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April 18, 2024

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Executive Chef Danny Ye talks about the selection of meats and dry-aged fish available on the menu at Nicco's, a modern American steakhouse inside the new Durango Resort, Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Chef Daniel Ye serves up Las Vegas’ newest foodie hot spot, Nicco’s steakhouse at Durango Resort
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
By Ray Brewer
Daniel Ye’s culinary career has taken him to all the industry hot spots: Los Angeles, nearly a decade in New York kitchens, and San Francisco. Now, he’s in Las Vegas as the executive chef at Durango Resort, the ...
A look at the high limit gaming area inside the new Durango Casino & Resort Monday Dec. 4, 2023
Station Casinos opens doors on Durango Resort, its next generation of luxury
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
By Ray Brewer
Patrons who step into the new Durango Resort for the initial time should notice something distinct: It’s bright. Between the natural light flowing into the $780 million resort on Durango Drive and ...
A view of Durango Resort during the official lighting of marquee at Durango Drive and I-215 Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.
Durango Resort opening pushed back to Dec. 5
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
The opening of Durango Resort has been pushed back more than two weeks to ensure a “first-class opening of the property,” operator Station Casinos announced today. Station’s latest entry into the locals casino market had been set to open Nov. 20. The new grand opening is scheduled for Dec. 5. People who had booked hotel stays at the new resort ...
An exterior image of the Mirage May 15, 2020.
In bid to woo more locals, which includes free parking, Mirage reports some success
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver
The Mirage, under new ownership with Hard Rock International, is hoping to tap into the locals market with new specials aimed at bringing them to the Strip property. The resort this year introduced local discounts on some of its shows, spas and salons ...
This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.
Demolition starts at 2 Station Casinos sites in Las Vegas area
Monday, September 12, 2022
Associated Press
Demolition has begun at two Las Vegas-area casino properties that remained shuttered since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A spokesman for ...
This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.
Station Casinos buys 126 acres south of the Las Vegas Strip
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Days after announcing the demolition of three shuttered casinos in the Las Vegas area, Station Casinos has purchased 126 acres of land south of the Strip that could be the future home of a new ...
This file photo shows signs for Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas.
Station Casinos tearing down 3 closed casinos, selling land
Friday, July 15, 2022
By Bryan Horwath
Station Casinos will tear down three shuttered casinos — Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson — and sell the land, parent company Red Rock Resorts announced today. The properties have been shut down since all Nevada casinos were ordered temporarily closed in March 2020 at the onset of the ...
A preview of the Palms Resort & Casino, Monday April 25, 2022, before their grand reopening this week. The Palms has been closed for nearly two years after shutting its doors due to the pandemic in 2020. After being purchased by San Manuel tribe the property will re-open to the general public at 9pm on Wednesday April 27.
Palms reopening with a few new things after 2 years
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
By Bryan Horwath
As he stood in a sky villa suite at the Palms, Las Vegas native Brandon Beach wondered aloud why he had never spent any time at the Palms before the property closed in ...
An artist's rendering of Durango Resort, the first planned Station Casinos property in Las Vegas since Red Rock Resort opened in 2006. It is expected to be finished in late 2023.
Station breaks ground on Durango Resort
$750M hotel-casino is company’s first new build in 16 years
Friday, March 11, 2022
By Ray Brewer
Scott Kreeger has been part of many of the planning meetings for the newest Station Casinos resort. He’s had a hand in helping shape everything from the entertainment and food options to the color scheme.
A message from the San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority is displayed on a marquee sign at the Palms Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.
New owners of Palms to former employees: ‘We want you back’
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
By Bryan Horwath
As the Palms prepares to reopen next year, its new owners are scrambling to hire more than 1,000 employees and hoping to bring back hundreds of former workers.
Ronal Portillo poses for a photo with his wife Marisela Duran-Cerro and their 2-year old daughter Arlette outside their home Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Portillo, who was laid off in March 2020 from his buffet cook position at Fiesta Rancho casino, has since struggled to find work and make ends meet. YASMINA CHAVEZ
Nevada probing 6 ‘return to work’ complaints
Law aiming to help workers get their old jobs back remains contentious
Monday, October 18, 2021
By Jessica Hill
Fourteen people have filed complaints with the labor commissioner wanting to return to jobs lost during the pandemic, when casinos shuttered for nearly 90 days and the region’s unemployment rate was ...
Red Rock Resort is seen in Summerlin. The Culinary Union on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, hailed as "rare and extraordinary" a federal judge's ruling in a yearslong fight to unionize about 1,350 employees at Station Casinos.
Culinary Union calls court ruling a win against Station Casinos
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Station Casinos, which for years has resisted worker efforts to unionize, said it “firmly and respectfully” disagreed with the ruling ...
Red Rock Resorts ready to break ground on $350 million California casino
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
By Thaddeus Miller, The Fresno Bee (TNS)
The Las Vegas company behind bringing a new Native American casino to Madera County is close to breaking ground, according to a high-ranking official close to the project. The California State Supreme Court ...
An exterior view of the Palms Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. The resort, sold to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in 2021, will reopen on April 27, officials said.
Red Rock Resorts to sell Palms to California tribe for $650M
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
By Bryan Horwath
The Palms, shuttered since the onset of the the pandemic, is getting a new owner. Red Rock Resorts announced the sale agreement to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The Green Valley Ranch resort in Henderson.
On-site vaccine shots offered to more Las Vegas casino workers
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Associated Press
A local casino operator has joined other Las Vegas companies offering on-site coronavirus vaccine shots to hospitality workers. Station Casinos vaccination clinics ...