Aliante Station

Aliante Station hotel and casino is the newest member of the Station Casinos family member.

Located in North Las Vegas it has brought a casino, more than six restaurants, an entertainment venue and a 16-screen movie theater with stadium seating and IMAX capabilities to the neighborhood. Drawing on earth tones like beige and muted orange, and spotted with some of the colors one might see in a Las Vegas sunset, the design of Aliante Station borrows on concepts from Scottsdale, Ariz., and is intended to fit comfortably into the neighboring desert community.

Thanks to clever architecture, the lengthy casino floor appears to be devoid of columns, offering unencumbered sight lines. A center bar, ETA Lounge, stands in the middle of the action. The casino perimeter is lined by the property's restaurants, such as MRKT Seafood, and Cabo Mexican Restaurant, as well as the 700-seat Access Showroom and the movie theater. Parking is easy with more than 3,000 spaces in the garage and almost 2,000 more outside the garage.  

The hotel itself features more than 200 rooms decorated in a contemporary style with all the modern conveniences of the finest hotels, such as flat screen televisions, wireless internet access, iPod connections and mini bars. About 14,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space accommodates meetings of up to 700 people. The space is privately tucked off the hotel lobby, near the resort's pool entrance, allowing conference attendees to avoid the casino if they so choose. 

Aliante Station is walking distance from the 18-hole championship course Aliante Golf Club, with easy access to Clark County Interstate 215 and Interstate 15. While its location in North Las Vegas may seem distant from the action of the Las Vegas Strip, it's an easy drive. 

-- By Aleza Freeman