CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011 Consolidated Variable Interest Entity	Dec. 31, 2011 Voting units	Dec. 31, 2011 Non-voting units	Dec. 31, 2011 Common stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Non-voting common stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc. Consolidated Variable Interest Entity	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Station Casinos, Inc. Non-voting common stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Predecessors Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC Consolidated Variable Interest Entity
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 12					$ 0		$ 0
Receivables, net	2,863					0		0
Intangible assets	62,503					24,000		0
Native American development costs	0					20,904		0
Other assets, net	282					2,074		0
Current portion of long-term debt	38					35		0
Accrued interest payable	0					120		0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	402					0		0
Long-term debt, less current portion	$ 244					$ 5,343		$ 0
Members' / stockholders' equity units authorized (in units)		100	100
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)				10,000	100,000,000		100,000,000
Common stock, issued shares (in shares)				41.7	41,674,838.0		41,674,838.0