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CONTACT:Glenn C. Christenson, (800) 544-2411
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Station Casinos, Inc.
Jack Taylor, (702) 221-6900
Vice President of Public Relations Services
McNabb/McNabb/DeSoto/Salter & Co.
Stephanie Bethel, (702) 221-6900
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 1997
STATION CASINOS ANNOUNCES KANSAS CITY SUITABILITY HEARING, JAN. 15
LAS VEGAS -- Officials of Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE:STN) today announced that the Missouri Gaming Commission (the "Commission") has notified them that the suitability hearing and inspection of its new Station Casino Kansas City ("SCKC") gaming and entertainment complex is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15. If the Commission grants SCKC a gaming license, SCKC intends to open the gaming and entertainment complex with a gala grand opening celebration. In the past, once a gaming license has been issued, the gaming facility generally opens to the public the next day.
Station Casino Kansas City, with 140,000 square feet of gaming space in two floating casinos, will offer the country's fourth largest casino and the largest in the Midwest. In addition, SCKC will feature 3,000 slot and video poker machines, including a variety of Station's own games that have not been available for play in the Midwest; 190 table games; 12 restaurants, 11 bars and lounges; Kids Quest, a supervised, child-care facility; a 200-room hotel, and the Grand Pavilion, a 1,400-seat special events venue.
Station Casinos, Inc. is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev. In addition to Station Casino Kansas City, the Company owns and operates Station Casino St. Charles, a gaming and entertainment complex in St. Charles, Mo., near St. Louis. In Las Vegas, the Company owns and operates Palace Station Hotel & Casino, Boulder Station Hotel & Casino and Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel as well as slot route management services in Southern Nevada and Louisiana. Station Casinos, Inc. is currently building its fourth Las Vegas property, Sunset Station Hotel & Casino, which is on schedule for a July 1997 grand opening, in Henderson/Green Valley.
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