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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 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

2007: In a leveraged buyout, Station Casinos is taken private by Ferritta Colony Partners

2008: Aliante Station opens in North 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

Aliante Station ( 50% joint venture with Greenspun Corporation)

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.

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