Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Balance Sheets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 123,502	$ 128,880	$ 123,690	$ 93,662
Restricted cash	1,067	1,980
Receivables, net	25,820	30,931
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Inventories	8,370	7,938
Prepaid gaming tax	21,032	18,415
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	12,584	9,108
Total current assets	192,375	197,252
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	2,169,690	2,212,463
Goodwill	201,238	200,694
Intangible assets, net	194,953	208,676
Land held for development	220,120	220,120
Investments in joint ventures	13,545	9,629
Native American development costs	6,013	3,255
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets, net	70,547	46,854
Total assets	3,068,481	3,098,943
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	19,102	17,544
Accounts payable	21,611	21,631
Accrued interest payable	8,247	7,983
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	127,333	123,537
Intercompany payables (receivables)	0	0
Total current liabilities	176,293	170,695
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,180,714	2,056,057
Deficit investments in joint ventures	2,321	2,356
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	30,410	30,974
Total liabilities	2,389,738	2,260,082
Members' equity:
Additional paid-in capital	797,521	826,109
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(14,899)	(25,672)	(28,355)	(20,154)
Retained earnings	(144,797)	(6,605)
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	637,825	793,832
Noncontrolling interest	40,918	45,029
Total members' equity	678,743	838,861
Total liabilities and members' equity	3,068,481	3,098,943
Parent [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	26,823	2,841	447	(2,420)
Restricted cash	1,067	1,571
Receivables, net	2,066	888
Intercompany receivables	169,461	0
Inventories	8	9
Prepaid gaming tax	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,285	2,850
Total current assets	205,710	8,159
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	48,296	46,386
Goodwill	1,234	1,234
Intangible assets, net	1,045	1,045
Land held for development	0	0
Investments in joint ventures	0	0
Native American development costs	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	2,477,662	2,361,249
Other assets, net	39,924	7,925
Total assets	2,773,871	2,425,998
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	18,133	11,231
Accounts payable	1,447	892
Accrued interest payable	8,032	5,175
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	16,316	8,397
Intercompany payables (receivables)	0	194,698
Total current liabilities	43,928	220,393
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,077,784	1,393,469
Deficit investments in joint ventures	0	0
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	14,334	18,304
Total liabilities	2,136,046	1,632,166
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	637,825	793,832
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total members' equity	637,825	793,832
Total liabilities and members' equity	2,773,871	2,425,998
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	87,582	121,840	120,087	93,774
Restricted cash	0	409
Receivables, net	19,665	26,288
Intercompany receivables	0	196,588
Inventories	8,081	7,739
Prepaid gaming tax	20,841	18,228
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,579	5,879
Total current assets	141,748	376,971
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	2,101,007	2,147,751
Goodwill	194,442	193,898
Intangible assets, net	145,190	147,347
Land held for development	121,100	121,100
Investments in joint ventures	13,545	9,629
Native American development costs	6,013	3,255
Investments in subsidiaries	33,276	34,142
Other assets, net	22,298	38,511
Total assets	2,778,619	3,072,604
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	958	6,301
Accounts payable	18,920	18,965
Accrued interest payable	197	2,797
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	104,267	112,350
Intercompany payables (receivables)	168,288	0
Total current liabilities	292,630	140,413
Long-term debt, less current portion	4,294	567,628
Deficit investments in joint ventures	2,321	2,356
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	9,062	12,670
Total liabilities	308,307	723,067
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	2,470,312	2,349,537
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total members' equity	2,470,312	2,349,537
Total liabilities and members' equity	2,778,619	3,072,604
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	9,097	4,199	3,156	2,308
Restricted cash	0	0
Receivables, net	4,089	3,755
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Inventories	281	190
Prepaid gaming tax	191	187
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	720	379
Total current assets	14,378	8,710
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	20,387	18,326
Goodwill	5,562	5,562
Intangible assets, net	48,718	60,284
Land held for development	99,020	99,020
Investments in joint ventures	0	0
Native American development costs	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets, net	8,325	418
Total assets	196,390	192,320
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	11	12
Accounts payable	1,244	1,774
Accrued interest payable	18	11
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	6,750	2,790
Intercompany payables (receivables)	1,173	1,890
Total current liabilities	9,196	6,477
Long-term debt, less current portion	98,636	94,960
Deficit investments in joint ventures	0	0
Interest rate swaps and other long-term liabilities, net	7,014	0
Total liabilities	114,846	101,437
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	40,626	45,854
Noncontrolling interest	40,918	45,029
Total members' equity	81,544	90,883
Total liabilities and members' equity	196,390	192,320
Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Receivables, net	0	0
Intercompany receivables	(169,461)	(196,588)
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid gaming tax	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(169,461)	(196,588)
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	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	(2,510,938)	(2,395,391)
Other assets, net	0	0
Total assets	(2,680,399)	(2,591,979)
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 (receivables)	(169,461)	(196,588)
Total current liabilities	(169,461)	(196,588)
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	(169,461)	(196,588)
Members' equity:
Total Station Casinos LLC members' equity	(2,510,938)	(2,395,391)
Noncontrolling interest	0	0
Total members' equity	(2,510,938)	(2,395,391)
Total liabilities and members' equity	$ (2,680,399)	$ (2,591,979)