CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc. Non-voting common stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc. Consolidated Variable Interest Entity	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC Consolidated Variable Interest Entity	Sep. 30, 2011 Voting units	Sep. 30, 2011 Non-voting units	Sep. 30, 2011 Common stock	Sep. 30, 2011 Non-voting common stock	Sep. 30, 2011 Consolidated Variable Interest Entity
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 0	$ 0					$ 10,017
Receivables, net		0	0					1,598
Native American note receivable		0	0					22,582
Intangible assets		24,000	0					65,053
Native American development costs		20,904	0					0
Other assets, net		2,074	0					0
Current portion of long-term debt		35	0					1,346
Accrued interest payable		120	0					15
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		0	0					2,325
Long-term debt, less current portion		$ 5,343	$ 0					$ 3,540
Members' / stockholders' equity units issued (in units)				100	100
Members' / stockholders' equity units outstanding (in units)				100	100
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01					$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, authorized shares (in shares)	100,000,000					10,000	100,000,000
Common stock, issued shares (in shares)	41,674,838					41.7	41,674,838