Red Rock Station Poker Room
What Can Be Built for Under a Billion..
..and a lot of talent and experience? Red Rock Station Resort, that's what. The Fertitta family really outdid themselves this time. On April 19, 2006, one of the most beautiful, dazzling, outstanding casino/resorts in the Las Vegas valley opened to the public to an absolute crush of delighted visitors. Red Rock Station rivals anything the strip has to offer when it comes to eye-popping decorations, spectacular colors, and sensory appeal. And we were there to visit the poker room, which sits near the west parking garage entrance, adjacent to the sports book, which has the largest TV screen in Las Vegas. At 3:00 PM in the afternoon of opening day, all 20 tables of the poker room at Red Rock Station were full to capacity and the large front desk, with marble extra-deep countertop was surrounded by a huge crowd of players waiting to play. The waiting list TV monitor in clear view out front, keeping the waiting players informed, was very helpful in what would have otherwise been a chaotic situation. 10 TV monitors for sporting events are conveniently located so that no matter where you may be seated, you can keep track of whatever game might be going on. Omaha players may have found a new home, as this poker room is apparently trying to carve a niche by spreading many choices of Omaha, the sometimes popular 4-hole card variation of hold'em. Ample room between the tables makes for a very comfortable place to play poker. 
The Red Rock Station Poker Room boasts high ceilings and a classy decor that should satisfy Summerlin local players and tourists alike. Summerlin is a well-established upscale master-planned community in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley. The resort sits on a parcel high enough in elevation as to afford a beautiful view of the strip to the East and a remarkable view of the red rocks and natural desert surroundings to the West. From downtown Las Vegas, either take Charleston Blvd going West for about 10 miles and the resort will be on your left, or take the 95 freeway North (which really goes west) and at the Rainbow curve (where it curves to the North) get off at the Summerlin Parkway, continuing West to the 215 Beltway, take that South and get off at Charleston. From the South end of the Las Vegas strip, take the I-15 freeway South to the 215 Beltway, go West on that and go about 12 miles (the 215 will curve to the North) and get off on Charleston.
