My own memories of the place often include my daughter, Amelia. But they’re also places for people to meet and have good times in a life that often offers too few opportunities. They may be filled with sucker bets and smoky distractions, endless booze and all-you-can-eat buffets, more than half the seven deadly sins on a slow day. That’s the funny and strange thing about so many casinos. I’ve spent many hours at that casino over the years, for reasons personal and professional.” Many more famous places had come and gone, “But the news that Texas Station would close permanently and be demolished affected me differently, for reasons I still can’t explain.
At the Las Vegas Review-Journal on July 25, longtime political columnist Steve Sebelius departed from the campaign trail to reminisce about Texas Station. News of the plan prompted a few reporters to wax sentimental about their experiences inside the neon confines of the locals’ haunts. The company plans to sell the real estate. Texas joined Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson among those taken out of service permanently.
Not by selling off properties, but by erasing them. The closure of Texas Station was part of a Red Rock Resorts strategy to downsize its Las Vegs footprint.
