Station Casinos is persistently making future plans for the company. Despite already having two casinos under construction in Nevada, they are moving forward with plans to establish a casino in Henderson.
The Henderson City Council greenlit the sale of 3.76 acres of land to Station Casinos last week. This land will add to the existing 45 acres that Station Casinos already possesses in this area.
The company is currently formulating plans to construct a casino in West Henderson, specifically in the Inspirada area. This location is approximately 20 minutes away from the heart of the Vegas Strip.
Station Casinos owns two kinds of properties in Las Vegas – those that are full-service and those that are exclusively casinos. The Durango Resort, currently under construction, will be a full-service property. On the other hand, the Wildfire located in downtown Las Vegas will solely be a casino without any hotel. The plans for Inspirada are more similar to Durango than they are to Wildfire.
Station Casinos Inspirada plans
Station Casinos’ preliminary plans indicate that Inspirada will be a fully-equipped casino and hotel. The company has intentions of constructing a hotel with 600 rooms on the property.
Plans are in place for a casino floor at Inspirada that will span 80,000 square feet, roughly the equivalent size of Palace Station and Flamingo but smaller than Planet Hollywood. The plans also incorporate four individual restaurants, as well as a food hall offering 11 dining options.
Inspirada, like many other Station Casinos properties, will feature a movie theater and bowling alley.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Scott Kreeger, president of Red Rock Resorts (the parent company of Station Casinos), suggested that their new property will be a high-end one, comparable to Red Rock Casino in Summerlin and Green Valley Ranch in another area of Henderson.
In addition, businesses could be attracted by the 30,000 square feet of meeting space.
According to 8 News Now, Station Casinos plans to commence construction in January 2024 and aims to open the casino approximately by March 2025.
Path forward for Station Casinos
Since reopening post the pandemic peak, Station Casinos has been charting a fresh course. The company divested some of its less lucrative properties following the permission to reopen casinos in 2020.
Station Casinos chose to sell Palms, along with three other casinos that weren’t significantly contributing to its bottom line: Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, and Fiesta Henderson. These three are no longer in existence. Fiesta Henderson was recently sold, with the land being purchased by the City of Henderson.
Currently, there are six full-service properties under Station Casinos:
- Station Boulder
- Station Palace
- Ranch of Green Valley
- Casino Red Rock
- Station Santa Fe
- Station Sunset
Additionally, there are 10 Wildfire properties that are exclusively casinos in and around Las Vegas.
Station Casinos aims to reconstruct its Las Vegas dominion by expanding its portfolio twofold. This year, the company commenced construction of Durango Resort in the southwest region of Las Vegas and a fresh Wildfire Casino in the city’s downtown area.
Station Casinos owns land that can be utilized across the Las Vegas valley. Earlier in the year, the firm shut down the Wild Wild West casino, located just west of the Vegas Strip.
The company also acquired additional land south of the Vegas Strip on Las Vegas Blvd. Earlier in the year, Kreeger announced that the company was excited to construct a new property in North Las Vegas.
The Station Casinos portfolio is set to be revamped under a long-term plan. The company has expressed intentions to construct only one property at a time. At present, Durango Resort is being built and is expected to open late the following year, as per schedule.
Should the company adhere to the proposed timeline, the subsequent casino’s construction is set to commence in early 2024. The new casino resort in Inspirada seemingly jumped to the top of the priority list.
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