CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 16, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012
Operating revenues:
Casino	$ 212,406	$ 203,176	$ 232,424	$ 339,703	$ 664,856
Food and beverage	56,603	53,395	62,562	85,436	180,063
Room	25,829	25,121	29,298	36,326	81,897
Other	18,130	18,068	21,762	28,072	53,271
Management fees	6,829	5,731	6,693	10,765	22,007
Gross revenues	319,797	305,491	352,739	500,302	1,002,094
Promotional allowances	(24,069)	(23,093)	(26,792)	(35,605)	(75,873)
Net revenues	295,728	282,398	325,947	464,697	926,221
Operating costs and expenses:
Casino	87,243	80,592	92,601	136,037	265,054
Food and beverage	39,911	39,463	46,023	60,717	120,649
Room	10,874	10,252	11,928	15,537	32,592
Other	7,909	7,749	9,278	10,822	20,578
Selling, general and administrative	76,571	72,505	83,543	110,300	217,774
Corporate				15,818
Development and preopening	41	356	484	1,752	171
Depreciation and amortization	31,999	34,522	38,519	61,162	94,301
Management fee expense	10,121	9,638	11,098	0	33,338
Impairment of other assets	10,066				10,066
Write downs and other charges, net	6,626	881	897	3,953	7,825
Total operating costs and expenses	281,361	255,958	294,371	416,098	802,348
Operating income	14,367	26,440	31,576	48,599	123,873
Earnings (losses) from joint ventures	352	290	332	(945)	1,302
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				250
Operating income and earnings (losses) from joint ventures	14,719	26,730	31,908	47,904	125,175
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(52,439)	(45,100)	(51,721)	(43,294)	(144,763)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(51,794)				(51,794)
Gain on Native American development costs	102,816				102,816
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				(15,452)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	(800)			397	(800)
Total other (expense) income				(58,349)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				(10,445)
Reorganization items, net				3,259,995
Income (loss) before income taxes				3,249,550
Income tax benefit				107,924
Net income (loss)	12,502	(18,370)	(19,813)	3,357,474	30,634
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	1,349	794	1,098	24,321	5,106
Net income (loss) attributable to Station Casinos LLC members / Station Casinos, Inc. stockholders / Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC members	11,153	(19,164)	(20,911)	3,333,153	25,528
Successor | Station Casinos LLC
Operating revenues:
Casino	212,406	203,176	232,424		664,856
Food and beverage	56,603	53,395	62,562		180,063
Room	25,829	25,121	29,298		81,897
Other	18,130	18,068	21,762		53,271
Management fees	6,829	5,731	6,693		22,007
Gross revenues	319,797	305,491	352,739		1,002,094
Promotional allowances	(24,069)	(23,093)	(26,792)		(75,873)
Net revenues	295,728	282,398	325,947		926,221
Operating costs and expenses:
Casino	87,243	80,592	92,601		265,054
Food and beverage	39,911	39,463	46,023		120,649
Room	10,874	10,252	11,928		32,592
Other	7,909	7,749	9,278		20,578
Selling, general and administrative	76,571	72,505	83,543		217,774
Corporate	0	0	0		0
Development and preopening	41	356	484		171
Depreciation and amortization	31,999	34,522	38,519		94,301
Management fee expense	10,121	9,638	11,098		33,338
Impairment of other assets	10,066	0	0		10,066
Write downs and other charges, net	6,626	881	897		7,825
Total operating costs and expenses	281,361	255,958	294,371		802,348
Operating income	14,367	26,440	31,576		123,873
Earnings (losses) from joint ventures	352	290	332		1,302
Gain on dissolution of joint venture	0	0	0		0
Operating income and earnings (losses) from joint ventures	14,719	26,730	31,908		125,175
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(52,439)	(45,100)	(51,721)		(144,763)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(51,794)	0	0		(51,794)
Gain on Native American development costs	102,816	0	0		102,816
Interest and other expense from joint ventures	0	0	0		0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	(800)	0	0		(800)
Total other (expense) income	(2,217)	(45,100)	(51,721)		(94,541)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items	12,502	(18,370)	(19,813)		30,634
Reorganization items, net	0	0	0		0
Income (loss) before income taxes	12,502	(18,370)	(19,813)		30,634
Income tax benefit	0	0	0		0
Net income (loss)	12,502	(18,370)	(19,813)		30,634
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	1,349	794	1,098		5,106
Net income (loss) attributable to Station Casinos LLC members / Station Casinos, Inc. stockholders / Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC members	11,153	(19,164)	(20,911)		25,528
Predecessors | Station Casinos, Inc.
Operating revenues:
Casino				339,703
Food and beverage				85,436
Room				36,326
Other				28,072
Management fees				10,765
Gross revenues				500,302
Promotional allowances				(35,605)
Net revenues				464,697
Operating costs and expenses:
Casino				136,037
Food and beverage				60,717
Room				15,537
Other				10,822
Selling, general and administrative				110,300
Corporate				15,818
Development and preopening				1,752
Depreciation and amortization				61,162
Management fee expense				0
Impairment of other assets				0
Write downs and other charges, net				3,953
Total operating costs and expenses				416,098
Operating income				48,599
Earnings (losses) from joint ventures				(945)
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				250
Operating income and earnings (losses) from joint ventures				47,904
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net				(43,294)
Loss on extinguishment of debt				0
Gain on Native American development costs				0
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				(15,452)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments				397
Total other (expense) income				(58,349)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				(10,445)
Reorganization items, net				3,259,995
Income (loss) before income taxes				3,249,550
Income tax benefit				107,924
Net income (loss)				3,357,474
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest				24,321
Net income (loss) attributable to Station Casinos LLC members / Station Casinos, Inc. stockholders / Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC members				3,333,153
Predecessors | Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC
Operating revenues:
Casino				59,100
Food and beverage				19,484
Room				9,753
Other				4,205
Management fees				0
Gross revenues				92,542
Promotional allowances				(8,490)
Net revenues				84,052
Operating costs and expenses:
Casino				23,574
Food and beverage				12,407
Room				3,064
Other				2,125
Selling, general and administrative				18,207
Corporate				0
Development and preopening				0
Depreciation and amortization				9,512
Management fee expense				3,112
Impairment of other assets				0
Write downs and other charges, net				104
Total operating costs and expenses				72,105
Operating income				11,947
Earnings (losses) from joint ventures				0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				0
Operating income and earnings (losses) from joint ventures				11,947
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net				(20,582)
Loss on extinguishment of debt				0
Gain on Native American development costs				0
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments				0
Total other (expense) income				(20,582)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				(8,635)
Reorganization items, net				634,999
Income (loss) before income taxes				626,364
Income tax benefit				0
Net income (loss)				626,364
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest				0
Net income (loss) attributable to Station Casinos LLC members / Station Casinos, Inc. stockholders / Green Valley Ranch Gaming, LLC members				$ 626,364