When Station Casinos bought a big land tract in Henderson for $71 million in 2007, it had no immediate plans to develop the site.
After sitting on the spread ever since, Station is now pushing ahead with its envisioned resort.
The Henderson Planning Commission is slated to consider Station’s proposed 600-room hotel-casino in the Inspirada community, at the southern edge of the Las Vegas Valley, on Feb. 16. The Henderson City Council vote would follow on March 7.
Station previously outlined plans for the resort in a letter to the city, as part of its bid to buy some adjacent land. It later submitted a package of documents, all dated last month, with site plans, renderings, water and traffic impact statements, parking analysis, and other details.
It expects to begin construction in January 2024.
The project would be built in three phases and feature more than 80,000 square feet of casino space, as well as retail, restaurants, bars, a bowling alley, movie theater and meeting space, according to project plans.
Station, which has extensive land holdings in Southern Nevada, has been overhauling its real estate portfolio. The locals-focused casino chain sold some properties recently, bought others, and is pushing ahead with plans for a new crop of resorts, all part of an effort to double its portfolio by 2030.
Last summer, Station parent Red Rock Resorts announced it would tear down three hotels that had been closed since the onset of the pandemic — Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Texas Station – and sell the sites.
Days later, it purchased roughly 126 acres at Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue — across the street from a nearly 57-acre spread it already owned — for more than $172 million.
