Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Statements of Operations (Details) (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 cost 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 expense	41	356	484	1,752	171
Depreciation and amortization	31,999	34,522	38,519	61,162	94,301
Management fees	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 (loss):
Operating (loss) income	14,367	26,440	31,576	48,599	123,873
Losses from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0	0
Earnings from joint ventures	352	290	332	(945)	1,302
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				250
Operating (loss) income and (losses) earnings from subsidiaries and joint ventures	14,719	26,730	31,908	47,904	125,175
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	(52,439)	(45,100)	(51,721)	(43,294)	(144,763)
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				(15,452)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(51,794)				(51,794)
Gain on Native American development costs	102,816				102,816
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 (loss) income applicable to Station Casinos LLC members	11,153	(19,164)	(20,911)	3,333,153	25,528
Parent [Member]
Operating revenues:
Casino	0	0	0	0	0
Food and beverage	0	0	0	0	0
Room	0	0	0	0	0
Other	17	5	5	19	29
Management fees	0	0	0	11,588	0
Gross revenues	17	5	5	11,607	29
Promotional allowances	0	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	17	5	5	11,607	29
Operating cost and expenses:
Casino	0	0	0	0	0
Food and beverage	0	0	0	0	0
Room	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative	442	38	72	72	219
Corporate				15,937
Development and preopening expense	0	26	44	458	0
Depreciation and amortization	689	786	865	3,822	2,030
Management fees	0	0	0	0	0
Impairment of other assets	0				0
Write downs and other charges, net	5,554	(3)	(3)	595	5,644
Total operating costs and expenses	6,685	847	978	20,884	7,893
Operating income (loss):
Operating (loss) income	(6,668)	(842)	(973)	(9,277)	(7,864)
Losses from subsidiaries	51,657	11,678	14,866	398,816	134,294
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0	0	0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				0
Operating (loss) income and (losses) earnings from subsidiaries and joint ventures	44,989	10,836	13,893	389,539	126,430
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	(32,492)	(29,206)	(33,706)	(24,628)	(95,801)
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				0
Loss on debt extinguishment	0				0
Gain on Native American development costs	0				0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	5			397	5
Total other (expense) income				(24,231)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				365,308
Reorganization items, net				2,883,312
Income (loss) before income taxes				3,248,620
Income tax benefit				108,854
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 (loss) income applicable to Station Casinos LLC members	11,153	(19,164)	(20,911)	3,333,153	25,528
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Operating revenues:
Casino	113,086	109,831	126,117	214,332	356,421
Food and beverage	33,421	31,236	36,713	61,754	105,932
Room	16,840	16,245	18,918	29,790	53,945
Other	9,220	8,751	10,881	14,902	26,276
Management fees	0	0	0	0	0
Gross revenues	172,567	166,063	192,629	320,778	542,574
Promotional allowances	(13,812)	(13,183)	(15,342)	(24,993)	(42,659)
Net revenues	158,755	152,880	177,287	295,785	499,915
Operating cost and expenses:
Casino	46,012	43,425	49,856	86,356	141,331
Food and beverage	23,529	22,920	26,851	43,188	70,453
Room	6,875	6,585	7,658	11,678	20,754
Other	3,987	3,684	4,551	5,449	9,676
Selling, general and administrative	38,277	36,988	42,741	64,419	108,548
Corporate				0
Development and preopening expense	0	90	142	492	8
Depreciation and amortization	16,890	17,522	19,650	42,237	49,899
Management fees	5,525	5,302	6,150	7,048	18,434
Impairment of other assets	0				0
Write downs and other charges, net	407	481	481	2,717	765
Total operating costs and expenses	141,502	136,997	158,080	263,584	419,868
Operating income (loss):
Operating (loss) income	17,253	15,883	19,207	32,201	80,047
Losses from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0	0
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0	0	0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				0
Operating (loss) income and (losses) earnings from subsidiaries and joint ventures	17,253	15,883	19,207	32,201	80,047
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	(35)	(43)	(50)	(14,504)	(117)
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				0
Loss on debt extinguishment	0				0
