The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas’ $600 Million Star Trek Empire

“Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton and the proposed full-scale USS Enterprise for downtown Las Vegas were two of the most ambitious attractions the city ever dreamed up. This video covers how Gary Goddard and Paramount nearly built a life-size Starship Enterprise on Fremont Street in 1992, why that plan was killed, and how the $70 million Star Trek: The Experience rose at the Hilton in 1998 with Quark’s Bar, the Klingon Encounter, and Borg Invasion 4D before vanishing entirely. It’s the story of how Las Vegas built Star Trek’s greatest monument twice and erased both. Clip credits: http://www.youtube.com/@mrtrek2117 I have used clips of this channels work in this video. He has made scale models of the USS Enterprise. SOURCES: Collider – Full-Scale USS Enterprise Las Vegas: https://collider.com/star-trek-enterprise-vegas/ The Hollywood Reporter – How the Starship Enterprise Almost Landed in Las Vegas: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-saga-how-starship-913891/ Gizmodo – How Las Vegas Missed Out on a Life-Sized Starship Enterprise: https://gizmodo.com/how-las-vegas-missed-out-on-a-life-sized-starship-enter-5900012 Warped Factor – That Time They Almost Put a Full Scale USS Enterprise in Las Vegas: http://www.warpedfactor.com/2014/10/star-trek-that-time-they-almost-put.html The Architect’s Newspaper – Las Vegas’ Starship Enterprise That Almost Was: https://www.archpaper.com/2012/04/twenty-years-later-las-vegas-starship-enterprise-that-almost-was/ Wikipedia – Star Trek: The Experience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Experience Memory Alpha – Star Trek: The Experience: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Experience Las Vegas Review-Journal (Neon) – Remembering Star Trek: The Experience: https://neon.reviewjournal.com/tv/klingons-the-borg-and-tribble-tenders-remembering-star-trek-the-experience-2880350/ Deseret News – All Life Forms Will Enjoy Star Trek: The Experience: https://www.deseret.com/1998/2/8/19362163/all-life-forms-will-enjoy-the-las-vegas-hilton-s-star-trek-the-experience/ TV Tropes – Star Trek: The Experience: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Ride/StarTrekTheExperience Memory Alpha – Warp Core Breach (beverage): https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp_core_breach_(beverage) GeekShock – Quark’s Bar Drink Recipes: https://geekshockpodcast.com/quarks-bar-drinks/ NBC News – Vegas Attraction Beams Up to Its Final Frontier: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26460463 Wikipedia – Landmark Entertainment Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Entertainment_Group Las Vegas Advisor – History of the Fremont Street Experience Canopy: https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/question/fse-history/ #StarTrek #StarTrekTheExperience #USSEnterprise #LasVegas #LasVegasHilton #Klingon #Borg #QuarksBar #FremontStreet #StarTrekHistory #AbandonedPlaces #Trekkie #Paramount #Vegas #ThemeParkHistory”