New Sunset Station sportsbook has ‘something for everyone,’ exec says

The recently renovated STN Sportsbook astatine Sunset Station successful Henderson. Photo by Station Casinos

Former NFL moving backmost Napoleon McCallum was each smiles this greeting arsenic helium placed his inaugural stake astatine Sunset Station’s recently renovated STN Sportsbook.

His archetypal bet?

“My archetypal stake was for the Raiders to triumph the Super Bowl,” said McCallum, an alumnus of the team. “And the 2nd stake was for the Raiders to bushed the San Diego Chargers  — archetypal crippled of the season.”

A slew of different bettors followed McCallum, placing wagers astatine the 12,000-square-foot sportsbook, which celebrated its expansive opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Those successful attendance included employees of the Henderson casino and hotel, guests sipping their greeting java and metropolis leaders.

The renovation took astir 9 months, said Jordan Seager, vice president and wide manager of Sunset Station.

It’s the archetypal existent renovation of the astir 27-year-old property’s sportsbook, Seager said. It makes the abstraction much disposable and accessible, helium said.

“It truly gives a caller feeling to this space, and the remainder of the spot is going to drawback up,” Seager said. “We're going to proceed to bash that casino renovation passim the full property.”

Parent institution Station Casinos has heard a batch of bully feedback astir the opening of its latest luxury property, Durango Resort, in the southwest valley, including however overmuch the guests worth the brightness and airy that comes into the property, Seager said. Sunset is trying to reflector that feeling, helium said.

Seager said the institution is making a “large investment” to marque Sunset a spot wherever “locals privation to travel visit.” He could not supply an nonstop cost.

The sportsbook features 200 lounge seats, a panoramic, 152-foot LED surface partition and much than 40 different LED TVs. It is anchored by an astir oval-shaped barroom with luxurious seating and bar-top video games.

Seager likened the sportsbook and barroom to “the bosom and the brain” of the property. It’s a spot radical tin person a portion with friend, enactment successful a stake oregon conscionable ticker a game, helium said.

“We're going to person thing for everyone,” Seager said.

Jason McCormack, vice president of racing and sports for Station Casinos, said the sportsbook was a bully spot to commencement renovations due to the fact that of its vigor and atmosphere.

Sunset present has much video walls than different Station properties similar Green Valley Ranch Resort oregon Red Rock Resort, and guests who attended a VIP opening Wednesday were “through the roof” with excitement, McCormack said.

“No doubt, this … is simply a luxury sportsbook now,” helium said. “With each owed respect to our different properties and each the books that are successful Vegas, this is the champion publication successful the state. This is unbelievable — from a contention and sports standpoint — what our guests are going to have.”

The sportsbook is decorated successful shades of tan, airy brown, reddish and gold, with plush couches and leather chairs. It has aggregate VIP sections.

“It benignant of opens everything up,” McCormack said of the decor. “It conscionable feels truthful inviting.”

McCallum summed up the caller sportsbook successful a fewer words. “It’s beauteous awesome,” helium said.