Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino
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Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino is a resort spa and casino
owned by Station Casinos
on 70 acres (28.3 ha) located in the Summerlin village
of Summerlin Centre in Summerlin, Nevada
. Red Rock is located far off of the Las Vegas Strip
; it is known as a locals casino
. Located on Charleston Boulevard
at the interchange of Clark County 215. The resort is the flagship property of Station Casinos, and the company's corporate headquarters is located on property.
The resort includes a 198 ft (60.4 m) hotel tower
with 815 rooms, spa
, 94000 sq ft (8,732.9 m²) of meeting space, slot machine
s, table game
s, a 16 screen Regal Cinemas
movie theater
, a bingo
hall, a 3 acre (1.2 ha) pool area, a bowling alley as well as eleven restaurants.
Beginning in 2003 and continuing into 2004 there were significant discussions about the construction of the proposed towers. While other aspects of the design were issues, such as the traffic
impact and the brightness of the signs, it was the proposed 300 feet (91.4 m) tower and the inclusion of condominium
s in the project that caused most of the concerns. The problem was rooted in a zoning
variance granted to The Howard Hughes Corporation
from the normal 100 feet (30.5 m) to 200 feet (61 m) for the site when there was no development in the area.
After much discussion between Station Casinos, Howard Hughes Corporation, Clark County, and residents, a consensus was reached that allowed the project to move forward. The hotel tower was reduced in height to 197 feet (60 m) and the condominium towers were eliminated from the project.
The project was designed by Portland, Oregon
-based Architropolis, Las Vegas-based The Friedmutter Group, and SADI, with landscape designed by Newport Beach, California
-based Lifescapes International. Ground was broken on April 15, 2004 with a projected cost of $475 million.
On March 15, 2005 Station Casinos announced an "Accelerated Expansion" plan to double the number of hotel rooms available in the tower. The total projected cost of over $930 million would make it one of the most expensive locals casino ever built.
It was announced in February 2006 that the second season of the Hell's Kitchen reality show would offer the winner the executive chef position at a fine dining restaurant to be built in the resort. The winner of the contest was a 25-year-old sous chef from New York named Heather West. Since winning Hell's Kitchen 2, Heather West has still yet to be given the prize of Executive Chef. Instead, Red Rock management has decided to give her a position suitable to her skills - Senior Chef at the Terra Rossa (the resort's Italian restaurant).
In 2007, Red Rock opened their 72 lane bowling center, the most expensive center ever built.
Rapper Nelly's video "Body On Me," featuring singers Ashanti and Akon was filmed on location at Red Rock in 2009.
.
and his brother, Lorenzo Fertitta
, hope to add "a touch of elegance to the property" by including numerous Swarovski
crystal chandeliers of all shapes, sizes and varieties in the casino containing more than three million pieces of crystal. While growing up in Las Vegas, they remembered the "contemporary elegance" displayed in Las Vegas casinos of the past, such as the Desert Inn
. They seek to include a taste of the past in their new hotel with these chandeliers. In all, the total cost for all the chandeliers and other Swarovski crystal features throughout Red Rock cost over $6 million.
. Today, its collection includes the "Love" sculpture by Robert Indiana
in the pool area and other works of art by Takashi Murakami
, Vik Muniz
, and Paul McCarthy
throughout the property.
The westward-facing side of the hotel tower has another feature - a light show on the windows. There has been no official mention of it whatsoever on the hotel's website or by the press. Little is known what the show is officially called, who designed it, or how long it will be displayed each night at this point, but photos taken of the testing phase show difference from the eastern side of the tower.
As of March 1, 2006, construction is underway on a second 450-room hotel tower, located to the south of the first tower. It will double the amount of rooms at the resort.
article stated that Station Casinos is "embarking on round two of its development at the resort --two 227-foot-high condominium towers." The original plan did include building high rise condos
on the site along with the hotel. They will be called Red Rock Residences. As these towers are higher than the hotel tower itself, no one knows if there will be opposition to this plan from the surrounding residents yet again. Station, however, plans to state that it is reasonable since "The towers will be built on property twenty-nine feet lower in elevation
than the land on which the hotel-casino stands. Because of the different land elevations, the condo towers will be no higher than the casino's rooftop despite being twenty-nine feet taller when measured from base to roof
".
