Current Attraction To Be Announced
The next nightmare is under construction.
The next full-intensity haunted attraction will be announced with current dates, age guidance, and ticket details before the season opens.
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A Real Hotel. A Dark History. A Haunt Like No Other.
The Haunted Commercial Hotel
Northeastern Nevada's Largest Halloween Event
A real historic hotel. Multiple haunted attractions. More than 100 cast and crew. One unforgettable night of fear.
The hotel is waiting. Will you check out alive?
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.
Current Season
Multiple Attractions. Completely Different Fears.
The number, names, themes, and experiences may change from season to season. This section is built from editable WordPress attraction cards so the current season can be updated without rewriting the evergreen website.
Additional Haunted Experience To Be Announced
Different rooms. Different fears.
Each season may bring new rooms, pathways, characters, effects, and experiences. This card is ready for the next attraction announcement.
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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
Seasonal events, tours, and private groups.
Along with full-intensity nighttime attractions, the Commercial may offer lights-on walkthroughs, family-friendly Halloween events, trick-or-treat experiences, behind-the-scenes tours, limited-run attraction nights, and private group experiences.
Current Season Schedule
Dates, prices, hours, and ticket links for the current season will appear here when announced.
Lights-On Walkthroughs
Lower-intensity lights-on experiences may be offered on select dates for families, curious guests, and those who want to see the building without the full scare show.
Private Group Experiences
Private tours and special group experiences may be arranged by advance request and are subject to staff availability, building conditions, and safety requirements.
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The building has a past. We bring it back to life.
