"While we are no longer pursuing our original hotel concept, Meow Wolf is excited to be a part of the Phoenix community and our plan is to open a permanent exhibition in the next few years," Meow Wolf said in a statement Wednesday via its public relations firm. Phoenix New Times was first to report the development news. However, the New Mexico-based art collective said it still intends to open some sort of permanent art exhibition in the area eventually. Unfortunately, those plans for Meow Wolf's first immersive hotel project in downtown Phoenix have been scrapped two years after they were announced, ABC15 has learned. A 75,000-square-foot art exhibition and a 10,000-square-foot performance hall. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.A 400-room art-centric hotel - a mix of glamping, capsule rooms, and "absurd luxury suites" near Phoenix's Roosevelt Row artist district. Meow Wolf has had about 3 million visitors over the lifespan of its three current locations, officials said. In Houston, we’ll engage a burgeoning arts community in the most diverse city in the nation, which we believe will result in a groundswell of revolutionary artistic expression.” In Grapevine, we’ll be leaning into the energy of a shopping center - a nostalgic place for many of us, where families gather and young adults often find their first moments of freedom. “Of course, the locations themselves are also creative prompts. The Texas experiences will be deeply rooted in artist collaboration and connected by concealed Easter eggs,” said Dale Sheehan, executive creative director, in the statement. “We’ve never designed two exhibitions in the same state at the same time. “An exact name for the exhibition will be announced at a later date.”Īs part of its psychedelic-flavored themes and marketing, the company is again referring to the locations as “portals.” The Grapevine, Texas, exhibition will be located in Grapevine Mills, “within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex,” according to the press statement. But the new locations have been planned for awhile, officials said. The timing of the new locations means that the company will have quadrupled its public offerings in about three years. Meow Wolf has grown fast in recent years as it’s attracted hundreds of millions in investment dollars, expanding from Santa Fe’s House of Eternal Return exhibition - which opened in 2016 and has become a tourist magnet with its surreal sculptures and environments - to Las Vegas’ Omega Mart and Denver’s Convergence Station, both of which opened last year. “Opening a permanent exhibition in the largest and one of the most diverse states in the country has been on Meow Wolf’s radar for years, and we are excited to be formally underway.” “The Meow Wolf story universe is expanding, and Texas holds the keys to our next chapters,” said Jose Tolosa, CEO of Meow Wolf, in a press statement. The installations will open in 20, respectively. The Santa Fe-based company announced the new installations on Wednesday, naming both Grapevine, Texas, and Houston as the new locations. Meow Wolf will open a pair of new immersive-entertainment installations over the next two years, adding to its portfolio of destinations that already includes Santa Fe, Denver and Las Vegas. Wednesday, December 13th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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