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Commitments and Contingencies - Commitments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	May 31, 2021
Long-term debt principal and interest
2021	$ 1,418
2022	2,872
2023	4,636
2024	7,014
2025	3,400
Thereafter	56,612
Thereafter	75,952
Operating lease liabilities
2021	1,761
2022	7,026
2023	6,608
2024	6,074
2025	5,576
Thereafter	34,546
Total operating lease liabilities	61,591	$ 44,833
Finance lease liabilities, including interest
2021	2,087
2022	8,331
2023	4,620
2024	2,105
2025	1,202
Thereafter	8,273
Total finance lease liabilities	26,618	30,437
Financing obligations, including interest
2021	98
2022	393
2023	399
2024	397
2025	387
Thereafter	6,427
Total	8,101
Leases not yet commenced
2021	266
2022	1,448
2023	1,878
2024	2,094
2025	2,096
Thereafter	23,973
Total	31,755
Unconditional purchase obligations
2021	423
2022	5,819
2023	5,525
2024	5,009
2025	4,188
Thereafter	13,626
Total	34,590
Other commitments
2021	1,785
2022	3,235
2023	1,524
2024	1,164
2025	957
Thereafter	11,629
Total	20,294
Total commitments
2021	7,838
2022	29,124
2023	25,190
2024	23,857
2025	17,806
Thereafter	155,086
Total	258,901
Financing obligations, current	185	111
Financing obligations, noncurrent	$ 5,800	$ 3,400
Financing obligations, weighted-average remaining term	19 years 1 month 6 days	19 years
Financing obligations, weighted-average imputed interest rate	3.40%	3.80%
Accrued tax contingencies	$ 2,900	$ 2,800
MGM Holdings Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition price			$ 8,500