 2022, as contemplated by the MGP Master Transaction Agreement, including the MGM Tax Protection Agreement and the MGM Master Lease.

“Mirage Lease” refers to the lease agreement with Hard Rock for the Mirage, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, as amended from time to time.

“November 2019 Notes” refer collectively to (i) the $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.250% senior unsecured notes due 2026, and (ii) the $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior unsecured notes due 2029, in each case issued by VICI LP and VICI Note Co. Inc., as Co-Issuer, in November 2019.

“Partner Property Growth Fund” refers to certain arrangements with certain tenants relating to our funding of “same-store” capital improvements, including redevelopment, new construction projects and other property improvements, in exchange for increased rent pursuant to the terms of our existing Lease Agreements with such tenants.

“PENN Entertainment” refers to PENN Entertainment, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“PENN Entertainment Leases” refer collectively to the Margaritaville Lease and the Greektown Lease, unless the context otherwise requires.

“PURE Canadian Gaming” refers to PURE Canadian Gaming, Corp., an Alberta corporation, and, as the context requires, its subsidiaries.

“PURE Master Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the (i) PURE Casino Edmonton located in Edmonton, Alberta, (ii) PURE Casino Yellowhead located in Edmonton, Alberta, (iii) PURE Casino Calgary located in Calgary, Alberta and (iv) PURE Casino Lethbridge located in Lethbridge, Alberta (collectively, the “PURE Portfolio”), as amended from time to time.

“Revolving Credit Facility” refers to the four-year unsecured revolving credit facility of VICI LP provided under the Credit Agreement entered into in February 2022, as amended from time to time.

“Secured Revolving Credit Facility” refers to the five-year first lien revolving credit facility entered into by VICI PropCo in December 2017, as amended, which was terminated on February 8, 2022.

“Seminole Hard Rock” refers to Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc.

“Senior Unsecured Notes” refer collectively to the November 2019 Notes, the February 2020 Notes, the April 2022 Notes, the Exchange Notes and the MGP OP Notes.

“Southern Indiana Lease” refers to the lease agreement with EBCI for the Caesars Southern Indiana Casino and Hotel, located in Elizabeth, Indiana (“Caesars Southern Indiana”), as amended from time to time.

“Term Loan B Facility” refers to the seven-year senior secured first lien term loan B facility entered into by VICI PropCo in December 2017, as amended from time to time, which was repaid in full on September 15, 2021.

“Venetian Acquisition” refers to our acquisition of the Venetian Resort, with Apollo, which closed on February 23, 2022.

“Venetian Lease” refers to the lease agreement for the Venetian Resort Las Vegas and Venetian Expo, located in Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Venetian Resort”), as amended from time to time.

“Venetian Tenant” refers to an affiliate of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo.

“VICI Golf” refers to VICI Golf LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is the owner of our golf business.

“VICI Issuers” refers to VICI Properties L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and VICI Note Co. Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“VICI LP” refers to VICI Properties L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a wholly owned subsidiary of VICI OP.

“VICI OP” refers to VICI Properties OP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a consolidated subsidiary of VICI, which serves as our operating partnership.

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“VICI OP Units” refer to limited liability company interests in VICI OP.

“VICI PropCo” refers to VICI Properties 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of VICI.

Summary of Risk Factors

Our business is subject to a number of risks, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects. These risks are discussed more fully in Item 1A. Risk Factors. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Risks Related to Our Business and Operations

• We are and will always be significantly dependent on our tenants for substantially all of our revenues, and an event that has a material adverse effect on any of our significant tenants’ businesses, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations or prospects could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects;

• Because a concentrated portion of our revenues are generated from the Las Vegas Strip, we are subject to greater risks than a company that is more geographically diversified;

• Our significant tenants and their subsidiaries are required to pay a significant portion of their cash flow from operations to us pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, our respective Lease Agreements and loan and other agreements with them. These lease payments, as well as interest payments on their outstanding indebtedness, could adversely affect our significant tenants’ business and financial condition, as well as their ability to satisfy their contractual payment obligations to us;

• We are dependent on the gaming industry and may be susceptible to the risks associated with it, including changes in consumer behavior and discretionary spending as a result of an economic slowdown, increased inflation, rising interest rates, or otherwise, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects;

• We and our tenants face extensive regulation from gaming and other regulatory authorities, and our charter provides that any of our shares held by investors who are found to be unsuitable by state gaming regulatory authorities are subject to redemption;

• Our pursuit of investments in, and acquisitions of, experiential assets and other strategic opportunities may be unsuccessful or fail to meet our expectations, and we may not identify all potential costs and liabilities in connection with our acquisition of such properties;

• Required regulatory approvals can delay or prohibit transfers of our gaming properties or the consummation of gaming-related transactions, which could result in periods in which we are unable to receive rent related to, or otherwise realize the benefits of, such transactions, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects;

• Our long-term, triple-net leases may not result in fair market lease rates over time, which could negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows and reduce the amount of funds available to make distributions to stockholders;

• Our tenants may choose not to renew the Lease Agreements;

• We may not be able to purchase properties pursuant to our rights under certain agreements, including put-call and right of first refusal agreements and right of first offer agreements, if we are unable to obtain additional financing. In addition, pursuant to one such agreement, we may be forced to dispose of Harrah’s Las Vegas, possibly on disadvantageous terms;

• The bankruptcy or insolvency of any tenant, borrower or guarantor could result in the termination of the Lease Agreements, the related guarantees or loan agreements and certain Lease Agreements being re-characterized as a disguised financing transactions, resulting in material losses to us;

• We may sell or divest different properties or assets after an evaluation of our portfolio of assets. Such sales or divestitures could affect our costs, revenues, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity;

• Our properties and the properties securing our loans are subject to risks from climate change, natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes and other extreme weather conditions, and terrorist attacks or other acts of violence, the occurrence of which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations and prospects;

• We are subject to additional risks due to the location of properties that we own outside the United States;

• We face risks associated with cybersecurity incidents and other significant disruptions of our information technology (IT) networks and related systems or those IT networks and systems of third parties;

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• The market price and trading volume of shares of our common stock may be volatile;

Risks Related to our Indebtedness and Financing

• We have a substantial amount of indebtedness, and expect to incur additional indebtedness in the future. Our indebtedness exposes us to the risk of default under our debt obligations, increases the risks associated with a downturn in our business or in the businesses of our tenants, and requires us to use a significant portion of our cash to service our debt obligations;

• Disruption in the capital and credit markets may adversely affect our ability to access external financings for our growth and ongoing debt service requirements;

• Future incurrences of debt and/or issuance of preferred equity securities could adversely affect the market price of our common stock;

Risks Related to our Status as a REIT

• We may incur adverse tax consequences if we have failed or fail, to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

• Qualification to be taxed as a REIT involves highly technical and complex provisions of the Code, and violations of these provisions could jeopardize our REIT qualification;

• The cash available for distribution to stockholders may not be sufficient to pay dividends at expected levels, nor can we make assurances of our ability to make distributions in the future. We may use borrowed funds to make distributions;

Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure

• Our charter and bylaws contain provisions that may delay, defer or prevent an acquisition of our common stock or a change in control; and

• Certain provisions of Maryland law may limit the ability of a third party to acquire control of us.

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