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Don't Look Under the Bed Escape Room at Third Gate Escape | ThirdGateEscape.com | Call or text (702) 287-4290 to book.
6820 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 8, Las Vegas, NV 89146
702-287-4290
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Open year-round, holidays included
Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday, October 31, which makes it the single busiest Halloween night Las Vegas has had in years. Everything worth doing splits into four groups: haunted attractions you walk through, immersive experiences you play, costume parties and nightlife, and family-friendly daytime events.
The walk-throughs last about fifteen minutes. The experiences you play last one to three hours. If you only have one night, that difference decides your whole plan.
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🎃 Number One Escape Room — Halloween Escape Room Fright Experience
Phone: (702) 528-1459 — phone booking only for the Fright Experience
Website: NumberOneEscapeRoom.com
Locations:
1775 E. Tropicana Ave., Ste. 100, Las Vegas, NV 89119 — minutes off the south Strip
6820 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89146
Hours:
Mon–Thu: 12 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Fri: 12 p.m.–1 a.m.
Sat: 10:30 a.m.–1 a.m.
Sun: 12 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Price: $119 per player
Duration: 3 hours, up to 5 rooms
Dates: September 6 through November 1, 2026
👁 Third Gate Escape — Don’t Look Under the Bed
Phone: (702) 287-4290
Website: ThirdGateEscape.com — book online
Email: [email protected]
Address: 6820 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 8, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Hours:
Sun, Mon, Wed & Thu: 1–9 p.m.
Fri & Sat: 1–11 p.m.
Closed Tuesday
Duration: 70 minutes
Group Size: Fully private, up to 16 players
Live Actor: Included in every game
Halloween night is Saturday — the 11 p.m. game is available, and it’s the most-requested slot of the year.
Quick Answers
What day is Halloween 2026?
Saturday, October 31, 2026
When does Halloween season start in Las Vegas?
Early September — it no longer waits for October
Is Freakling Bros open in 2026?
No. Paused for the 2026 season, returning in 2027
What’s open on Halloween night itself?
Escape rooms, Universal Horror Unleashed, nightclubs, Fremont Street
Best option for a group of 6–20 people?
A three-hour escape room block, not a walk-through haunt
Booking window?
Halloween weekend sells out weeks ahead — book by early October
What's Different About Halloween 2026 in Las Vegas
Two things changed this year.
Freakling Bros. Horror Shows is dark again. After pausing the 2025 season, the company announced it is also sitting out 2026 and returning in 2027. For thirty-plus years Freakling was the default answer to “what haunted house should we do in Vegas?” It is not an option this Halloween, and the crowds it used to absorb are going somewhere else.
Halloween season now opens in September. The Halloween Escape Room Fright Experience at Number One Escape Room runs September 6 through November 1, 2026 — every day, day or night. If you are visiting Las Vegas in September or October at all, you do not have to wait for Halloween weekend to get the season.
Haunted Attractions You Walk Through
Asylum & Hotel Fear — Two connected haunted houses at Meadows Mall, one ticket for both. Asylum is marking its 26th season, which makes it the longest continuously running haunt in the city. Runs October nights only.
Universal Horror Unleashed at AREA15 — Four themed haunted houses inside a permanent, year-round horror venue on South Rancho Drive. Not recommended for children under 13. Open outside of October, which makes it a reliable fallback if you are here at an odd time.
Ghost tours and paranormal walks — Downtown and Boulder City both run haunted history walks. Lower intensity, good for mixed groups who don’t want to be chased.
The honest limitation: a walk-through haunt moves you along a fixed path in ten to fifteen minutes. You wait in line longer than you’re inside. On Halloween weekend, those lines are long.
Immersive Experiences You Play Instead
This is the category most Halloween guides skip, and it’s the one that actually fills a night.
The Halloween Escape Room Fright Experience
Number One Escape Room turns both Las Vegas locations spookier for the season and runs a three-hour, lights-out block called The Darkest Hours.
Dates: September 6 – November 1, 2026, daily, day or night
Price: $119 per player, three hours, four-player minimum, up to 40 players
Rooms: Up to five back-to-back — Witch House, The Cabin (Chapter One), The Shed (Chapter Two), CHAINED — Seven Deadly Sins, Voodoo Lounge, and The Dark Side of Red Riding Hood
Scare level is yours to pick:
- Level 1 Spooky
- Level 2 Scary
- Level 3 Extra Scary
Live actor add-on: $200, and it changes the night completely
Costumes encouraged. Ask for the free Seven Deadly Sins trick-or-treat bag while supplies last.
Booking: Call (702) 528-1459 — the Fright Experience cannot be booked online.
Locations:
1775 E. Tropicana Ave., Ste. 100, Las Vegas, NV 89119 — minutes off the south Strip
6820 W. Sahara Ave.
Individual games run year-round too: $29 per person for CHAINED and Voodoo Lounge, $45 for most rooms, and $65 for the two-hour Cabin & Shed Combo, the signature back-to-back play.
