Three contracts, three crews and three finish dates are stacked on the corner of Durango Drive and the 215 Beltway. To anyone driving home to Rhodes Ranch, it looks like one long project.
Clark County's planning description defines Rhodes Ranch as bounded by Sunset Road and the Southern Beltway on the north and Durango Drive on the east. The interchange at the center of all this work sits at the community's northeast corner. Each of the three projects running there has its own schedule, and none of them finishes this year. All three finish in 2027, between March and the second half of the year.
The Off-Ramp Home Is Getting a Second Left-Turn Lane
The longer of the two county road projects is Clark County's CC-215 Beltway Sunset Road and Durango Drive On-Ramps project. Las Vegas Paving holds the contract at $22,150,000. Work started April 6, 2026, and the county's estimated completion date is July 5, 2027.
The project has three main parts:
- A new on-ramp from Durango Drive to the westbound 215. The Las Vegas Review-Journal's Road Warrior column described it as letting drivers heading south on Durango, past IKEA, get directly onto the 215 toward Summerlin.
- A new on-ramp from Sunset Road to the eastbound 215 toward Henderson.
- A wider westbound off-ramp at Durango, with an extra left-turn lane onto southbound Durango Drive. The package also covers drainage, streetlights, curbs and sidewalks, plus a 1-inch pavement overlay on the 215 from Durango to Tropicana Avenue.
For Rhodes Ranch, the third item matters most. Coming home from Henderson or the east valley on the westbound 215, you exit at Durango and turn left. Southbound Durango is the road that runs along the community's eastern boundary. Today that left turn has one lane. When the project is finished it will have two.
That's also why the off-ramp closed four nights this month. The county's notice for the week of October 12 listed overnight closures of the westbound Durango off-ramp from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on October 7, 8, 11 and 12 for underground utility work, with Buffalo Drive and Russell Road as the suggested detours. The same notice places the Durango ramp work on Rafael Rivera Way and the Sunset ramp work on Roy Horn Way, the frontage roads that run alongside the beltway.
As of the county's notice for the week of October 19, crews were working days from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Traffic was restricted on and off, with at least one lane open at the Durango ramp, two at Sunset and a 55-mph speed limit through the work zone. If you leave before 5 a.m. or come home after 1:30 p.m., you mostly miss the crews.
The price came in below expectations. In March, before work began, the Review-Journal reported the project's estimated cost at $24.9 million to $27.5 million. The contract the county lists is $22.15 million, below the low end of that range.
Sunset Road East of Durango Has a Separate Crew
If you've been routing around the ramp work on Sunset Road, you've probably hit a second project. Sunset Road Phase 1 widens Sunset from Durango Drive east to Decatur Boulevard so it has at least two travel lanes each way, plus center left-turn lanes and utility relocations. Amrize Southwest, Inc. holds the $2,248,000 contract. Work started Monday, September 21, 2026, and the estimated completion is March 2027.
This crew works different hours from the ramp crew. The county notice lists weekday shifts from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The county's update for the week of October 26 lists a 24-hour restriction that leaves one lane open in each direction between Decatur and South Rainbow. That puts Sunset at a single lane each way around the clock on that stretch, even when nobody is working.
So the corner has two county contracts with different contractors, different hours and different finish dates. Sunset is due to wrap up about four months before the ramps.
Across Durango, a Casino Expansion Has Reached Its Midpoint
The third project is private, and it's the one you can see from the street. Durango Casino & Resort sits on Durango Drive just south of the 215 Beltway, at 6915 S. Durango Drive. According to the Review-Journal's September 21 report, general contractor Suffolk Construction lifted the largest piece of structural steel in its $385 million expansion shortly after dawn on a Friday. The truss weighs about 180,000 pounds and is nearly 140 feet long. The lift took a crane of roughly 650,000 pounds plus a helper crane.
This is Durango's second expansion since it opened in December 2023. The first, a $120 million project, finished in December 2025 and added more than 25,000 square feet of casino space and 230 slot machines. Work on the current expansion began in January, was planned to take about 18 months, and was near its midpoint as of September. The Review-Journal reported that Scott Kreeger, president of Station Casinos parent Red Rock Resorts, told analysts on an August earnings call:
"Our Durango property continued to perform exceptionally well despite ongoing construction impacts and has firmly established itself as a meaningful growth driver within the Las Vegas locals market."
He also said the expansion remained on schedule to open in the second half of 2027. The project adds more than 275,000 square feet on the north side of the property. That includes about 400 more slot machines, a 36-lane bowling center, luxury movie theaters and Moonshine Flats, a two-story, 29,000-square-foot country-western venue. On its North Expansion page, the resort says it is building Moonshine Flats with Good Time Design, the group behind the San Diego original, and that the venue will have a large stage, a dance floor, several bars and an outdoor patio with games and a fireplace.
The Food Hall Started Changing Before the Expansion Opens
The expansion's first effects are already showing up in Eat Your Heart Out, Durango's food hall, more than half a year before the new wing opens.
On August 15, Villa's Tacos opened in the food hall. It's the Michelin-recognized Los Angeles taco spot from chef-owner Victor Villa, and this is its first location outside California. It took over the space Fiorella Pasta Bar had held, which closed in March 2025.
In early October, Neon, the Review-Journal's dining section, reported that Station Casinos had announced more changes:
| Outlet | Status | What's next |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Paulie's | Closed in early October | Pop-ups, then a concept to be announced later |
| Yu-Or-Mi Sushi | Closing Nov. 10 | Replacement to be named later |
| Vesta Coffee Roasters, food hall | Closing Nov. 10 | Replacement to be announced later |
| Vesta Coffee Roasters, lobby | Closing Nov. 10 | Replacement to be announced later |
All three of the closing restaurants opened with the food hall in December 2023. Station's announcement tied the changes directly to the north-side expansion and said that project will bring "an expanded food hall." If Vesta is your coffee stop, the same report says a new Vesta location is under construction at 7120 Blue Diamond Road, Suite A-100.
Every Project Finishes in 2027
| Project | Started | Expected finish | Source of the date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Road Phase 1, Durango to Decatur | Sept. 21, 2026 | March 2027 | Clark County estimate |
| CC-215 Sunset and Durango ramps | April 6, 2026 | July 5, 2027 | Clark County estimate |
| Durango North Expansion | January 2026 | Second half of 2027 | Red Rock Resorts target |
All three dates are estimates or company targets, and dates like these can slip. Even so, the corner should change within one calendar year. Sunset Road gets its second lane each way first, the second left-turn lane onto southbound Durango follows in summer, and the bowling lanes, theaters and Moonshine Flats are slated for the second half of the year.
Two openings are closer than that. Along Sunset at The Bend, Metro Sliceteria has opened at 8720 W. Sunset Road, Suite D-150. The Review-Journal reported it in July as the first slice shop from a well-known Las Vegas pizza maker. Down the road, the official page for Life Time Durango at 8555 West Sunset Road lists the club as "Arriving December 2026."
Until then, the county's weekly notices on the Clark County Public Works site are the most reliable guide to which nights the Durango off-ramp will close.
All of this construction at the edge of the community will factor into how buyers see Rhodes Ranch through 2027, and into what your home is worth. If you're weighing a sale before the new ramps and the Durango expansion open, or after, Jason Griggs can walk you through where your home stands today. Get your free property valuation.
