If you are trying to place Sunset Station Hotel & Casino on the map before you book or travel, the fixed facts are its Henderson, Nevada location, its documented property size, and a set of straight-line distances to selected reference points. What this article cannot give you is any current room price, live availability, opening hours, or road mileage, because those are changeable items and not part of the published reference figures used here.
The fixed picture of the property
Sunset Station Hotel & Casino is in Henderson, Nevada, at documented coordinates 36.06083333, -115.04. Publicly published reference sources describe a property with 2,800 slot machines, 40 table games, and 448 hotel rooms; figures like machine counts and room counts describe a documented point in time and can change as properties are rebuilt, expanded, or reconfigured.
The same reference sources state that it opened on June 10, 1997, and that the owner is Station Casinos. Ownership, branding, and operating structure can change over time, so if you need the current corporate entity for a booking, invoice, or business query, confirm it through the property's own contact and booking channels before you commit.
Where it sits relative to nearby and long-distance reference points
The most useful way to read the distance figures below is as orientation only. Every mileage shown is a straight-line measurement, not a road trip figure, and driving distance is always longer; this article does not publish road mileage or travel times.
| Reference point | Straight-line distance | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Henderson | 3.7 miles | Straight-line |
| Las Vegas | 9.4 miles | Straight-line |
| LAX | 240.3 miles | Straight-line |
| Los Angeles | 228.6 miles | Straight-line |
| Palm Springs | 176.1 miles | Straight-line |
| Phoenix | 246.8 miles | Straight-line |
| Laughlin | 67.8 miles | Straight-line |
| Reno | 353.8 miles | Straight-line |
| San Diego | 260.9 miles | Straight-line |
| Denver | 603.5 miles | Straight-line |
For a local reader, the shortest documented orientation points in this set are Henderson at 3.7 straight-line miles and Las Vegas at 9.4 straight-line miles. For readers comparing broader regional position, the published straight-line figures place it 176.1 miles from Palm Springs, 228.6 miles from Los Angeles, and 246.8 miles from Phoenix.
If your own starting point is not one of the documented reference points, this article cannot measure the distance from you. The practical way to handle that is to use the coordinates above in your own map service, then compare the route it gives you with the straight-line figures here so you do not confuse orientation mileage with road mileage.
What the documented facility figures tell you
The room count matters because it tells you this is not a casino-only stop; it is a hotel-casino property with 448 rooms attached. The gaming figures matter because they indicate a substantial casino floor at the documented point in time, with 2,800 slot machines and 40 table games listed in public reference sources.
Those figures are useful for understanding scale, not for predicting your on-the-day experience. They do not tell you today's machine mix, table availability, room inventory by category, or whether any part of the property has been renovated, repurposed, or temporarily unavailable since those figures were published.
Lodging: what changes the final room bill
Because room prices are live commercial data, the useful question is not “what does a room cost?” but “what variables move the bill?” At a hotel-casino property, the final total can change with booking date, stay pattern, room category, tower or view differences where offered, whether a resort fee is charged as a separate line, how taxes are applied, and whether the rate is a public rate or a member-specific rate.
The booking channel also matters. A property's own booking channel and a third-party travel seller may show different cancellation terms, different payment timing, and different treatment of loyalty benefits or points accrual; that is why the same stay can produce a different final bill or a different change policy even when the headline room rate looks similar.
