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                             June 22, 2020

       Benjamin M. Hanson
       President and Chief Executive Officer
       Capstar Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.
       405 West 14th Street
       Austin, TX 78701

                                                        Re: CAPSTAR SPECIAL
PURPOSE ACQUISITION CORP.
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed June 11, 2020
                                                            File No. 333-239094

       Dear Mr. Hanson:

              We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comments. In
       some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so
we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-1

       Management
       Special Advisor and Board Observer, page 122

   1.                                                   We note that Messrs.
Christopher and Degtyar will serve as special advisor and initial
                                                        board observer,
respectively. Please disclose the purpose or explain the role of Mr.
                                                        Christopher as a
special advisor, and also whether you intend to pay any consulting fees or
                                                        other compensation to
the special advisor and board observer.
               We remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of
       action by the staff.
 Benjamin M. Hanson
Capstar Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.
June 22, 2020
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       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

        You may contact Diane Fritz, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3331 or
Ethan Horowitz,
Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3311 if you have questions regarding
comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Anuja A. Majmudar,
Attorney-Advisor,
at (202) 551-3844 or, in her absence, Kevin Dougherty, Attorney-Advisor, at
(202) 551-3271
with any other questions.



                                                           Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameBenjamin M. Hanson
                                                       Division of Corporation
Finance
Comapany NameCapstar Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.
                                                       Office of Energy &
Transportation
June 22, 2020 Page 2
cc:       Jason Simon
FirstName LastName