In September 2006, Station Casinos officially halted the Red Rock Residences. The company claims to be reconsidering use for the land, but has not ruled out the two condo towers entirely.
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
owned by Station Casinos
Station Casinos
Station Casinos Inc. is a gaming company based in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, Nevada, founded by Frank Fertitta Jr.Station Casinos along with Boyd Gaming, Cannery Casino Resorts, American Casino & Entertainment Properties, and Herbst Gaming, dominate the Locals market in Las Vegas.The...
on 70 acres (28.3 ha) located in the Summerlin village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Summerlin Centre in Summerlin, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. Red Rock is located far off of the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
; it is known as a locals casino
Locals casino
A locals casino is a casino designed primarily to attract residents of the area in which it was built rather than tourists or vacationers. The term is most commonly associated with casinos in Nevada, USA, to distinguish them from casinos that target mostly tourists in a central area.- Overview...
. Located on Charleston Boulevard
Nevada State Route 159
State Route 159 is a east–west highway in southern Nevada, providing access to Red Rock Canyon and serving as a thoroughfare in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. A portion of the west end of the route is designated a Nevada Scenic Byway....
at the interchange of Clark County 215. The resort is the flagship property of Station Casinos, and the company's corporate headquarters is located on property.
The resort includes a 198 ft (60.4 m) hotel tower
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....
with 815 rooms, spa
Destination spa
A destination spa is a short term residential/lodging facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits. Historically many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs or sources of mineral waters...
, 94000 sq ft (8,732.9 m²) of meeting space, slot machine
Slot machine
A slot machine , informally fruit machine , the slots , poker machine or "pokies" or simply slot is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed...
s, table game
Table game
In casinos, the term table game is used to distinguish games such as blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat that are played on a table and operated by one or more live dealers like a croupier or poker dealer, as opposed to a games played on a mechanical device like a video slot machine...
s, a 16 screen Regal Cinemas
Regal Entertainment Group
Regal Entertainment Group also known as REG is a movie theater chain headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regal operates the largest and most geographically diverse theater circuit in the United States, consisting of 6,775 screens in 548 locations in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of...
movie theater
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
, a bingo
Bingo (US)
Bingo is a game of chance played with randomly drawn numbers which players match against numbers that have been pre-printed on 5x5 matrices. The matrices may be printed on paper, card stock or electronically represented and are referred to as cards. Many versions conclude the game when the first...
hall, a 3 acre (1.2 ha) pool area, a bowling alley as well as eleven restaurants.
History
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel...
impact and the brightness of the signs, it was the proposed 300 feet (91.4 m) tower and the inclusion of condominium
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
s in the project that caused most of the concerns. The problem was rooted in a zoning
Zoning
Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another...
variance granted to The Howard Hughes Corporation
The Howard Hughes Corporation
The Howard Hughes Corporation is a major real estate development and management company based in Dallas, Texas, which was founded by Howard Hughes. Later sold to the Rouse Company, it became a separate company again in 2010, as a spinoff of General Growth Properties .Upon exiting bankruptcy, GGP...
from the normal 100 feet (30.5 m) to 200 feet (61 m) for the site when there was no development in the area.
After much discussion between Station Casinos, Howard Hughes Corporation, Clark County, and residents, a consensus was reached that allowed the project to move forward. The hotel tower was reduced in height to 197 feet (60 m) and the condominium towers were eliminated from the project.
The project was designed by Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
-based Architropolis, Las Vegas-based The Friedmutter Group, and SADI, with landscape designed by Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
-based Lifescapes International. Ground was broken on April 15, 2004 with a projected cost of $475 million.
On March 15, 2005 Station Casinos announced an "Accelerated Expansion" plan to double the number of hotel rooms available in the tower. The total projected cost of over $930 million would make it one of the most expensive locals casino ever built.
