Asset Impairments and Write-downs and Other Charges, Net (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 16, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010
Asset impairments and write-downs and other charges [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill					$ 60,386,000
Impairment of land held for development, including associated improvements (Note 6)			2,100,000	12,973,000	201,634,000
Impairment of property and equipment (Note 4)	66,600,000
Write-downs and other charges, net		3,953,000	4,041,000	10,417,000	19,245,000
Station Casinos LLC [Member] | Successor [Member]
Losses on Asset Disposals and Other Nonroutine Transactions [Line Items]
Repurchase of equity interest option				5,000,000
Asset impairments and write-downs and other charges [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill			0	0
Impairment of intangible assets			0	2,907,000
Impairment of land held for development, including associated improvements (Note 6)			2,100,000	10,066,000
Impairment of investments in joint ventures			0	0
Impairment of property and equipment (Note 4)			0
Other, net			0	0
Total impairments of other assets			2,100,000	12,973,000
Loss on disposal of assets, net			3,246,000	471,000
Gain on land disposition			0	0
Severance expense			620,000	2,913,000
Settlement agreement			0	5,000,000
Other charges			175,000	2,033,000
Write-off of debt offering and restructuring fees			0	0
Write-downs and other charges, net			4,041,000	10,417,000
Station Casinos, Inc [Member]
Asset impairments and write-downs and other charges [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill	60,400,000
Station Casinos, Inc [Member] | Predecessor [Member]
Asset impairments and write-downs and other charges [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill		0			60,386,000
Impairment of intangible assets		0			4,704,000
Impairment of land held for development, including associated improvements (Note 6)		0			114,378,000
Impairment of investments in joint ventures		0			16,267,000
Impairment of property and equipment (Note 4)		0			66,647,000
Other, net		0			(362,000)
Total impairments of other assets		0			201,634,000
Loss on disposal of assets, net		3,349,000			534,000
Gain on land disposition		0			(74,000)
Severance expense		0			2,687,000
Settlement agreement		0			6,200,000
Other charges		604,000			9,898,000
Write-off of debt offering and restructuring fees		0			0
Write-downs and other charges, net		3,953,000			19,245,000
Green Valley Ranch Gaming LLC [Member] | Predecessor [Member]
Asset impairments and write-downs and other charges [Abstract]
Impairment of goodwill		0			0
Impairment of intangible assets		0			0
Impairment of land held for development, including associated improvements (Note 6)		0			0
Impairment of investments in joint ventures		0			0
Impairment of property and equipment (Note 4)		0			0
Other, net		0			0
Total impairments of other assets		0			0
Loss on disposal of assets, net		104,000			120,000
Gain on land disposition		0			0
Severance expense		0			0
Settlement agreement		0			0
Other charges		0			0
Write-off of debt offering and restructuring fees		0			9,089,000
Write-downs and other charges, net		$ 104,000			$ 9,209,000