Las Vegas Almost Had a Full Size Starship Enterprise
// April 10th, 2012 // No Comments » // Film, Strange & Bizarre, Tech
This would have been massive and crazy cool, but I’m not sure it’d be the universal attraction Vegas would profit from. Sure, Vegas ended up with the Star Trek Experience, but this would have been unprcedented — and out of place. It would have been great for Trekkies though.
But man, construction costs were $150,000,000 (in 1992 dollars).
Now It Can Be Told: The “Star Trek” Attraction that Almost Came to Life in 1992
I checked the date — it’s not April Fools Day. A group of prisoners in France will be cycling around, fostering teamwork. Breakaways and sprints will be disallowed and there are no rankings. So in reality, the Tour de France – Prison Edition is more of a supervised group ride, than a spring classic. This would have made Michael Scofield’s job in the first season of Prison Break a whole lot easier. He’d have just hired Lance Armstrong to get locked up and then would take a strong pull with the Scofields in tow.
While I would never buy this $40 t-shirt, it’s still a cool geeky setup, with built in sound effects. Check out the video on the page to see it in action.
