New Durango Casino & Resort could help define southwest Las Vegas

Saturday, October 21, 2023 3:54 PM
  • Brock Radke, Las Vegas Weekly

The time is right. Southwest Valley residents who have been scooting out to Green Valley Ranch Resort or in the other direction, to Summerlin’s Red Rock Resort, are about to have their very own Station Casinos luxury destination in their own backyard.

The $780 million Durango Casino & Resort is primed to open on November 20 at the corner of the Beltway and Durango Drive, with desert-inspired décor, 200 rooms and suites, loads of original restaurant concepts, an 83,000-square-foot casino and sportsbook, and, of course, free parking.

For Station, it’s a return to form after the five-year takeover of the Palms, a challenging endeavor into Strip-style hospitality for the neighborhood casino company.