Station Casinos has filed proposals for a new 600-room hotel and casino in Henderson’s Inspirada neighborhood, which will go before the Henderson Planning Commission on February 16, according to city records.
If approved, the matter would then proceed to the Henderson City Council on March 7 for a final vote.
The locals-focused operator has not commented publicly on the project, but included details for it in a letter to the city that was part of a land acquisition bid. Among the documents included were renderings, traffic and water reports, parking studies and more. The company said in the documents that if all goes smooth, construction could start in early 2024.
The hotel-casino would be developed in three phases, and would feature 80,000-plus square feet of gaming space as well as all the typical amenities such as dining and entertainment options.
Station’s traffic data indicates that at full capacity, the project would generate just under 1,700 peak-hour vehicle stops on most evenings. Additionally, the site would go through about 83 million gallons of water per year, according to the submitted documents.
The company first bought the land that the casino would sit on all the way back in 2007 for $71 million.
Station has long employed the unique strategy of buying huge tracts of land in lesser populated areas of Las Vegas and holding onto them for years—some projects do go into development while others are eventually sold off.
Before the end of last year, Station’s parent company, Red Rock Resorts, announced that it plans to double its Las Vegas portfolio by the end of the decade, which has accelerated Station’s real estate activity even more than usual.
Just in the last few months, the company has demolished four properties—Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, Fiesta Henderson and Wild Wild West—the land for the first three will be sold altogether, whereas Station plans to keep the Wild West site and build a new property.
In addition to its sales, the company also purchased 126 acres near Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue for $172 million and 67 acres in North Las Vegas for $55 million.
Its $750 million Durango hotel-casino will also open later this year, and the company hasn’t indicated which site it will develop next.
