Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 00:45:29 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5.2 Last-modified: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 20:45:11 GMT Content-type: text/html Content-length: 2593 Press Release 01/15/97
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Glenn C. Christenson, (800) 544-2411
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Station Casinos, Inc.

Jack Taylor, (702) 221-6900
Vice President of Public Relations Services
McNabb/McNabb/DeSoto/Salter & Co.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 1997

STATION CASINOS RECEIVES APPROVAL TO OPERATE STATION CASINO KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE:STN) today received approval from the Missouri Gaming Commission to operate Station Casino Kansas City Hotel & Casino. The approval followed a presentation made by Company executives to the Commission.

"We are pleased to receive the Commission's approval and look forward to receiving our license and opening the facility to the public tomorrow," Glenn C. Christenson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, said. "Station Casino Kansas City is a world-class entertainment destination that will expand the current Kansas City market and attract out-of-town visitors to the area."

The Kansas City facility is the fourth-largest casino in the country with 140,000 square feet of gaming area that offers 3,000 slots and 190 gaming tables. In addition to the gaming, the property features a 200-room hotel, 12 restaurants, 11 bars and lounges, the 1,400-seat Grand pavilion, featuring headline entertainment, Kids Quest, a supervised child-care facility, and two Kansas City favorites, the Phoenix Piano Bar and Grill and Arthur Bryant's Barbecue - a nationally recognized barbecue restaurant.

Station Casinos, Inc. is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev. The Company owns and operates Palace Station Hotel & Casino, Boulder Station Hotel & Casino, and Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel. In addition, STN owns and operates Station Casino St. Charles, a dockside gaming and entertainment facility in St. Charles, Mo., near St. Louis, Mo.

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