The company shared that its Durango employees who were scheduled to start work on opening day will still be compensated with salaries and tips during the period of November 20 to December 5. Red Rock is still hiring the casino’s 1,700-person workforce. A rendering of the Eat Your Heart Out food hall. When it opens, the 83,000-square-foot casino floor will have 15 dining establishments including a glitzy new lounge, a speakeasy bar, and a 25,000-square-foot food hall. The 201-room casino and resort broke ground in March of last year on a 50-acre site near the 215 Beltway and South Durango Drive. “We continue to prepare for the scheduled opening of our Durango Resort, which we have now moved to December 5, to ensure a first-class opening of the property,” the Red Rocks Resorts parent company said in a statement. The delay was announced during the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 7 - citing that portions of the $780 million resort will not yet be completed by the announced opening date.
Saying that the new property will not yet be completed by the planned November 20 opening, the southwest Las Vegas casino is now eyeing December 5 for its big debut. Red Rock Resorts has delayed the planned opening of its $780 million Durango Casino and Resort, pushing the opening back into December.
