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VICI’s Caribbean Entry Begins with Club Med St. Croix Deal
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VICI’s Caribbean Entry Begins with Club Med St. Croix Deal
USA | Leisure
VICI Properties EquityJuneResearch15, 2026
FLASH NOTEVICI’s Caribbean Entry Begins with Club Med St.
RATING BUYCroix Deal
PRICE $28.52^
The deal announcement by VICI casts a wider net in experiential real estate
outside of gaming, which should be incrementally positive for the shares. Our PRICE TARGET | % TO PT $39.00 | +37%
perspective on the all-inclusive leisure market is that it represents an area 52W HIGH-LOW $34.01 - $26.55
of specific growth. Further, we believe the value of real estate attached to FLOAT (%) | ADV MM (USD) 99.3% | 231.75
productively operated brands should generate a premium over time. In this MARKET CAP $30.5B
regard, the deal announcement should support our thesis. TICKER VICI ^Prior trading day's closing price unless otherwise
noted.
On 6/15, VICI Properties and global all-inclusive resort operator, Club Med, announced the $20M
acquisition and $55M planned redevelopment of the Carambola Beach Resort in St. Croix, U.S.
Virgin Islands. Following the acquisition, VICI has entered into a long-term NNN lease with Club Med
and will finance the resort's comprehensive redevelopment.
The NNN lease is structured with a 15-year initial term and two 10-year extension options, with rent
escalators that we believe include floors and caps in-line with VICI's gaming deals (typically ~1%
and 3%). The deal pricing is not disclosed but our impression is that a high-7% cap is a reasonable
approximation.
The Carambola Beach Resort is a historic 150-key resort originally built in 1986 by Laurance
Rockefeller (founder of RockResorts) and represents Club Med's re-entry onto U.S. territory. The
resort will focus on environmentally friendly and low density development with construction
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