| Variable | How it can affect the final bill | What to confirm before booking |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday versus weekend | Demand can shift the nightly rate across the same room category | Whether each night is priced separately rather than as one average figure |
| Event dates or high-demand periods | Higher demand can change both price and cancellation terms | Whether your dates fall inside a special event or blackout-style period |
| Room category or tower differences | Different room types can carry different nightly charges and inclusions | Exactly which room description you are booking |
| Advance purchase versus flexible booking | Earlier booking can come with different payment timing or stricter change rules | Whether the rate is prepaid, partially refundable, or more flexible |
| Resort fee as a separate line | A separately listed fee can make the final total higher than the headline room rate | Whether any resort-style fee is included or added later in the booking path |
| Tax treatment | Taxes may be shown separately and can change the payable total | Whether taxes are included in the first price you see or added at checkout |
| Member rate versus public rate | Logged-in rates can differ from publicly displayed rates | Whether the rate depends on loyalty membership or targeted eligibility |
| Property channel versus third-party channel | The booking source can affect changes, refunds, and loyalty treatment | Who handles modifications and whether property benefits attach to the booking |
Check-in and check-out details worth confirming
Before you travel, confirm the practical items that most often create surprises at arrival. These include the form of identification required, the minimum age rules that apply to the hotel stay, whether a deposit or incidental authorization is taken at check-in, and what happens if you arrive before rooms are ready or need luggage storage.
At departure, confirm whether any parking terms change after checkout, whether late checkout is available only on request, and how any incidental holds are released. Those details belong on the property's own booking, hotel policy, or guest-services pages, and they can differ by rate type and by booking channel.
Comping how it works, and why offers differ
Comping is best understood as a pricing and marketing system, not as free travel. In general casino practice, comps are issued against theoretical loss: a projection of expected player loss derived from average bet, time played, and the house advantage of the games used. When a room is comped, the value is being funded out of that projection rather than given away with no economic basis.
That is why increasing your gambling purely to chase a room offer is a losing proposition in expectation. The expected cost of generating more theoretical loss is, by design, higher than the value of the room or other benefit being offered back.
Offers also differ because comping systems are not one single bucket. Some benefits are formula-driven through loyalty tracking, some are generated as targeted mail or digital offers, and some are discretionary decisions made by a host or property team based on a player's recorded history and projected value to the business.
Two guests can therefore see very different room offers even for similar dates. Differences can reflect play history, recency, trip pattern, game mix, prior offer usage, and whether the quote is a public room rate, a member rate, or a targeted comp-style offer attached to an account.
How to verify the current details without guessing
For room pricing, use the property's own booking engine first, because it is the clearest place to see the current room total, whether any separate resort-style fee appears, and which cancellation terms attach to that exact stay. If you compare with a third-party seller, compare the full stay total and the change rules, not just the first nightly figure shown in search results.
For hotel policies, look for the property's hotel information or guest-services pages. For account-specific rates or comp-style offers, sign in to the relevant loyalty account and read the offer terms attached to your profile rather than assuming that another guest's result applies to you.
What to confirm before you go
Several important items are live and should be checked close to travel through the property's own channels. These include current room pricing, whether any separate resort-style fee applies, tax presentation, cancellation terms, check-in and checkout timing, incidental authorization policy, parking terms after checkout, and whether your booking source affects loyalty credit or modification rights.
If you are travelling based on an account-specific offer, also confirm the exact stay dates covered, whether the offer is tied to the named guest, and what charges remain payable even when the room portion is reduced or comped. If you need route planning, use a map service for road mileage and directions, because the distance figures in this article are straight-line only.
FAQ
Is Sunset Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas or Henderson?
The documented location is Henderson, Nevada, not Las Vegas. Publicly published reference sources place the property at coordinates 36.06083333, -115.04, with a straight-line distance of 3.7 miles to Henderson and 9.4 miles to Las Vegas. Those figures are orientation only; road distance is longer and is not published here.
How big is the hotel and casino at Sunset Station?
Publicly published reference sources describe Sunset Station Hotel & Casino with 448 hotel rooms, 2,800 slot machines, and 40 table games. Those are documented facility figures from reference material and should be read as point-in-time descriptions rather than guarantees about the property's exact current layout, inventory, or operating mix.
Can I judge a comped room offer by what another guest received?
Not reliably. Comping is generally tied to theoretical loss and to account-specific marketing, so offers can vary from one guest to another even for the same property and similar dates. The useful comparison is between your own logged-in offer terms, the property's public booking terms, and any separate charges still listed on the booking path.
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