What Las Vegas location, a $100 million entertainment complex containing 3 miles of neon lights, was scheduled to host Star Trek:The Experience in 2009?
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Star Trek: The Experience Star Trek: The Experience was a themed attraction which opened in January 1998 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Paradise, Nevada, United States, based on the "Star Trek" entertainment franchise. The pavilion underwent one major renovation in 2004 which added the Borg Invasion 4-D attraction, which used state-of-the-art amusement technology where guests experienced an encounter with the Borg. Star Trek: The Experience was operated by entertainment management company Cedar Fair Entertainment Company after its June 2006 purchase of Paramount Parks from the CBS Corporation. It closed in September 2008, and was scheduled to reopen in the Neonopolis Mall on May 8, 2009 in time for the premiere of the "Star Trek" film. It was then pushed back to 2010, and then in 2011 it was announced that they had lost the license.
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Neonopolis Neonopolis, a 250000 sqft shopping mall, is a $100 million entertainment complex in Las Vegas, Nevada located on top of a $15 million city parking garage. It is located on the Fremont Street Experience, at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard. In keeping with the complex's name, it contains three miles of neon lights.
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Harrah's Casino Tunica Harrah's Casino Tunica, formerly Grand Casino Tunica, was a casino and resort located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. It was owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. The casino offered a 140000 sqft casino and three hotels with a total of 1,356 rooms. There was also an RV park, the Bellissimo Spa & Salon, a convention center, and a 2,500 seat entertainment venue called the Harrah's Event Center.
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Stitch Encounter Stitch Encounter is an interactive show located in Walt Disney Studios Park (under the name Stitch Live!), and in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland Park. The first edition of the show at Hong Kong Disneyland was closed on May 2, 2016 to make room for Star Wars: Command Post.
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Purple Tunnel of Doom Purple Tunnel of Doom was the name ascribed to the I-395 Third Street tunnel in downtown Washington, D.C., where thousands of holders of purple tickets lined up to witness the first inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Ticket colors corresponded to assigned viewing areas. Many were not admitted, despite having stood in line for hours.
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Reno Events Center The Reno Events Center is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Reno, Nevada, that was constructed in 2005.
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Suncoast Hotel and Casino Suncoast is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. The hotel, located on a 50 acre site, contains 432 rooms and has an 82000 sqft casino (with over 2000 slot machines) as well as a Century group movie theatre, bowling alley and conference room / meeting space.
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Texas Station Texas Station is a hotel and casino located on Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Station Casinos.
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Harrah's Reno Harrah's Reno is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
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Crown Las Vegas Crown Las Vegas, previously known as the Las Vegas Tower, was a proposed supertall skyscraper that would have been built on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. If built, the tower would have been 1064 ft tall, making it the tallest building and second tallest structure in Nevada. After two major redesigns, the project was cancelled in March 2008.
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Charlie Palmer Hotel Charlie Palmer Hotel is a proposed 371-room hotel planned for 3 acre of land at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. The project was originally announced by chef Charlie Palmer as a boutique condo hotel in 2006, with groundbreaking scheduled for later that year in a different area of Las Vegas. In 2007, the proposed location for the project was changed to Symphony Park, and the condominium aspect was subsequently removed from the project. The opening had initially been scheduled for November 2011, but the start of construction was delayed several times between 2010 and 2014, due to the poor state of the local hotel market.
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Anaheim GardenWalk Anaheim GardenWalk is an outdoor entertainment and shopping center located a block east of the Disneyland Resort in the Anaheim Resort District of Anaheim, California. The center opened on June 14, 2008, during the Great Recession, and has struggled with low occupancy rates since then, with as low as 55% occupancy in 2011. The center features a 14-screen multiplex, a bowling alley, fitness center, and a multitude of restaurants and shops.
