MGM National Harbor, 101 MGM National Ave., National Harbor, Md.,. The rest of us must make do with excelling in eating, drinking and getting massaged. This is a game only Frank Underwood can win. The reels spin to the Netflix series theme as I quickly lose $10. Nobody seems to want to play it, so I sit down.
There's just one nod to the White House in the casino, and that's a new slot machine with a House of Cards theme. The MGM National Harbor and its staff try to ignore politics, and that's smart. Other favorites include John Safer's stainless-steel three-figure Unity and Alice Aycock's 80-foot-long Whirlpools outside the building and, forming a gateway to the casino, an iron portal sculpted by Bob Dylan.
As you're checking in, look up at Margaret Boozer's 33-foot untitled work forged entirely from local clay.
Like many MGM properties, this one's proud of its art collection.