Voodoo Lounge is the only rotating-platform escape room in the world. Minimum age is 10; under 16 needs an adult.
Don’t Look Under the Bed
Third Gate Escape on West Sahara devotes an entire standalone building to one experience, and it is the closest thing Las Vegas has to walking into a horror film instead of past one.
- 70 minutes — the only 70-minute escape room in Las Vegas
- Fully private, up to 16 players
- Every single game includes a live actor, the Butler. A second actor can be added
- No one touches you. They don’t have to
- 5.0 stars, 1,800+ reviews
- ESCAPETHEROOMers Best Horror 2024
- Carcass Studios Best Set Design 2024
Halloween night lands on a Saturday, which means the 11:00 p.m. slot is available — the most-requested booking of the year. Ask for double scares: highest scare level plus the added actor.
Hours: Sun, Mon, Wed & Thu 1–9 p.m.; Fri & Sat 1–11 p.m.; closed Tuesday.
Arrive 15 minutes early.
Address: 6820 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 8, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Phone: (702) 287-4290
Website: ThirdGateEscape.com
Between the two venues: nine Best of Las Vegas 2026 nominations from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a FOX5 Vegas Viewer’s Choice Award, Vegas People’s Choice Gold, and more than 13,000 five-star reviews.
Costume Parties and Nightlife
Every major nightclub and dayclub on the Strip runs a Halloween block from roughly October 29 through November 1, usually with a headlining DJ and a costume contest.
Rooftop parties downtown at Circa and the Mob Museum’s Underground tend to be the better-value alternative to a $100 club cover.
Costume rule people learn the hard way: casinos do not allow full-face coverings, realistic horror masks, or simulated weapons on the gaming floor. You need to be identifiable. Plan a mask you can carry, not one you’re stuck in.
Family-Friendly Halloween in Las Vegas
- Trick-or-treat trails at shopping centers and retail plazas across the valley, mostly late afternoon on the 31st
- Pumpkin patches and harvest festivals in Summerlin, Henderson, and Moapa Valley — carnival rides, corn mazes, fair food
- Witch House at Number One Escape Room — the family-fun room, hocus-pocus magic and colorful spells, and the one you actually want to wear costumes into
- Scare level 1 keeps it fun for kids 10 and up
A Halloween Night Plan That Actually Works
Afternoon (2–5 p.m.): Trick-or-treat trail or pumpkin patch with the kids, or a late lunch off-Strip while the Strip fills up.
Early evening (5–8 p.m.): One walk-through haunt, early, before the lines triple.
Prime time (8–11 p.m.): Your anchor. A three-hour Fright Experience block, or the 11 p.m. Don’t Look Under the Bed game on Saturday night.
Late (midnight on): Fremont Street or a club, still in costume.
The mistake most groups make is stacking four fifteen-minute attractions and spending the night in parking lots and queues. Anchor the evening with one thing that lasts, then fill around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What day is Halloween in 2026?
Saturday, October 31, 2026. Because it falls on a Saturday, the whole weekend of October 29 through November 1 runs as Halloween in Las Vegas.
Is Freakling Bros happening in 2026?
No. Freakling Bros. Horror Shows is paused for the 2026 season and plans to return in 2027 with Gates of Hell, COVEN of 13, and a new haunt called The Nest.
What’s the scariest thing to do in Las Vegas on Halloween?
For live-actor horror, Don’t Look Under the Bed at Third Gate Escape at the highest scare level with the second actor added. For sheer duration, the three-hour lights-out Fright Experience at Number One Escape Room.
What can I do on Halloween in Las Vegas with kids?
Witch House at Number One Escape Room at scare level 1, daytime trick-or-treat trails, and valley pumpkin patches. Minimum age for escape rooms is 10.
Do I need a reservation?
Yes. Halloween weekend books out weeks in advance, and the Fright Experience is phone-only at (702) 528-1459.
How much does Halloween in Las Vegas cost?
Walk-through haunts run roughly $30–$80 per person. Escape rooms run $29–$65 per person year-round, or $119 for the three-hour Halloween Fright Experience. Club covers on Halloween night are typically the most expensive item of the night.
What’s open on Halloween night itself, October 31?
Escape rooms, Universal Horror Unleashed, October-season haunts on their final weekend, Fremont Street, and every club on the Strip. Third Gate Escape runs until its 11 p.m. Saturday slot.
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Number One Escape Room
1775 E. Tropicana Ave., Ste. 100 and 6820 W. Sahara Ave.
(702) 528-1459
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Third Gate Escape / Don’t Look Under the Bed
6820 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 8
(702) 287-4290
ThirdGateEscape.com
Number One Escape Room and Third Gate Escape are independently owned and operated in Las Vegas, Nevada.