RIP SciFi World, forced to close its doors before ever actually opening them.
https://smdp.com/2024/06/19/santa-monicas-sci-fi-museum-goes-from-catastrophe-to-closure/ Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Their grand opening is supposed to be this coming week… it’s not going well > > > https://www.facebook.com/100069092586577/posts/pfbid0de3drxfygD7KqViAR7xxNRgVZQ3GKbb82aK4sB1c2QSRF5HvTfhvBZPXUrYhis7Rl/? > > “The last couple of weeks have been very rough, as two of our managing > staff left before we had everything finished, leaving us volunteers to fend > for ourselves, which has not been fun. We have a new CEO whose name we will > reveal soon, and is a well-known horror producer/director, but we still had > to quickly deal with the owners of our building, the city, and the fire > department. They have been extremely helpful, but we just couldn't get > everything we wanted done in time and to code with permits, including the > ceiling and walls for the Enterprise D Bridge set. We WILL be having our > opening Gala on May 27th, but we have to hold it in our parking lot, closed > off, with most of our props and video games being brought outside for photo > ops. This was the ONLY option the city gave us. After the big party, we > will reorganize with our new team, and see what is needed from the city to > get us open. Hopefully we can get this done in a few weeks. What we refuse > to do is give up, and to quote a certain captain, we don't believe in a > no-win scenario. 🖖” > > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM John Edwards <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> From the people who brought you the Willy Wonka Experience.... >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 1:08 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> https://scifiworld.org/ >>> >>> I started to see posts about a new science fiction “museum” soon to open >>> in Santa Monica, but the more I see of it, the worse it seems. >>> >>> Photos of the replica sets look like they were built by my middle >>> schoolers. Posts on their social offer cryptic things like “a big name >>> comic will be at our opening night party” but not reveal who. Oh, and they >>> brought in an “expert” to determine whether their building is haunted… ugh. >>> It all feels… well… half-assed and a little loopy. I hope I’m wrong and it >>> turns out to be great. >>> >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CUV4YHisqyF5dUACztYsTzxoZaD453ZGRCqsjuXJeGOA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CUV4YHisqyF5dUACztYsTzxoZaD453ZGRCqsjuXJeGOA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >> >> >>> >> >> -- >> John Edwards >> "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against >> incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMJ%3DMwh02jJEWwdgwrqnqQwsmQUuQKnfWa_Nai%3DQq07V5Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMJ%3DMwh02jJEWwdgwrqnqQwsmQUuQKnfWa_Nai%3DQq07V5Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Bqp9%3DKbt9ithUwDXPEXwcp7V0eK-FBMs87KFbr7%3DgKZA%40mail.gmail.com.