It was announced in February 2006 that the second season of the Hell's Kitchen reality show would offer the winner the executive chef position at a fine dining restaurant to be built in the resort. The winner of the contest was a 25-year-old sous chef from New York named Heather West. Since winning Hell's Kitchen 2, Heather West has still yet to be given the prize of Executive Chef. Instead, Red Rock management has decided to give her a position suitable to her skills - Senior Chef at the Terra Rossa (the resort's Italian restaurant).
In 2007, Red Rock opened their 72 lane bowling center, the most expensive center ever built.
Film history
Some scenes from the 2008 feature film 21 were shot at the Red Rock and the casino's exterior and interior are recognizably featured in the movie.Rapper Nelly's video "Body On Me," featuring singers Ashanti and Akon was filmed on location at Red Rock in 2009.
Features
The hotel tower has palm trees planted on top of the roof facing the Las Vegas StripLas Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
.
Crystal chandeliers
Station Casino Executive, Frank Fertitta IIIFrank Fertitta III
Frank J. Fertitta III is current CEO of Station Casinos. He is also an owner of Zuffa LLC, which is the entity that runs the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Fertitta resides in Las Vegas with his wife Jill and three children.-Education:...
and his brother, Lorenzo Fertitta
Lorenzo Fertitta
Lorenzo Joseph Fertitta is an American businessman, casino executive, sports promoter and entrepreneur. Fertitta resides in Las Vegas with his wife Teresa and three children.- Education :...
, hope to add "a touch of elegance to the property" by including numerous Swarovski
Swarovski
Swarovski is the brand name for a range of precisely-cut crystal and related luxury products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria...
crystal chandeliers of all shapes, sizes and varieties in the casino containing more than three million pieces of crystal. While growing up in Las Vegas, they remembered the "contemporary elegance" displayed in Las Vegas casinos of the past, such as the Desert Inn
Desert Inn
The Desert Inn was a Paradise, Nevada, hotel/casino that operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. Designed by noted New York architect Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip. The property included an 18-hole golf course. Locals nicknamed the resort "The D.I."...
. They seek to include a taste of the past in their new hotel with these chandeliers. In all, the total cost for all the chandeliers and other Swarovski crystal features throughout Red Rock cost over $6 million.
Art
The Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa has a notable collection of art. At one time, its collection included work by Andy WarholAndy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
. Today, its collection includes the "Love" sculpture by Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana is an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement.-Life and work:Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana. His family relocated to Indianapolis, where he graduated from Arsenal Technical High School...
in the pool area and other works of art by Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low art...
, Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz
Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz, known as Vik Muniz , is a visual artist living in New York City.-Early career:Muniz began his career as a sculptor in the late 1980s after relocating from Brazil to Chicago and later to New York. His early work grew out of a post-Fluxus aesthetic and often involved...
, and Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy , is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.-Life:McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and studied art at the University of Utah in 1969. He went on to study at the San Francisco Art Institute receiving a BFA in painting...
throughout the property.
Exterior light show
Expansion
Condo towers
On March 3, 2006, a Las Vegas Review-JournalLas Vegas Review-Journal
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is published in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada, and one of two daily newspapers in Las Vegas . It is the flagship publication of Stephens Media LLC...
article stated that Station Casinos is "embarking on round two of its development at the resort --two 227-foot-high condominium towers." The original plan did include building high rise condos
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
on the site along with the hotel. They will be called Red Rock Residences. As these towers are higher than the hotel tower itself, no one knows if there will be opposition to this plan from the surrounding residents yet again. Station, however, plans to state that it is reasonable since "The towers will be built on property twenty-nine feet lower in elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
than the land on which the hotel-casino stands. Because of the different land elevations, the condo towers will be no higher than the casino's rooftop despite being twenty-nine feet taller when measured from base to roof
Roof
A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous....
".
In September 2006, Station Casinos officially halted the Red Rock Residences. The company claims to be reconsidering use for the land, but has not ruled out the two condo towers entirely.