In The News – Stanley Hotel To Add Horror Museum

Fitting for the end of our spooky themed month is this bit of news about a change planned for a very infamous hotel.

One of America's most spine-tingling hotels wants to up the ante with an on-site horror museum.

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the hotel where Stephen King found inspiration for "The Shining," released plans last week for the Stanley Film Center, a facility that would house a horror-themed museum, an auditorium, traveling exhibits and a soundstage and production space.

The Stanley estimates that the project will cost $24 million, and the hotel is seeking $11.5 million in Colorado tourism funding, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

The new facility would operate as a public-private partnership, with a board of directors that would initially include actors Elijah Wood and Simon Pegg.

The grand hotel, located just a few miles from Rocky Mountain National Park, opened in 1909. By the 1970s, its grandeur was fading, and the hotel had gained a reputation for being haunted.

That reputation served it well when guest Stephen King found inspiration there for his 1977 bestseller "The Shining," reviving interest in the hotel and solidifying its status as a hotbed of paranormal activity.

The hotel offers regular ghost tours and will be hosting "3 Nights of Fright" this Halloween season. In 2013, the Stanley launched an annual horror film festival.

3 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT

The Historic Stanley Hotel has had a long running tradition of throwing some of the most sought after Halloween parties in the country and has done a “3 Nights of Fright” Halloween events for this year.

Celebrating the literary and ghostly character of the Stanley Hotel, This event kicked off with the deliciously suspenseful Murder Mystery Dinner on Friday October 23, 2015. The event featured a top theater act and an elegant 4-course meal in the magnificent and notoriously haunted MacGregor Ballroom. The horrific fun continued on Saturday, October 24th, with the hotel’s flagship event “The Shining Ball”. This “see and be seen” event has become famous for the partygoers’ incredibly detailed and inspired costumes ranging from Shining-themed custom garb to other-worldly, nightmarish creations. This amazing night of music, food, drink, horror and dancing is Estes Park’s most coveted costume party. Rounding out the week on Saturday October 31st, The Stanley Hotel will be hosting the Halloween Masquerade Party, which is Northern Colorado’s wildest Halloween costume party bringing in guests from across the country to experience the haunted debauchery that only Halloween night at the Stanley can define.

The Stanley Hotel has traditionally sold out these events within days of releasing tickets, so this year to compensate the growing attendance and demand, The Stanley Hotel has made Halloween at the Stanley bigger than ever before. The flagship event “The Shining Ball” and the popular “Halloween Masquerade Party” will be taking place in the most paranormally active site in the Stanley Hotel, the Historic Concert Hall. The Historic Concert Hall will provide an opportunity for an additional 100 guests to join the best Halloween party in the country. 

If you miss this event this year, remember it for next year. 

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