The first phase would have a single 216-foot-tall hotel tower water features a parking structure four restaurants and beverage stops a “state-of-the-art” race and sportsbook 20,000 square feet of meeting and convention space a pool space with private cabanas and an event lawn and electric vehicle charging stations. Plans submitted to the county note two phases of construction.

Finch estimated Durango would open late 2023. The company intends to release a cost estimate for Durango at its third-quarter earnings call with investors this fall. “Once again Stations, as a true locals casino, is coming to the rescue in the southwest, I’d say, by providing them a place where they can dine, where they can go hang out,” Bob Finch, chief operating officer for Station parent company Red Rock Resorts, told the Review-Journal. They say the resort will focus on gaming, have little competition within 5 square miles and cater to the southwest valley’s growing population.

Station plans to break ground on its new project - Durango, a Station Casinos Resort - early next year, according to the company. The Clark County Commission greenlighted the company’s proposal to build a 211-room hotel with an 83,178-square-foot casino on South Durango Drive just south of the 215 Beltway. Station Casinos received approval from county officials Wednesday to move forward with its much-anticipated plan to build a resort in the southwest valley. A rendering shows the exterior of the planned Durango, a Station Casinos Resort.

Durango station casino location map