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The 1930s brought more growth.
The casino ballroom was expanded to include an enormous dance floor without walls, so that people could dance under the stars.
Huge windowed walls and a high arched ceiling were added in 1937.
On Easter Sunday, Glenn Gray and the Casa Loma Band opened the Starlight Ballroom to a full house of big-band enthusiasts.
From Dorsey to Calloway, Basie to Kenton, James to Goodman, the ballroom was packed for each performance.
The all-time attendance record of 5, 000 was set in the spring of 1941, when Tommy Dorsey's reorganized band featured a young up and coming vocalist, Frank Sinatra.
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