yes, sad to say, but the experiance is closing. i work at the LV hilton, and have found out through my boss that it will be closing in september. they probibly decided to wait untill after the 08 trek convention. the current owner of the hilton (resorts international) has slowly got rid of most of thier current tennents on property, and probibly feel more money could be generated by expandidng the casino into the star trek
space. (our current owners are a bunch of feringe's, all about
"maxamizing shareholder value") the only hope you have of it staying open, is if the hotel were sold to a new owner who
wanted to keep it around.
when star trek the experiance was origonally built, the hilton corporation paid for the majority of the construction costs. 5 years later, thier whole attitude changed (when the borg
incounter was added, they were not willing to spend $1.00
to help finance it) thier origonal lease was re-newed, but that renewal was over in janurary 08. the problem with the experiance is that its expensive to go to, and its allways the same.
if they came up with a new ride every year, or a different story line, it would be a reason to go back over and over. it could have been better
thought out. what they should do is bring the star trek tour here, and give everyone a reason to go one more time. if they brought it here, in conjunction with the 2008 convention, im shure the attendedce would be excelent. sorry for the news, adrian