(Change counter at right) Taken before the 1970s renovation. (color photo)Ġ006 Hotel guests in the casino area of the Stardust Hotel. View of slot machines, entrance to Moby Dick Restaurant, and hallway.
(Prior to renovation in the mid 1970s) (color photo)Ġ005 Stardust Hotel before it was renovated in the mid 1970s. (color photo)Ġ004 Another view of the Stardust Casino. (prior to the renovation of the hotel in the mid 1970s) (color photo)Ġ003 View of the casino in the Stardust Hotel before it was renovated in the mid 1970s. The photographs depict the interior and exterior of the hotel before and after its renovation in 1975.Ġ001 Stardust Hotel - lounge/bar area before the hotel renovation in the mid 1970s. The Stardust Resort and Casino Photograph Collection, approximately 1970 to 1979, consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints of the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stardust Resort and Casino Photograph CollectionĮxtent: 3 hanging files (0.25 cubic/linear feet) '"some words"': find rows that contain the exact phrase some words (for example, rows that contain some words of wisdom but not some noise words).'apple*': find rows that contain words such as apple, apples, applesauce, or applet.'+apple -macintosh': find rows that contain the word apple but not macintosh.'+apple +juice': find rows that contain both words.'apple banana': find rows that contain at least one of the two words.It lost its headliner, Wayne Newton, last year. In recent years, the Stardust lost much of its luster. Its Lido de Paris, a show featuring topless showgirls, flocks of doves and camels, and dramatic stagings of natural disasters, set a standard for Vegas show glitz for years. In its heyday, it claimed the world's largest swimming pool, the world's largest casino and 7,100 feet (2,100 meters) of neon on its world's largest electric sign.
The Stardust is on a growing list of old-school Las Vegas casinos being torn down to make room for bigger, brighter resorts. The new multi-hotel and casino project will cover 63 acres (25 hectares) on the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip and is expected to open in mid-2010, Stillwell said. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton, is slated for demolition in the first quarter of 2007, with construction on Echelon Place scheduled for the 2nd quarter. The 1,500-room Stardust, long home to "Mr. Stillwell said company also has been shifting reservations made for after Nov. He said the company has been working to place employees in the other 11 Boyd properties in the Las Vegas area.Ībout 1,600 people currently work at the Stardust, he said. 1 and would continuing operating until the end of year.īut Stillwell said the Stardust payroll had fallen by about 200 employees since Boyd announced plans in January to build the 5,300-room Echelon Place complex on the site. "Many employees are getting placed in other positions and it's getting harder and harder to staff," Stillwell said.īoyd announced in June that it would stop taking reservations at the Stardust on Nov. Rob Stillwell, a spokesman for Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., said Wednesday the closing date was moved up to adjust to employee shortages. 1, two months earlier than previously planned, to make room for a new luxury megaresort. The owner of the aging Stardust hotel-casino says it will close the 48-year-old property on Nov.