Universal Horror Unleashed - Las Vegas, NV

[jarmor]

You'd figure they'd have to change at least one maze annually for the Halloween seasons... I can't imagine it'd be great business for them if it were all the exact same mazes each Halloween season, as well as year long

Scary farms would like to have a word with you. . .

These won't be the temp mazes like we are use to at HHN now. They will be a lot more since they don't have a whole theme park to back them up. Lots of the big name independent houses across the country don't change yearly and they don't have to.

 

[Jerroddragon]

My hope would be if there are 4 houses. That 1 if not two are changed yearly

I mean maybe it could work to keep houses for that long but I think it could be hard to keep these houses filled if its really 2 years before each house is changed.

 

[Rideguy70]

Scary farms would like to have a word with you. . .

These won't be the temp mazes like we are use to at HHN now. They will be a lot more since they don't have a whole theme park to back them up. Lots of the big name independent houses across the country don't change yearly and they don't have to.

I'd also argue that a lot of the big name independent houses across the country aren't open year round. And even then, they often make improvements and/or changes to their mazes, even if slight, to market something new.

And Knott's does change out a few mazes every year.

I don't think it's much to swap out a single maze, or at least enhances mazes with new effects. As we know from Goretorium, who never made any changes and was open year round, it didn't end well for them (I do realize other factors contributed, but that's got to be a part of it).

 

[jarmor]

Lets be honest, Goretorium barely lasted a year so how can that be even mentioned when talking about changing up the line up with it never got it's line up off the ground lol. Unleashed has the benefit of being located in a place where people visit for this type of stuff on purpose. It is a tourist spot so I am figuring most of the business/visits will be from tourist who may come once a year to vegas. I personally don't see the need to totally switch out haunts every year or even ever other year as a lot of visitors will be first time visitors. I guess once it opens, they will get a feel at how to approach it.

 

[Jake S]

Yeah, I think like @jarmor said it's ultimately going to depend on what kind of visitors they expect to draw. If it's primarily tourists, there's little need to frequently change the house offerings. And even if they expect strong local visitation, I'd argue refreshing food/beverage offerings is a better pathway.

 

[Clive]

Yeah, I think like @jarmor said it's ultimately going to depend on what kind of visitors they expect to draw. If it's primarily tourists, there's little need to frequently change the house offerings. And even if they expect strong local visitation, I'd argue refreshing food/beverage offerings is a better pathway.

Goretorium tried but couldn't quite pull off making the venue somewhere people wanted to casually hang out. For Unleashed to succeed, I think they have to deliver something akin to the event - more than just excellent haunted houses, it's a party where you get to blow off steam with your friends.