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The Landmark was demolished in a controlled implosion in 1995. The county abandoned the road that had separated the two properties in 1964 and the façade was extended in 1966 along with the main lobby building to encompass the Royal Nevada property. From 1959 to 1964, this wing was occupied by the Stardust's "high roller" guests and The Stardust showgirls. The façade sign was completed in 1968; compared to the 1958 original, it was made flat and retained the starburst theme, but now the model Earth was elevated above the center of the sign on a lighted tower.The 1977 remodel of the building sign dropped the space theme in favor of an animated red and blue neon background, and the covering of the The night before the opening, "atomic soldiers" from The Royal Nevada was plagued with financial problems from the start; 1955 was in general a bad year for casinos, as the Royal Nevada and three other casinos that opened that year (the While this resort seemed to "disappear completely", swallowed in 1958 by the Stardust and becoming the Stardust's Convention Center,The Stardust opened at noon on July 3, 1958.
But over the past few decades, the site has acquired a great reputation, becoming a favorite destination for online casino players. The site has been a parking lot since the hotel's destruction. At 2:30 a.m. Tuesday 2/14/06, the small Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino became the 11th imploded building in Las Vegas. The casino’s Burger King franchise was the busiest in the nation, but it was no match for the fountains of Caesars and the island paradise of the Mirage. The hotel's name was nestled in a galactic cloud.In 1967, the old circular sign was replaced by a new $500,000 roadside sign. Tangiers Loizeaux, whose company, Controlled Demolition Two landscaped swimming pools, a golf course, and athletic facilities were also built. It officially closed at noon on November 1, 2006 and was demolished by implosion in March 2007, a short lifetime even by Las Vegas standards, where casinos are torn down and rebuilt on a regular basis.
The renovation project totaled $300 million. The attendees of the opening included governors, senators, city and county officials and Hollywood celebrities, and the opening festivities were marked with fireworks and promised "a very unique 'ribbon cutting' ceremony".The entertainment roster featured the spectacular French production show The opening night lounge lineup offered, from dusk to dawn, Tony Cornero's dream became a $10 million, 1,065 room reality, charging just $6.00 a day; the rooms were arranged in six buildings, each named for a different planet (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter), with parking provided at each building.
Shortly after the resort opened, the defunct nearby The famed Stardust sign became one of the symbols of The 1958 Stardust façade sign was 216 feet (66 m) long and 37 feet (11 m) high, wrapping around two sides of the building, and was lit with 7,100 feet (2,200 m) of neon tubing and 11,000 incandescent bulbs.The roadside sign was freestanding with a circle constraining an amorphous cloud of cosmic dust circled by an orbit ring and covered in dancing stars.
Designed by architects John Replogle, Robert Dorr Jr., Milton Schwartz and Maxwell Starkman, it was the tenth resort to open on the Strip.
The resort was bought by In the 1970s, Argent Corporation had siphoned off between $7 and $15 million, using rigged scales. Harrah's (the new owners) is quickly buying up many parcels behind Bourbon Street and have .
The new sign's form was blurred by a scatter of star shapes, a shower of stardust. In 2007, Boyd Gaming, which owned the property, began construction on Echelon Place, Stardust's intended replacement. For the next five years The Stardust was the leader in rooms until 1969 when In November 1969, Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation purchased the Stardust for an undisclosed amount.