NEWS: 'Eli Roth's Goretorium' to open in Las Vegas

[jedimaster1227]

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3138511/sin-city-gets-devilish-with-eli-roths-goretorium-haunted-house/

 

While first discovered by Vegas Chatter, we’ve now uncovered the top secret Eli Roth project set to unveil in Sin City September 27.

 

Eli Roth and Robert Frey will open “Eli Roth’s Goretorium” this September in Las Vegas, a high tech year round haunted house that Roth intends to be the “world mecca for horror fans.”

 

“My favorite time of the year is Halloween, and my favorite halloween event is the haunted mazes,” said Roth. “There’s just nothing you can compare them to, it’s an all encompassing live scare. I want Halloween to be every night of the year. Horror is a year round global experience. It’s not just in October anymore. We are building the world mecca for horror fans, incorporating the latest technology with old fashioned scares.”

 

The Goretorium will be located right downtown on the corner of Strip and Harmon, across from the Mandarin hotel, where 50,000 tourists pass daily. Downstairs will have a bar and movie prop and costume museum, with a horror themed bar upstairs complete with caged zombie dancers and a venue for concerts and premiere events.

 

Adds Roth, “There has never been a horror experience like this. We’re building an entire interactive community for everyone who goes through, so horror fans globally will be able to connect to anyone who has gone through the haunt. We’ll also keep updating the venue seasonally for specific horror movie releases that we partner with the studios. It’s going to be the ultimate horror geek spot, for me it will be the most fun place on earth.”

 

Roth and Frey are already in talks to open similar venues in other parts around the country, as well as haunts in New York City, London and Tokyo, with different themed haunted houses in each city.

 

Roth’s Hostel maze at Universal Horror Nights was the most attended haunted attraction of 2011, averaging between 2,000 – 2,100 people per hour. Roth was intricately involved in the design of the maze, and on Halloween night worked as a scare performer.

Edited May 2, 2012 by jedimaster1227

[Twister II]

Good find! That corner of Harmon and Las Vegas Blvd is a developing place with the expansion of the Miracle Mile shops, The Cosmopolitan, and the future demolition of The Harmon. I really hope this does well and they are able to "switch it up" and change scenes every quarter or so if it is year round.

[downunder]

I saw that on Screamscape, it sounds like it'll be fun if the Hostel maze at HHN is anything to go by. I'll definitely have to check this out next time I'm in Vegas, which should be after the opening date. Year round haunts are hit (Liseberg & Gronalund) and miss (Passage of Terror, London West End), but Eli's enthusiasm should make this a winner.

[Someotherguyuser]

"World Mecca for Horror Fans?" That's a bit of a stretch.

 

This sounds like it'll be a lot of fun. I've never been to Vegas so I might finally go when the haunt opens.

[cfc]

"World Mecca for Horror Fans?" That's a bit of a stretch.

 

 

Yeah, I guess in his press release, which is meant to generate excitement and enthusiasm about the attraction, he should've said, "I hope it'll be OK."

 

We shall see.

[ernierocker]

How dare he hype up his own attraction?!?!

 

As a huge fan of haunts, I would definitely check this out next time I find myself in Vegas.

[Coasterbp]

As someone that lives in Las Vegas and works about 3 minutes from this location, I'm VERY curious to see how this pans out. If the plans call for it to be open by the end of Sept, they had better get to building QUICK. Many seasonal haunts that open by the end of Sept are ALREADY in build mode by now....

 

I'm more curious as the WHERE exactly this thing is going.... The only thing that's around that area is the Miracle Mile shops, I believe....

 

I'll keep my eyes posted and will take pictures as I see stuff popping up.

 

-=CoasterBP

[PCW_Nut]

Well, I now have another reason to make it out to Vegas. I've been there before but haven't had much of a reason to go back, well, with Speed being rebuilt (credit I did not get) and this, well, Vegas here I come!