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Became: Resorts World Las Vegas
3000 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 MAP
Type: Land Based
Status: Closed
Open: 07/02/1958, Close: 11/01/2006
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(Wikipedia) The Stardust Resort and Casino was a casino resort located on 60 acres (24 ha) along the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. The Stardust was conceived by Tony Cornero, and construction began in 1954. Cornero died in 1955, and the project was taken over by his brother. The Stardust had numerous creditors and construction was stopped in 1956 when the project ran out of money.
Rella Factor, the wife of John Factor, bought the Stardust in January 1958, and finished construction. The Stardust opened on July 2, 1958, as the world's largest hotel. It had 1,065 rooms located across six motel structures, and included a 16,500 sq ft (1,530 m2) casino. An adjacent hotel-casino, the Royal Nevada, became part of the Stardust in 1959, with its casino converted into Stardust convention space. A nine-story hotel addition was completed in 1964. The resort operated the off-site Stardust Country Club and the Stardust International Raceway during the 1960s, and in 1972, it became the first resort on the Las Vegas Strip to open an RV Park for guests, a concept that proved to be popular.
After several ownership changes, Argent Corporation purchased the Stardust in 1974. Argent added a sportsbook that would later become a popular attraction for the Stardust. In 1976, a state investigation found that a skimming operation was occurring at the Stardust and at Argent's other properties. The Stardust was sold again, in 1979, to Al Sachs and Herb Tobman, both of whom had previously served as general managers for the resort. Another investigation, in 1983, determined that skimming was still occurring at the Stardust. The Nevada Gaming Commission concluded that Sachs and Tobman had failed to prevent the skimming, and the men agreed to sell the Stardust.
The Stardust was featured in the Robert DeNiro movie Casino, where he portrayed casino manager Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. |
TCR numbers are used by express permission of SSS Publishing |
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CG038154 Obsolete Added: 2011-06-09
Last Update: 2011-06-09 Color: RED
Contributed by: Jim Munding
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CG093976 Obsolete Added: 2012-12-07
Last Update: 2013-05-30 Color: Red
Contributed by: Ron Clewell
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CG102484 Obsolete Added: 2013-05-04
Last Update: 2013-05-04 Color: Red
Contributed by: Sheldon Smith
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CG126135 Obsolete Added: 2014-04-20
Last Update: 2014-04-20 Color: Red
Contributed by: Joe Pavlik
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CG186156 Obsolete Added: 2017-10-30
Color: Red
Mftr: Clear
Inlay: HS-Black
Logo: Stars
Contributed by: Rich Hodges
Black logo with Stars
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CG203004 Obsolete Added: 2018-06-29
Color: Yellow
Mftr: Clear
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: Stars
Contributed by: Jim Steffner
Logo with Stars
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CG203005 Obsolete Added: 2018-06-29
Color: Yellow
Mftr: Clear
Inlay: HS-White
Contributed by: Jim Steffner
Logo with Bars
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CG313833 Obsolete Added: 2024-03-10
Color: Red
Inlay: HS-Green
Contributed by: Dan Glenn
Translucent with green hot stamp
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CG239135 Added: 2020-04-13
Color: Pink
Contributed by: James Love
Plastic hurricane cup
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CG262300 Added: 2021-03-13
Color: White
Contributed by: Leonidas S. Tan, PhD
3 Stardust names around the tall mug
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CG214634 Added: 2018-10-30
Color: Clear
Contributed by: Jim Steffner
Heavy clear glass mug. 6" high, 4.5" diam.
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CG261866 Added: 2021-03-04
Contributed by: Leonidas S. Tan, PhD
The 2000 New Millennium, 12 inches across, 1/4 inch thick
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CG254861 Added: 2020-11-06
Color: Red
Mftr: International S. Co. XII
Contributed by: James Love
Silver plated spoon
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CG239196 Added: 2020-04-13
Color: Red
Contributed by: James Love
Swizzle stick/spoon. Print is on top of handle.
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CG178645 Added: 2017-04-21
Contributed by: Pete Lowell
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CG219038 Issued: 1990s
Added: 2019-02-02
Color: White
Contributed by: Riverboat Rick Pokracki
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