Vegas Culinary Union resisting proposed Station property
Project will be reviewed by Clark County Zoning Commission.
Despite a concerted effort by Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the project to build latest locals’ casino from Station Casinos is moving ahead.
Station Casinos operates 10 Station properties around the Las Vegas valley, along with 10 Wildfire Gaming casinos.
Since 2005, a vacant lot in the southwest part of Las Vegas has been zoned for a new Station hotel/casino. Two different recessions have delayed the start of the project, which eventually was named “Durango Station” for the major street on which it will be located.
In the lead-up to last week’s meeting of the Spring Valley Town Advisory Board, the union sent postcards to residents in the area and a letter to the board and its chair, Yvette Bordeax Williams.
The postcards were emblazoned with the words: “Do you want a Strip-sized casino hotel in your neighborhood?” The cards said the Spring Valley Town Advisory Board voted unanimously to stop the Durango Station project in 2018, but Station Casinos received a fourth extension “on a hotel taller than Red Rock Casino and a casino larger than Flamingo.”
“Your neighborhood has changed substantially since 2008 when the project was first approved,” the card reads. “You and your neighbors deserve a new development agreement that reflect those changes.You should have a say when Station Casinos redesigns the project.”
In the letter, which was signed by Ken Liu, research director for the union and is available on the union’s website, the union asked the board to reject the project. Liu states there are approximately 200 union members who reside within a mile of the proposed site.
Liu’s letter describes the Durango Station proposal as a “Strip-sized 94,511-square-foot casino and two 216-foot hotel towers with 452 total rooms,” noting the proposed casino area is larger than that of Paris Las Vegas (95,300 square feet) or Excalibur (91,882 sf).
The letter raises questions as to “potential life-of-quality” issues, including traffic, pedestrian safety and neighborhood compatibility. Liu notes since 2018, a large commercial project has been built on the opposite side of Durango Drive, which already is projected to generate new vehicular traffic in the area.
Other issues raised in the letter include the potential for increased traffic on nearby residential streets, the fact an elementary school is withing “walking distance” of the project, and the hotel tower being the tallest building in the area.
“Thought should be given to the possibility that hotel guests in the 216-foot tower might be able to see into nearby residences or their backyards,” Liu wrote. “Again, we believe the applicate request for approval of a revised conditional use permit and design review should be denied because the proposed height is incompatible with its surrounding area.”
The board gave its approval for the project, which next will be considered by the Clark County Zoning Commission later this month.
Station Casinos did not immediately respond to Gaming America’s request for comment.
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