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Station Casinos Company Profile

Station Casinos, Inc. (Station) is a gaming and entertainment company that owns and operates eight major hotel/casino properties and six smaller casino properties in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, as well as manages a casino for a Native American tribe.

The Company's casino properties include Palace Station Hotel and Casino; Boulder Station Hotel and Casino; Texas Station Gambling Hall and Hotel; Sunset Station Hotel and Casino; Santa Fe Station Hotel and Casino; Fiesta Rancho Casino Hotel; Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel; a 50% interest in Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa Casino, and Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa. Its Other Properties include Wild Wild West Gambling Hall and Hotel; Wildfire Casino; Magic Star Casino; Gold Rush Casino, and 50% interest each in Barley's Casino and Brewing Company, and The Greens Gaming and Dining. In addition, Station Casinos manages Thunder Valley Casino in Sacramento, California.

Station Casinos News
Station Casinos History

1976: A property called "The Casino" opens in Las Vegas as a 5,000 square-foot facility with 100 slot machines and six gaming tables, it later adds bingo and becomes known as "Bingo Palace"

1983: Bingo Palace, after several expansions, becomes "Palace Station" (1)

1991: Major expansion project, including a hotel tower, at Palace Station completed

1993: Station Casinos conducts an IPO and becomes a publicly-traded company

1994: Boulder Station opens on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas

1994: Station Casino St, Charles (Missouri) opens

1995: Entertainment complex opens at Boulder Station

1995: Station acquires the Texas Gambling Hall and Hotel on Rancho Drive in Las Vegas, renames it Texas Station

1996: Barley's, a Henderson, Nevada brewpub and casino in which Station owns a 50% interest, opens

1997: Sunset Station opens on Sunset Road in Henderson

1997: Station Casino Kansas City (Missouri), opens with two continuously-docked gaming vessels and a land-based entertainment, lodging, and dining facility

1998: Station acquires the Wild Wild West casino and truck plaza on Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas

1999: Expansion project at Sunset Station completed

2000: Station sold its casinos in Kansas City and St. Charles Missouri to Ameristar Casinos

2000: Station acquires the Sante Fe Hotel and Casino on Rancho Drive in Las Vegas and rebrands it Sante Fe Station

2001: Station purchases the Fiesta Casino Hotel on Rancho Drive in Las Vegas, rebrands it the Fiesta Rancho

2001: Station acquires the Reserve casino (Henderson, Nevada) from Ameristar, and rebrands it the Fiesta Henderson

2001: Green Valley Ranch, a 50% joint venture with GCR Gaming, opens in Las Vegas; Station manages the casino as well

2001: Expansion project at Santa Fe Station completed

2004: Station purchases the closed Castaways Hotel Casino (formerly the Showboat) in Las Vegas, and later demolishes it

2006: Red Rock Station opens in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas

Station Casinos : Current Properties

Las Vegas, Nevada

Palace Station Hotel and Casino

Boulder Station Hotel and Casino

Texas Station Gambling Hall and Hotel; Sunset Station Hotel and Casino

Santa Fe Station Hotel and Casino

Fiesta Rancho Casino Hotel

Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa Casino (50% interest, managers)

Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa

Wild Wild West Gambling Hall and Hotel

Wildfire Casino

Henderson, Nevada

Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel

Sunset Station

Magic Star Casino

Gold Rush Casino

Barley's Casino and Brewing Company (50% interest)

The Greens Gaming and Dining (50% interest)

Sacramento, California

Thunder Valley Casino (management)

Station Casinos: Financial Info online

Publicly-accessible sites

Google Finance profile

Yahoo company profile

Reuters company profile

InvestorGuide company profile

Station Casinos Investor Relations

SEC filings (Station Casinos Site) | SEC filings (finance.yahoo)

Annual Report (2005 edition, in pdf)

For more detailed information, check out these databases. Note: use is restricted to current UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

Station Casinos: Gaming Collection/UNLV Holdings

UNLV Gaming Collection main page

Financial filings

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Promotional and Public Relations materials

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