Texas Station Casino

Texas Station gambling hall is just a block away from the Fiesta Rancho hotel and casino and a few miles northwest of the Golden Nugget and the Fremont Street Experience. The resort has just 200 hotel rooms, which is the minimum required by law for an unrestricted gaming license, but there are hundreds of video poker and slot machines.

• Visitors arriving at McCarran International Airport will head west to Interstate 15 and then north to Highway 95. Head west again to Rancho Drive exit and head north for a few miles. Texas Station and all the entertainment of Las vegas Betting is on the right-hand side.
• Travelers heading northeast on a four-hour drive from Los Angeles will also exit I-15 west at Highway 95 and follow the same route as above. It’s about three miles from the highway to Texas Station.
• Texas Station does not currently offer a shuttle service for guests to and from the airport.

Texas Station is like most of the local resorts in the area in that it offers plenty of on-site parking, including two separate parking garages, free of charge.

• Both parking garages can be accessed off Rancho Drive or Lake Mead Boulevard.
• The parking garage at the north end of the property has five levels, while the structure at the south end has three.
• Complimentary valet service is also available.
• There are a few open-air lots around the resort, which is about a mile north of Las Vegas Golf Club.

The city’s public bus system does service Texas Station and the surrounding neighborhoods, but it’s not the most convenient route if you’re looking to travel any distance to other Vegas attractions like the Strip or the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. The best bet for your money is to rideshare on Uber or Lyft.

• Download the free apps Uber and Lyft to your mobile device. The cost of a ride is about half to two-thirds of the taxi service. Pick up your rideshare on the second level of the parking garage at the airport.
• Price both rideshare options before completing your transaction. It will cost about $25 for a ride on either service from the airport to Texas Station.
• There is always a long queue of taxis waiting at the airport outside the main terminal. The cost for a ride to Texas Station is about $50 — double the cost of rideshare.
• Limousine services are available with the going rate around $85-90 an hour.
• Texas Station is serviced on two bus routes — Route 106 and 210. A bus pass is $6 for two hours, $8 for 24 hours, and $20 for three days.

Texas Station offers four full-service restaurants with total seating for about 1,200 guests. These eateries have a variety of culinary choices, including the Feast Buffet which has seven different food stations. Cost, with players card, is $8 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $12 for dinner. There are other buffet specials — like Fish Fry Fridays — throughout the week. Here are some other food options at Texas Station:

• Austin’s Steakhouse is a casual restaurant with live music and features marinated steaks and seafood.
• Texas Oyster Bar, which opens daily at 11 a.m., features raw, steamed and fried oysters.
• Grand Cafe is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for breakfast, lunch, and supper.
• Texas Station does not have a nightclub, but there is live old-school R&B on Friday and Saturday at South Padre. Here are a few other bars in the resort:
• Garage Bar is known for its daily and weekly drink specials to help leave guests with some cash for the gaming area.
• Grab a beer or cocktail and shoot some pool at the Splitz Bar, which is located near the bowling center.

Station Casinos, including Texas Station, have the same rewards card for all 10 of its Las Vegas locations. It’s called My BoardingPass where cardholders earn points for casino play, horse and sports wagers, and poker. But your points and status credits also pile up on everything you spend money on at any Station resort, including restaurants, bars, concerts, bowling alleys, movie theaters, hotel stays, and spa experiences. Membership is free to join at any of the Station Casinos resorts. The entry-level status is called Preferred. From there, cardholders graduate to higher levels like Gold, Platinum, President, and Chairman. Points are accumulated from January 1 to June 30, and from July 1 through December 31. You keep your status for the remainder of the six months, plus the next six. The higher levels earn resort and cruise discounts, plus many other privileges and free play.

Texas Station, which opened a few decades ago with a fireworks show and special guests in the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, features a 120,000-square-foot casino with more than 1,800 video poker and slot machines. Visitors to this North Las Vegas location will also find about two dozen table games, with betting limits ranging from $3 to $1,000 on blackjack, craps, and roulette. Texas Station advertises 24/7 $5 blackjack tables, but that is pretty much the standard of most casinos not located on the Strip.

• Blackjack, pays 3-2 odds on a 21 and dealer hits on soft 17 at double-deck blackjack.
• Craps, start at $3 minimum with standard rules and 10 times odds.
• Roulette, with all wheels containing the standard set of 0-00, with betting limits from $5 to $500.

• A 24-hour, eight-table smoke-free poker room, with tournaments starting at 11 a.m. on Thursdays and Sundays.
• A 486-seat bingo hall open seven days a week with sessions running every two hours from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• An 18-seat keno lounge is open daily from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Texas Station was sold to Station Casinos by Texas native Frank Fertitta Jr. before it even opened in July 1995. It was the largest hotel-casino in North Las Vegas at the time. The six-floor, 200-room resort has been renovated many times, with the most recent in 2018.

• Basic rooms start as low as $18 a night, depending on the time of year. A $22 per night resort fee is added on at the end of your stay.
• Only room options are standard king or standard two queens. The rooms are 360 square feet with the option of smoking or non-smoking.
• Children 17 and under stay free with an adult. The maximum total number of guests in a room is four.
• There is an outdoor pool that is open seasonally from March to October.
• Other hotel features for guests include a fitness center, free game of bowling for two, complimentary newspaper, and free local and domestic long-distance calls.