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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc. Non-voting common stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (includes Cash and cash equivalents of consolidated variable interest entity of $12, $0, and $0, respectively)	$ 95,821	$ 165,357		$ 40,603
Restricted cash	2,005	278,329		1,600
Receivables, net (includes Receivables, net of consolidated variable interest entity of $2,863, $0, and $0, respectively)	27,446	24,104		3,308
Due from affiliates				19
Inventories	9,144	7,093		1,252
Prepaid gaming tax	18,180	15,901		2,543
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	11,701	18,783		5,333
Total current assets	164,297	509,567		54,658
Property and equipment, net	2,246,065	2,505,763		426,798
Restricted cash, noncurrent		15,006
Goodwill	195,132	124,313
Intangible assets, net (includes Intangible assets of consolidated variable interest entity of $62,503, $24,000, and $0, respectively)	214,092	272,524
Land held for development	227,857	240,836
Investments in joint ventures	10,157	5,516
Native American development costs (includes Native American development costs of consolidated variable interest entity of $0, $20,904, and $0, respectively)	70,516	184,975
Other assets, net (includes Other assets, net of consolidated variable interest entity of $282, $2,074, and $0, respectively)	50,233	95,643		4,164
Total assets	3,178,349	3,954,143		485,620
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt (includes Current portion of long-term debt of consolidated variable interest entity of $38, $35, and $0, respectively)	16,380	242,366		765,047
Accounts payable	17,240	10,782		3,759
Accrued interest payable (includes Accrued interest payable of consolidated variable interest entity of $0, $120, and $0, respectively)	2,858	22,399		49,502
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (includes Accrued expenses and other current liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity of $402, $0, and $0, respectively)	92,162	92,268		15,518
Notes payable to members				10,000
Due to Station Casinos, Inc., net				7,713
Interest rate swap termination liability				51,686
Total current liabilities	128,640	367,815		903,225
Long-term debt, less current portion (includes Long-term debt, less current portion, of consolidated variable interest entity of $244, $5,343, and $0, respectively)	2,178,847	8,659		1,695
Deferred income taxes, net		108,551
Investments in joint ventures, deficit	2,318	344,767
Other long-term liabilities, net	26,068	12,778
Total liabilities not subject to compromise	2,335,873	842,570		904,920
Liabilities subject to compromise		5,997,821
Total liabilities	2,335,873	6,840,391		904,920
Commitments and contingencies
Members' equity (stockholders' deficit / members' deficit):
Members' / stockholders' equity units
Common stock			417
Additional paid-in capital	844,924	2,964,648
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(20,154)	43
Accumulated deficit	(25,093)	(5,849,683)		(419,300)
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity (Station Casinos, Inc. stockholders'/Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC members' deficit)	799,677	(2,884,575)		(419,300)
Noncontrolling interest	42,799	(1,673)
Total members' equity (stockholders'/members' deficit)	842,476	(2,886,248)		(419,300)
Total liabilities and members' equity (stockholders'/members' deficit)	$ 3,178,349	$ 3,954,143		$ 485,620