CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (includes Cash and cash equivalents of consolidated variable interest entity of $53 and $12, respectively)	$ 125,559	$ 95,821
Restricted cash	1,982	2,005
Receivables, net (includes Receivables, net, of consolidated variable interest entity of $2,481 and $2,863, respectively)	27,589	27,446
Inventories	7,928	9,144
Prepaid gaming tax	20,910	18,180
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	9,915	11,701
Total current assets	193,883	164,297
Property and equipment, net	2,210,126	2,246,065
Goodwill	195,132	195,132
Intangible assets, net (includes Intangible assets, net, of consolidated variable interest entity of $54,853 and $62,503, respectively)	204,050	214,092
Land held for development	220,105	227,857
Investments in joint ventures	10,054	10,157
Native American development costs	2,896	70,516
Other assets, net (includes Other assets, net, of consolidated variable interest entity of $0 and $282, respectively)	47,508	50,233
Total assets	3,083,754	3,178,349
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt (includes Current portion of long-term debt of consolidated variable interest entity of $0 and $38, respectively)	17,467	16,380
Accounts payable	17,388	17,240
Accrued interest payable	10,553	2,858
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (includes Accrued expenses and other current liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity of $664 and $402, respectively)	102,945	92,162
Total current liabilities	148,353	128,640
Long-term debt, less current portion (includes Long-term debt, less current portion, of consolidated variable interest entity of $0 and $244, respectively)	2,051,069	2,178,847
Deficit investments in joint ventures	2,370	2,318
Other long-term liabilities, net	33,183	26,068
Total liabilities	2,234,975	2,335,873
Commitments and contingencies
Members' equity:
Additional paid-in capital	837,632	844,924
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(28,355)	(20,154)
Accumulated deficit	0	(25,093)
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	809,277	799,677
Noncontrolling interest	39,502	42,799
Total members' equity	848,779	842,476
Total liabilities and members' equity	3,083,754	3,178,349
Voting units
Members' equity:
Units issued and outstanding, value	0	0
Total members' equity	0	0
Non-voting units
Members' equity:
Units issued and outstanding, value	0	0
Total members' equity	$ 0	$ 0