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Star Trek: The Experience attraction would be revived in Downtown Las Vegas
- 10-17-2008
- Categorized in: Attractions, Las Vegas
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar
Goodman and Neonopolis developer Rohit Joshi say the Star Trek: The Experience
attraction formerly at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel and Casino would be taken back to life
and reinstalled in the downtown area
"We are in very serious negotiations. We think it would be a fantastic addition to downtown" Joshi said.
Joshi also said that they are having conversations with CBS Consumer Products, the licensing division that owns the rights to the Star Trek name, costumes, rides and intellectual property used on Star Trek: The Experience. CBS Consumer Products had previously licensed all the material to Cedar Fair Entertainment Co to run the attraction at Las Vegas Hilton but that agreement finished when the Experience closed on September 1st, leaving CBS free to license the Star Trek rights.
If Joshi closes the deal,
then he will be getting rights to operate an attraction that brought millions
of visitors in
But regardless of what they
do and how they will do it, Mayor Goodman is convinced that it has the potential
to attract thousands of visitors to the downtown area. Since its debut, the
$100 million entertainment complex has struggled to attract customers and
tenants, and this would be a great chance to bring attractions that could
revitalize the
"It would be ironic. Perhaps the most successful place downtown could be Neonopolis, even though it has been an albatross around my neck all these years." Goodman said of the potential for landing Star Trek.
