Consolidating Financial Information - Balance Sheets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 16, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Ownership percentage, parent	100.00%
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 128,880	$ 93,662	$ 111,355	$ 163,138		$ 182,976
Restricted cash	1,980	2,005
Receivables, net	30,931	29,605
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Inventories	7,938	9,144
Prepaid gaming tax	18,415	18,180
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	9,108	11,701
Total current assets	197,252	164,297
Property and equipment, net	2,212,463	2,246,065			88,100
Goodwill	200,694	195,132
Intangible assets, net	208,676	214,092
Land held for development	220,120	227,857
Investments in joint ventures	9,629	10,157
Native American development costs	3,255	70,516
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets, net	46,854	50,233
Total assets	3,098,943	3,178,349
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	17,544	16,380
Accounts payable	21,631	17,240
Accrued interest payable	7,983	2,858
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	123,537	92,162
Intercompany Payables	0	0
Total current liabilities	170,695	128,640
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,056,057	2,178,847
Deficit investments in joint ventures	2,356	2,318
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	30,974	26,068
Total liabilities	2,260,082	2,335,873
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	793,832	799,677
Noncontrolling interest	45,029	42,799		43,551
Total members' equity	838,861	842,476
Total liabilities and members' equity	3,098,943	3,178,349
Parent [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	2,841	(2,420)	6,524	1,835		2,096
Restricted cash	1,571	1,562
Receivables, net	888	876
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Inventories	9	9
Prepaid gaming tax	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,850	3,139
Total current assets	8,159	3,166
Property and equipment, net	46,386	47,715
Goodwill	1,234	1,234
Intangible assets, net	1,045	1,000
Land held for development	0	0
Investments in joint ventures	0	0
Native American development costs	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	2,406,278	2,302,071
Other assets, net	7,925	7,283
Total assets	2,471,027	2,362,469
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	11,231	11,027
Accounts payable	892	533
Accrued interest payable	5,175	1,643
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	8,397	8,928
Intercompany Payables	194,698	43,588
Total current liabilities	220,393	65,719
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,393,469	1,440,973
Deficit investments in joint ventures	0	0
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	18,304	13,301
Total liabilities	1,632,166	1,519,993
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	793,832	799,677
Noncontrolling interest	45,029	42,799
Total members' equity	838,861	842,476
Total liabilities and members' equity	2,471,027	2,362,469
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	54,273	49,354	48,270	49,498		52,143
Restricted cash	50	50
Receivables, net	14,475	14,295
Intercompany receivables	197,533	50,090
Inventories	4,584	5,453
Prepaid gaming tax	9,564	9,520
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,674	4,553
Total current assets	283,153	133,315
Property and equipment, net	1,307,851	1,335,042
Goodwill	177,820	177,820
Intangible assets, net	59,406	61,311
Land held for development	0	0
Investments in joint ventures	0	0
Native American development costs	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets, net	12,996	12,782
Total assets	1,841,226	1,720,270
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	258	245
Accounts payable	11,055	9,678
Accrued interest payable	0	0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	62,413	45,427
Intercompany Payables	0	0
Total current liabilities	73,726	55,350
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,827	2,085
Deficit investments in joint ventures	0	0
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	0	0
Total liabilities	75,553	57,435
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	1,765,673	1,662,835
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total members' equity	1,765,673	1,662,835
Total liabilities and members' equity	1,841,226	1,720,270
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	71,766	46,728	56,561	111,805		128,737
Restricted cash	359	393
Receivables, net	15,568	14,434
Intercompany receivables	286,233	0
Inventories	3,345	3,682
Prepaid gaming tax	8,851	8,660
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,584	4,009
Total current assets	389,706	77,906
Property and equipment, net	858,226	863,308
Goodwill	21,640	16,078
Intangible assets, net	148,225	151,781
Land held for development	220,120	227,857
Investments in joint ventures	9,629	10,157
Native American development costs	3,255	70,516
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets, net	25,933	30,168
Total assets	1,676,734	1,447,771
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	6,055	5,108
Accounts payable	9,684	7,029
Accrued interest payable	2,808	1,215
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	52,727	37,807
Intercompany Payables	289,068	6,502
Total current liabilities	360,342	57,661
Long-term debt, less current portion	660,761	735,789
Deficit investments in joint ventures	2,356	2,318
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	12,670	12,767
Total liabilities	1,036,129	808,535
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	595,576	596,437
Noncontrolling interest	45,029	42,799
Total members' equity	640,605	639,236
Total liabilities and members' equity	1,676,734	1,447,771
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0		0
Restricted cash	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0
Intercompany receivables	(483,766)	(50,090)
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid gaming tax	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(483,766)	(50,090)
Property and equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible assets, net	0	0
Land held for development	0	0
Investments in joint ventures	0	0
Native American development costs	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	(2,406,278)	(2,302,071)
Other assets, net	0	0
Total assets	(2,890,044)	(2,352,161)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued interest payable	0	0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	0	0
Intercompany Payables	(483,766)	(50,090)
Total current liabilities	(483,766)	(50,090)
Long-term debt, less current portion	0	0
Deficit investments in joint ventures	0	0
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	0	0
Total liabilities	(483,766)	(50,090)
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	(2,361,249)	(2,259,272)
Noncontrolling interest	(45,029)	(42,799)
Total members' equity	(2,406,278)	(2,302,071)
Total liabilities and members' equity	$ (2,890,044)	$ (2,352,161)