The gaming company wants a small portion of a nearly 125-acre site on Cactus Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard to be placed into a gaming enterprise district, which is defined in Nevada law as an area that has been approved by a county, city or town as suitable for operating an establishment that has been issued a nonrestricted gaming license.

The amendment to SB266 - adopted on the second-to-last day of the state’s 120-day legislative session - changed a nearly three-decade-old state law to clear the way for a planned casino-resort development operated by Red Rock Resorts, according to sources familiar with the legislation who were granted anonymity to speak freely about the matter. Without any public input or discussion, Nevada lawmakers last month amended and passed legislation changing a 26-year-old law restricting the distance between casinos and schools and places of worship on behalf of a major casino company.