However, the school is less than 1,500 feet from the casino site, which would have disqualified that part of the 125 acres unless a change was made.

Red Rock, which acquired the land last year, plans to develop a casino and resort complex on the site - about 1 mile south of the South Point Hotel & Casino and 3 miles north of M Resort.Ī 25-acre piece of the Red Rock Resorts parcel is located opposite Dennis Ortwein Elementary School on Dean Martin Drive but separated by Interstate 15. The gaming company wants a small portion of a nearly 125-acre site on Cactus Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard to be placed into a gaming enterprise district, which is defined in Nevada law as an area that has been approved by a county, city or town as suitable for operating an establishment that has been issued a nonrestricted gaming license. The amendment to SB266 - adopted on the second-to-last day of the state’s 120-day legislative session - changed a nearly three-decade-old state law to clear the way for a planned casino-resort development operated by Red Rock Resorts, according to sources familiar with the legislation who were granted anonymity to speak freely about the matter. Without any public input or discussion, Nevada lawmakers last month amended and passed legislation changing a 26-year-old law restricting the distance between casinos and schools and places of worship on behalf of a major casino company.

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