![]() ![]() Station announced revised details regarding the project in July 2008. Construction on the theater did not begin as expected. The theater facility would include 17 screens and would eventually be incorporated into the resort. In March 2005, Station announced plans to accelerate development on the land, with intentions to open a Regal Cinemas movie theater on the site in 2006, ahead of the hotel-casino. As a result of the Durango Station controversy, the commission later started a committee to create new regulations for neighborhood casinos. Lynette Boggs McDonald, a county commissioner overseeing the district for the planned project, proposed that neighborhood casinos be clearly defined to prevent future controversial projects. Approximately 75 percent of residents opposed the commission's decision to approve the project. At this size, it would still be Station's largest casino, and the largest locals casino in Las Vegas. ĭespite opposition, the Clark County Commission approved the project in December 2004, but with its gaming space capped at 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2). Design work on the project had yet to begin. Station clarified that the 1997 agreement allowed for up to 215,000 square-feet, but that the company did not intend to build a casino that large. Residents who purchased homes in the area had also been made aware of a potential hotel-casino. A 1997 development agreement made it unlikely that the county could stop the project entirely. Rhodes Ranch residents followed suit in their opposition against Durango Station, hoping to stop the project or at least decrease it in size. Residents of Summerlin had previously teamed up with the Culinary Workers Union to oppose the height of the Red Rock Resort, which had been proposed by the non-union Station Casinos. Residents also believed that a hotel-casino was no longer compatible with the area, as Durango Station would be built 1,500 feet from a new elementary school, and other nearby land was zoned for future homes. The large project caused controversy among area residents who argued that it did not fit the definition of a neighborhood casino. The start of construction was at least four years away. In 2004, the company proposed Durango Station, a casino with up to 215,000 sq ft (20,000 m 2), and a 217-foot-tall hotel with 1,000 rooms. Station purchased an additional 30 acres, but later sold 10 acres to a residential developer. The property had been zoned for a neighborhood casino three years earlier, although Station had no imminent plans to develop the site, instead waiting for the general area to develop further. The property is located at the southwest corner of Durango Drive and the Las Vegas Beltway, in the northeast corner of the Rhodes Ranch community. ![]() In 2000, developer Jim Rhodes sold 51 acres of land to Station Casinos, for less than $37 million. ![]() Construction began in early 2022, and Durango is expected to open in October 2023. In 2021, Station's parent company, Red Rock Resorts, announced plans to proceed with the project once again. ![]() However, before the start of construction, the project was delayed indefinitely due to the Great Recession. The company later announced plans to begin building a scaled-down version of Durango Station in 2009, with an opening in 2011. The project was approved by the Clark County Commission despite the opposition, although Station did not plan to begin construction for several years. The 1,000-room project was met with opposition from area residents, who disagreed with its size and its proposed location near a new elementary school. Four years later, the company announced plans for a hotel-casino, known then as Durango Station. Station Casinos purchased the property from developer Jim Rhodes in 2000. The resort will include an 83,178 sq ft (7,727.5 m 2) casino, 211 rooms in a 15-story tower, and several restaurants. It is being built along Durango Drive, beside the Las Vegas Beltway. ![]()
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