Thursday, June 22, 2006

As reported by the Reno Gazette-Journal: "Station Casinos Inc. is submitting
initial plans to the city for its planned $500 million south Reno project,
Mt. Rose Station Casino Resort, but is asking the community to help fill in
the details. "Station sent a mailer to south Reno residents, as it has
previously to announce the hotel-casino, but now is surveying people for
what they would like to see at the property. "Options on the mailer and at
the company's online survey include Mexican, Asian or seafood restaurants,
movie theaters, ice-skating rink and other amenities. ".Plans call for the
casino to begin construction within as much as three years, opening with
about 300 hotel rooms, and 500,000 square feet of casino, restaurants and
entertainment -- essentially the same size property as the company's Green
Valley Ranch in Southern Nevada, Nielson said. That property opened with 200
rooms but has expanded to nearly 500, and the Reno property could expand to
600 within a decade, he said.
".The mailing also attempts to relieve nearby residents' concerns about
traffic, proximity to schools and quality of life around the resort."