Another expansion ahead for this Las Vegas casino property

Red Rock Resorts hasn’t even cut the ribbon to open the expansion of its Durango casino property before it’s already planning its next upgrade.

The Clark County Zoning Commission will consider a new project roughly six times larger than the existing expansion and would include a bowling alley, billiards area, movie theater and a full-service restaurant with outdoor patio seating.

Bowling centers and movie theaters are staples of the Red Rock brand with most of its Las Vegas properties offering one or the other or both amenities.

Red Rock officials could not comment on the new expansion because the company is in a “quiet period” leading up to its Oct. 28 third-quarter earnings announcement.

But county documents say the new expansion would include 152,265 square feet that would be arranged across multiple levels.

The ground level would include entertainment space and back-of-house areas. The first level would feature a bowling alley, billiards area, entertainment room, casino floor, restaurant, outdoor patios, common areas, a casino bar, back-of-house areas and restrooms. A mezzanine level would provide additional entertainment space. The second level would include a movie theater, along with back-of-house areas that support theater operations.

County officials have recommended approval of the expansion and the item is a part of the commission’s consent agenda, meaning it likely would be approved without detailed discussion.

Filed documents say the project must be underway by July 30, 2028, or approvals would expire.

After first opening Durango in December 2023, the company almost immediately announced its first expansion, a $120 million plan for additional casino space, including a new high-limit slot machine area and bar. The project is adding 230 new slot machines with 120 allocated to the high-limit room. As part of that phase, the company also is building a new covered parking garage with nearly 2,000 spaces.

That first addition is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

In the company’s second-quarter earnings call in July, executives said the property is attracting a younger-than-expected demographic.

“We tend to see a lot of industry folks coming off the Strip and stopping off at Durango maybe on the way home,” Red Rock President Scott Kreeger told analysts in the July call. “So we have a little bit more visitation later in the day at Durango. I think it’s a function of the incredible food and beverage programming we have there and that it’s kind of a lifestyle-oriented property and you’re seeing it younger.”

Since its opening, Durango has helped add more than 108,000 to the Red Rock customer database.

Contact Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta on X.