Gain on Native American development costs	0				0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	0			0	0
Total other (expense) income				(14,504)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				17,697
Reorganization items, net				1,514,225
Income (loss) before income taxes				1,531,922
Income tax benefit				(2,902)
Net income (loss)	17,218	15,840	19,157	1,529,020	79,930
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0	0
Net (loss) income applicable to Station Casinos LLC members	17,218	15,840	19,157	1,529,020	79,930
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Operating revenues:
Casino	99,320	93,345	106,307	125,371	308,435
Food and beverage	23,182	22,159	25,849	23,682	74,131
Room	8,989	8,876	10,380	6,536	27,952
Other	8,893	9,312	10,876	13,151	26,966
Management fees	6,829	5,731	6,693	10,765	22,007
Gross revenues	147,213	139,423	160,105	179,505	459,491
Promotional allowances	(10,257)	(9,910)	(11,450)	(10,612)	(33,214)
Net revenues	136,956	129,513	148,655	168,893	426,277
Operating cost and expenses:
Casino	41,231	37,167	42,745	49,681	123,723
Food and beverage	16,382	16,543	19,172	17,529	50,196
Room	3,999	3,667	4,270	3,859	11,838
Other	3,922	4,065	4,727	5,373	10,902
Selling, general and administrative	37,852	35,479	40,730	45,809	109,007
Corporate				(119)
Development and preopening expense	41	240	298	802	163
Depreciation and amortization	14,420	16,214	18,004	15,103	42,372
Management fees	4,596	4,336	4,948	4,540	14,904
Impairment of other assets	10,066				10,066
Write downs and other charges, net	665	403	419	641	1,416
Total operating costs and expenses	133,174	118,114	135,313	143,218	374,587
Operating income (loss):
Operating (loss) income	3,782	11,399	13,342	25,675	51,690
Losses from subsidiaries	0	0	0	0	0
Earnings from joint ventures	352	290	332	(945)	1,302
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				250
Operating (loss) income and (losses) earnings from subsidiaries and joint ventures	4,134	11,689	13,674	24,980	52,992
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	(19,912)	(15,851)	(17,965)	(4,162)	(48,845)
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				(15,452)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(51,794)				(51,794)
Gain on Native American development costs	102,816				102,816
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	(805)			0	(805)
Total other (expense) income				(19,614)
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				5,366
Reorganization items, net				(1,137,542)
Income (loss) before income taxes				(1,132,176)
Income tax benefit				1,972
Net income (loss)	34,439	(4,162)	(4,291)	(1,130,204)	54,364
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	1,349	794	1,098	24,321	5,106
Net (loss) income applicable to Station Casinos LLC members	33,090	(4,956)	(5,389)	(1,154,525)	49,258
Eliminations [Member]
Operating revenues:
Casino	0	0	0	0	0
Food and beverage	0	0	0	0	0
Room	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0
Management fees	0	0	0	(11,588)	0
Gross revenues	0	0	0	(11,588)	0
Promotional allowances	0	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	(11,588)	0
Operating cost and expenses:
Casino	0	0	0	0	0
Food and beverage	0	0	0	0	0
Room	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative	0	0	0	0	0
Corporate				0
Development and preopening expense	0	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0	0
Management fees	0	0	0	(11,588)	0
Impairment of other assets	0				0
Write downs and other charges, net	0	0	0	0	0
Total operating costs and expenses	0	0	0	(11,588)	0
Operating income (loss):
Operating (loss) income	0	0	0	0	0
Losses from subsidiaries	(51,657)	(11,678)	(14,866)	(398,816)	(134,294)
Earnings from joint ventures	0	0	0	0	0
Gain on dissolution of joint venture				0
Operating (loss) income and (losses) earnings from subsidiaries and joint ventures	(51,657)	(11,678)	(14,866)	(398,816)	(134,294)
Other expense:
Interest expense, net	0	0	0	0	0
Interest and other expense from joint ventures				0
Loss on debt extinguishment	0				0
Gain on Native American development costs	0				0
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	0			0	0
Total other (expense) income				0
Income (loss) before income taxes and reorganization items				(398,816)
Reorganization items, net				0
Income (loss) before income taxes				(398,816)
Income tax benefit				0
Net income (loss)	(51,657)	(11,678)	(14,866)	(398,816)	(134,294)
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	(1,349)	(794)	(1,098)	(24,321)	(5,106)
Net (loss) income applicable to Station Casinos LLC members	$ (50,308)	$ (10,884)	$ (13,768)	$ (374,495)	$ (129,188)