Saturday, August 30, 2008

Star Trek - Associated Press: Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction

From the Associated Press (via Yahoo! News):

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Model ships hang at the entrance to the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. The attraction will close Sept. 1 after a ten year run at the hotel. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction

By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 29, 5:14 PM ET

LAS VEGAS - After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go.

With a decommissioning ceremony — as befits any great vessel — the exhibit and its replica of the starship Enterprise are closing Monday.

Thousands of trekkies are "beaming up" from across the United Federation of Planets, er, the United States and around the world one last time, according to exhibit spokesman Chad Boutte...

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