Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Durango Resort in Las Vegas opens on December 5, 2023, with celebratory fireworks. To most tourists, Las Vegas means The Strip, with its precise production shows and enormous casino hotels. All are built to catch the eye and the dollar.
But Las Vegas isn’t just for tourists and conventioneers. Almost three million people live in Las Vegas now, after years as one of America’s fastest growing cities. Many Las Vegans dislike going to the Strip, because of traffic congestion, paying for parking, hordes of tourists and packed casinos and showrooms.
Instead, they prefer more relaxed off-Strip casinos and entertainment. The new Durango Resort is not on the Las Vegas Strip. And its customers like that just fine.
The Durango is in the Southwest Valley of Las Vegas, at the corner of Interstate 215 beltway and Durango Drive. Even nearly ten miles from the Strip, a reference to Las Vegas history is inevitable. An entrances to the Durango is off Roy Horn Way , named for the late tiger tamer and magician who performed with partner Siegfried at the Mirage.
The Durango, one of the newest casino resorts in Las Vegas, is the jewel in the crown of Station properties. Station is a major casino company, yet it does not directly compete with major Strip operators like MGM, Caesars Palace, Wynn and Sands. Station has increasingly focused on the local Las Vegas audience.
These customers are sophisticated entertainment, dining and gaming co.
