The Haunted Commercial Hotel
Check into the historic hotel and try to make it out alive.
A Real Hotel. A Dark History. A Haunt Like No Other.
The Haunted Commercial Hotel
Friday the 13th Ghost Adventures
Friday, November 13, 2026 • 9:30 PM to midnight
Explore the historic Commercial Hotel after dark in a small-group paranormal investigation. Choose where to investigate as your group explores with a minder, with flashlights and EMF readers available to borrow.
Advance tickets required. No tickets at the door. Space is extremely limited, and we expect to sell out.
More Than a Haunted House
A major theatrical production inside a hotel with a very real past.
The Haunted Commercial Hotel is not a temporary attraction built to resemble an old hotel. It is created inside the historic Commercial Hotel, a real multi-level property whose story reaches back to Elko's earliest years.
Every Halloween season, the hotel's rooms, corridors, stairways, and hidden spaces are transformed into multiple immersive haunted attractions. Professional builders, designers, technicians, makeup artists, costumers, and performers work together to create new scenes, original characters, elaborate effects, and unforgettable scares.
Returning guests should never assume they know what is waiting behind the next door.
100+Cast and crew members bring the production to life.
1869The property traces its story to Elko's earliest years.
MultipleAttractions and seasonal experiences change over time.
RealA historic hotel atmosphere that cannot be built from plywood alone.
2026 Halloween Season Recap
Two Haunted Houses. Completely Different Fears.
Check In turns a hotel stay into a desperate fight to escape. Night Shift traps you in a pitch-black fun center with an unreliable lantern and moving animatronics.
Night Shift
The fun center is closed. You are still inside. Find your way out before the animatronics find you.
Behind the Screams
It takes more than 100 people to haunt a hotel.
Scare actors, makeup artists, costumers, builders, scenic artists, prop fabricators, lighting teams, audio crews, animatronics support, security, ticketing, guest services, attraction managers, actor trainers, and backstage support all work together to create the moments guests remember.
Real History
The hotel was here long before the haunted house.
The Commercial Hotel's story began with the Humboldt Lodging House in 1869. The brick core of the building standing today was constructed in the 1890s.
Over the generations, the property has welcomed travelers, gamblers, entertainers, celebrities, workers, and countless residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history also includes documented tragedy, violent deaths connected with the property, local ghost stories, and reports of unexplained activity.
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A new nightmare every year.
The Haunted Commercial Hotel is rebuilt and reimagined from season to season. New rooms, pathways, characters, effects, costumes, and scares are introduced regularly.
The hotel's history remains. The nightmare changes.
More than 100 people. Multiple haunted attractions. One historic hotel brought back from the dead.
Featured on Ghost Adventures
National attention for one of Elko's most storied buildings.
In 2023, Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew came to Elko to investigate the Commercial Hotel for the episode "Abandoned in Elko." The episode explored the property's history, longstanding ghost stories, and reported paranormal activity.
The television investigation did not prove the building is haunted. No paranormal experience is guaranteed.
Different Ways to Experience the Hotel
Historic tours and private paranormal adventures.
The Halloween haunt season has ended. Explore the hotel's history and paranormal stories through our year-round tours.
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The building has a past. We bring it back to life.
