NEWS: Universal's Horror Unleased and Transworld Prep

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Darryl. Trans World's Halloween An Attraction Show takes place this week February twenty seventh through March second at the America Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. For over forty years, trans World has created the marketplace for the haunted attraction industry where haunters can network, learn, gain inspiration, and purchase the newest products from industry vendors, with over five hundred exhibitors to browse, including more than ninety new exhibitors for twenty twenty five planned by mapping your route with a floor plan an exhibitor list by following the links in our show notes.

1:10 Check out the daily seminars held by industry leaders, including the ahaa's Chaos Safety Seminar Thursday eight thirty am. Don't miss out on the many daily events, including highlights such as Thursday Night's City Museum Party, Friday's Haunted Attraction Association State of the Industry Seminar ten am, and the AHAA Live Auction five point fifteen to six thirty pm, and Saturdays HAA Oscares Awards Banquet from five to seven thirty pm and Transworld's first ever Zombie prom from eight to midnight. Transworld's Halloween Attraction Show is everything you need to succeed in your Halloween season. Register today at the event's official website. Iappa's Middle East Trade Summit in Riad, Saudi Arabia took place February seventeenth through nineteen. In addition to attending seminars from industry leaders and networking green tag Podcasts, Philip and Scott toured the new Kadia City Experience, BLVD World, and previewed six flags Kadia, home to the world's longest and fastest coaster, and the Aquaabia Water Park. Listen to their audio diaries of reactions and key takeaways in this week's episode of the Green Tagged podcast, Universal Horror Unleashed is going to be opening August fourteenth. Prepare for year round chills from the Universal Destinations and Experiences. Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas, Nevada will open on August fourteenth of twenty twenty five. Housed in a one hundred thousand square foot warehouse in the area fifteen District, guests will journey

2:40 through the nightmarish labyrinth of four themed immersive areas, Universal Monsters, Blumhouses, The Exorcist, Believer Texas Chainsaw, Massacre, and Scarecrow The Reaping Between Scares. Take refuge if you can in one of the themed bars offering craft cocktails, and grab a bite from the food location, each with its own twisted flare. Don't leave without checking out the retail store, where you can pick up some unique collectible merchandise to commemorate your unnerving adventure. Tickets are on sale now, starting a sixty nine dollars plus tax for one time access general admission and ninety nine dollars plus tax for unlimited access general admission.

3:20 Learn more at the attraction's official website. FX's highly anticipated series Alien Earth is invading the small screen this summer, but first it will terrorize guests in three pop up experiences on March seventh and eighth, bans can step into a mysterious wreckage site in the heart of south By Southwest in Austin, Texas to unearth new details from the series via interactive elements and pulse pounding thrills that bring the series to life. Visitors will be scanned for alien parasites before receiving credentials and instructions, embarking them on an exploratory mission through the ship wreckage, where they will have a chance to get up close and personal with alien specimens. But beware, not all creatures survived the crash intact, a containment breach has occurred, and hidden dangers lurk within FX's Alien Earth. The wreckage will be opened to south By Southwest badge holders and the public. In this past week's donation of more than ninety three thousand dollars to the University of Michigan Health Sparrow's Children's Center and Lansing, Michigan Spirit Halloween has now donated over one million dollars to the hospital since two thousand and seven. It makes the hospital less scary for them, takes them out of everything that is happening with their families and themselves during challenging times, fighting illnesses, and just gives them some ordinary child support, said Spirit Helloween Zone manager Christina Mattone. Since two thousand, the Limax Spooky Town has brought the spirit of Halloween to life with hauntingly detailed villages, eerie animations, and spine

4:51 chilling charm. The Lima's Village collection celebrated its twenty five year anniversary with a YouTube video chronicling their Helloween legacy, from haunted houses to creepy carnivals to sinister seafarers. The video showcases the past twenty five Halloween collections, including concept art highlights. See this year's full collection on Limax's official website. So Upcoming events this February through April include trans World's Halloween An Attraction show in Saint Louis, Missouri, February twenty seventh through March, Second Spooky Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California, April twenty fifth through twenty seventh, and the East Coast Haunters Convention in Oaks, Pennsylvania, April twenty sixth and twenty seventh.

5:32 And that's all for the News this Week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Ernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky. Post production by David Swape. This haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Attraction Network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighting and controls. Until next time, Haunters stay scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network protolution