Long-term Debt - Opco Credit Agreement (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended						9 Months Ended																							3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Credit Agreement [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Jun. 18, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] GVR Lenders [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] GVR Lenders [Member]	Jun. 18, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] GVR Lenders [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Jun. 18, 2011 Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan Facility [Member] GVR Lenders [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Base Rate [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Base Rate [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Base Rate [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 LIBOR [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Adjusted LIBOR [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Adjusted LIBOR [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Minimum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2019 Maximum [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor [Member]	Sep. 28, 2012 Used to Repay Original OPCO Credit Facility [Member] Joint Term Loan [Member] Opco and GVR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 1 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 1 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 2 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 2 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 3 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 3 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 4 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 4 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 5 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 5 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 6 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 6 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 7 [Member] Maximum [Member] Base Rate [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Year 7 [Member] Maximum [Member] LIBOR [Member] Term Loan Facility [Member] Opco [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Station Casinos LLC [Member] Successor [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Station Casinos LLC [Member] Successor [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Station Casinos LLC [Member] Successor [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Station Casinos LLC [Member] Successor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term of extension period					1 year
Long-term debt, principal amount														$ 575,000,000		$ 435,700,000	$ 435,700,000	$ 305,000,000			$ 575,000,000
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity							200,000,000		50,000,000	25,000,000		10,000,000	10,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(51,794,000)	(51,794,000)																																																					(51,794,000)	0	0	(51,794,000)
Description of variable interest rate basis								LIBOR or base rate			LIBOR or base rate				LIBOR or base rate				LIBOR or base rate				base rate	base rate		LIBOR	Adjusted LIBOR					LIBOR
Long-term debt, percentage bearing variable interest, percentage rate																									2.25%			1.25%
Basis spread on variable interest rate								0.00%	5.25%		0.00%	7.00%			0.00%	3.29%			6.50%						3.25%			4.25%			1.50%	1.00%	2.50%			2.50%	3.50%				2.00%	3.00%	2.00%	3.00%	2.00%	3.00%	2.50%	3.50%	2.50%	3.50%	3.50%	4.50%	4.50%	5.50%
Debt instrument, fee for unfunded portion of revolving debt (percentage)						0.50%
Long-term debt, percentage bearing fixed interest, amount				233,000,000
Fixed interest rate percentage				6.59%
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital																													3					3	5.50
Long-term debt	$ 2,068,536,000	$ 2,068,536,000	$ 2,195,227,000					$ 0	$ 3,600,000		$ 0	$ 4,200,000			$ 0	$ 344,763,000			$ 570,687,000			$ 0																$ 2,069,000,000	$ 2,195,000,000	$ 517,000,000
Interest coverage ratio																														3.00
Periodic principal payment on debt instrument, (percentage)																			0.25%
Debt instrument, prepayment of principal based on excess cash flows (percentage)																				50.00%