At the time of its closure, the Stardust was among the smallest resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, with 1,552 rooms, and an casino. The "Los Angeles Times" wrote that the resort went from being "the world's largest hotel to one of the smallest on the Strip, from glamour to infamy to middle-class normalcy." The Stardust primarily catered to a middle class clientele for much of its history, and at the time of its closing, it was one of the few remaining Strip resorts to still offer affordable amenities; newer resorts were becoming increasingly upscale.