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Flamingo Las Vegas Flamingo Las Vegas (formerly The Fabulous Flamingo and Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
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Stardust International Raceway The Stardust International Raceway was an auto racing track in Spring Valley, in the Las Vegas Valley. It featured a flat, 3 mi , 13-turn road course, and a quarter-mile drag strip. It was built in 1965 by the Stardust Hotel and Casino to attract high rollers to the hotel. In 1966 it began hosting the season finale of the Can-Am championship. In 1968 the USAC Championship Car series held a race at Stardust. The hotel was sold in 1969, and the new owners largely abandoned the track. Larry Horton, the track's manager, leased the land and ran drag racing events until 1970. Real estate developers Pardee Homes bought the land and built the Spring Valley community on it. Meanwhile, a replacement track, the Las Vegas Speedrome, was announced afterwards and opened in 1972, with a 1.8 mile drag strip and road course across from Nellis Air Force Base, which expanded into today's Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain (formerly known as Space Mountain: Mission 2 and Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune) is an indoor/outdoor steel roller coaster in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. Originally themed around Jules Verne's classic 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon", the attraction first opened on June 1, 1995, three years after the park's debut in an attempt to draw more guests to the financially-unstable European resort. Unlike other Space Mountain attractions at Disney theme parks, the installation at Disneyland Paris has a steampunk-detailed appearance with a Columbiad Cannon and a plate-and-rivet exterior. Under its previous theme, it was the only Space Mountain to feature inversions, a launch, a section of track that exits and re-enters the interior, and a synchronized on-Board audio track.
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Ilani Casino Resort The Ilani Casino Resort ( ) is a casino operated by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and located near La Center, Washington. The casino opened on April 24, 2017, after a lengthy legal battle over the tribe's right to establish a reservation to build the casino on.
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Paris Las Vegas Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
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The Palazzo The Palazzo is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is the tallest completed building in Nevada. Designed by the Dallas based HKS, Inc., the hotel offers luxury in an Italian Renaissance ambiance. The hotel and casino are part of a larger complex (operated as one hotel) comprising the adjoining Venetian Resort and Casino and the Sands Convention Center, all of which are owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Tivoli Theatre (Chattanooga, Tennessee) The Tivoli Theatre, also known as the "Tivoli" and the "Jewel of the South", is a historic theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that opened on March 19, 1921. Built between 1919 and 1921 at a cost of $750,000, designed by famed Chicago-based architectural firm Rapp and Rapp and well-known Chattanooga architect Reuben H. Hunt, and constructed by the John Parks Company (general contractors), the theatre was one of the first air-conditioned public buildings in the United States. The theatre was named "Tivoli" after Tivoli, Italy, has cream tiles and beige terra-cotta bricks, has a large red, black, and white marquee with 1,000 chaser lights, and has a large black neon sign that displays "TIVOLI" with still more chaser lights.
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The Platinum The Platinum is a 17-story, 255-unit condo hotel located at 211 East Flamingo Road in Paradise, Nevada, east of the Las Vegas Strip. The project was approved in 2003, and began construction in 2005, as a joint venture between Diversified Real Estate Concepts, Inc. and Marcus Hotels and Resorts. The project was topped out in December 2005, and was opened in October 2006. In 2009, buyers filed lawsuits against Marcus for various allegations; the last of the lawsuits were settled in March 2013.
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TwiCon TwiCon was an unofficial "Twilight" fan convention which was held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel from July 30 to August 2, 2009. TwiCon featured a movie screening, live "Twilight"-inspired band performances, a Volturi Masque Ball, opportunities to meet "Twilight" cast, breakout sessions, panels, workshops, a vendor hall, and an artist alley. Organizers and TwiCon Partners LLC co-owners included event planner Becky Scoggins and video blogger Bailey Gauthier.
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Pinball Hall of Fame The Pinball Hall of Fame is a museum for pinball machines that opened in Paradise, Nevada in January 2006. It is located at 1610 E Tropicana Ave. The museum is a project of the Las Vegas Pinball Collectors Club, and it features pinball machines from all eras, including some very rare machines such as Williams' "Black Gold", Bally's "Pinball Circus" and Recreativos Franco's "Impacto". It features over 200 different pinball games, including some classic video arcade games and other novelty machines of the past and present.