With 200 rooms, an ice rink, and 60 lane bowling alley, the hotel and casino was popular with hockey players and ice skaters.
Built alongside Route 95 and with a south western theme, the casino opened in 1991. At the time of construction the northwest area of Las Vegas had little construction and Paul Lowden believed the area would go ahead. It was the site of a lengthy labor dispute with the Culinary Workers Union til it was sold to Station Casinos in 2000. Originally it is opened as the Santa Fe in 1991 and for many years had the only ice rink in the area. Santa Fe Station Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is located on North Rancho Drive on 15 hectares of land.
