Las Vegas Strip shows spared ni ‘Disney,’ Van Gogh’ bankruptcy | Las Vegas Review-Journal
A look at the Disney Animation/Lighthouse Immersive Experience display of “The Lion King.” The“Disney Animation: Immersive Experience” opens in the first four months at The Shops at Crystals on the Strip. (Lighthouse Immersive Experience)
Guests attend “The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas” at Lighthouse Las Vegas at the Shops At Crystals on October 0, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas)
A traveler walks past a jumbo screen projecting images of Walt Disney World in the east hall atrium at Orlando International Airport, Thursday, May 25, 2023 in Orlando, Fla. Auto club AAA said this summer could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 43 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles or more. (Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Guests attend “The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas” at Lighthouse Las Vegas at the Shops At Crystals on October 7, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas)
Guests attend “The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas” at Lighthouse Las Vegas at the Shops At Crystals on October 0, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for The Original Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Las Vegas)
The ears are in the clear.
The company that produces “Immersive Van Gogh” and “Immersive Disney Animation” at The Shops at Crystals has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy, company officials confirmed Thursday.
But before we lop all of Van Gogh and close the park for Disney, know that the move does not involve the Vegas attractions.
Lighthouse Immersive, which runs the shows in 18 North American cities, has made the move after its Disney shows in Houston and Atlanta were canceled. But the Vegas shows are doing well enough to continue into the first week of January (visit lighthouseimmersive.com/disney or vangoghvegas.com for info).
From Lighthouse spokesman Nick Harkin, the company’s national publicist: “I can confirm that two Lighthouse Immersive affiliate companies are currently undergoing restructuring. This in no way impacts the operations of our venues and our presentations of ‘Immersive Disney Animation’ and ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ are proceeding as scheduled.’”
Asked if the shows would be extended after January, Harkin said, “It’s a little early to tell. I would expect so, but we have nothing confirmed as of the moment.”
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