Station Casinos to open two on-site medical clinics for its employees, families
Sitting in the waiting area of the soon-to-open Station Casinos Medical Center clinic at Red Rock Resort, Bob Finch couldn’t help but take a moment to reflect.
The initial planning meeting for the project was in early December 2019.
“To be here a year later to the day, ready to open, is just beyond me. Our team did an amazing job putting this together,” said Finch, chief operating officer for Station Casinos.
Situated near the pool at Red Rock and operated by Activate Healthcare, the new medical clinic will open today. Visits will be free for employees and family of all Station properties. It’s one of two 2,500-square-foot medical clinics at Station properties set to open this week. The other is at Sunset Station in Henderson, in an area that used to be a poker room.
While health insurance benefits are still offered to employees, the idea behind the clinics was to make it easier to receive routine medical care, such as blood work, a flu shot, pharmaceutical services and, yes, COVID-19 testing. But the pandemic wasn’t the reason Station wanted to move forward with its clinic offerings, according to Finch, who started working for Station as a craps dealer in 1983.
When Finch, 61, was asked by Red Rock Resorts Chairman Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta to take on the COO role a couple of years ago, part of the job description was to bring the company closer to its roots as a family-run organization.
“Frank and Lorenzo said they really wanted to get back to where it started when they asked me to do this job,” Finch said. “I met their dad (Station Casinos founder Frank Fertitta Jr.) when I was 21. He basically raised me. We’re a family company and we take care of our team members like family.”
Each clinic will have a physician, nurse practitioner and four exam rooms. The clinics will be open to any Station employees (and immediate family members) enrolled in the the company’s HMO.
Initially, Station had plans for a clin