Aside from the main showroom, the Stardust also had entertainers perform in its lounge, which was expanded in 1969. The lounge, present since the resort's opening, was replaced with new casino space during renovations in 1975. The $1 million, 650-seat Starlight theater lounge was opened on October 1, 1976, replacing the one that had closed a year earlier. According to the "Las Vegas Sun" in 1977, Argent Corporation "took out the best lounge in town at the Stardust, replaced it with a mini-main showroom, treated it as a lounge, over priced it, then closed it." The Starlight Lounge reopened at the end of 1977.