A staff member greeted guests, “Welcome to Durango,” and assisted people in getting where they needed to go. Walkways connecting the food court to the main casino floor were packed tight with guests walking shoulder to shoulder. Packed elevators carried guests who snagged the last few available slots on the third floor of the parking structure down to the casino entrance. He said he enjoyed the sports book and planned to try his hand at the tables before leaving.ħ:03 p.m. “Red Rock is really nice and it doesn’t seem as nice as Red Rock,” he said of his first impressions. Sweeney said they usually go to Red Rock. He joked that Luna was handling the occasion better than her parents. Their small dog Luna sat between them in a stroller. “It took us a long time to park so we feel like we’ve been here an hour,” Sweeney said. Las Vegas resident Corey Sweeney had just arrived and sat at a gaming machine next to his wife. “We’re from New England and it feels like home any time there’s fireworks.”ħ:36 p.m. “Fireworks is a bonus,” Jeffrey Weldon said. His mother called the property beautiful and modern. “It feels like a haven for Instagram content,” Jeffrey Weldon said. They arrived about an hour earlier and described themselves as loyal Station customers. Karen Weldon and her son Jeffrey Weldon sat poolside in an exclusive outdoor viewing area about 40 minutes before the fireworks show. ‘It feels like a haven for Instagram content’ “And they’re still on four hours later.”Ĩ:20 p.m.

“I trucked it in my 4-inch heels, but that’s Vegas right there,” DiTerlizzi said. “Being so close, it’s definitely something I’ll be back to,” he said.ĭespite living so close, the couple had to Uber on Tuesday night and were dropped off blocks away. The restaurant options and casino impressed Anchondo, who described the casino resort as upscale. They stood by one of several tables set up next to the pool and under a heater. Ruben Anchondo and Michelle DiTerlizzi live in nearby Rhodes Ranch and watched the almost 10-minute fireworks show from the exclusive outdoor viewing area with about 100 other guests, many of whom held their phones up to record.ĭiTerlizzi talked about the convenience of having a resort so close to home. The property has 2,300 slot machines and 60 table games, a 25,000-square-foot, 11-stall “Eat Your Heart Out” food hall, four standalone restaurants and two bars.įollow the excitement of Durango’s opening day:ĩ:03 p.m.

The 200-room, 83,000-square-foot-casino property is parent company Red Rock Resorts’ first new property in more than a decade. Station Casinos’ Durango Resort & Casino opened its doors to the public for the first time Tuesday. Durango Casino & Resort in southwest Las Vegas, Thursday, Nov.

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