The annual Star Trek Las Vegas convention — held in early August each year — has been a giant question mark for the last several months, as fans wonder if the big gathering of Trek fans was still going to occur during these questionable times of social distancing.
Today, convention organizer Creation Entertainment announced that this year’s convention is still on sensors, but moving to a new date — and a new location — for 2020’s event.
Originally scheduled for the first week of August, Star Trek Las Vegas 2020 is now set for December 9-13, and the even has been relocated from the traditional Rio Hotel & Casino location to the brand new Caesar’s Forum conference center facility in Las Vegas.
Here’s the official word from Creation:
During these challenging times, the safety of our Star Trek convention attendees, celebrities and staff is the utmost importance to us. We have continued to monitor the local, federal and international protocols concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, and while we had hoped that our Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas could take place in August, due to the unprecedented circumstances, we must postpone and move to a new venue.
The 19th Annual Star Trek Convention’s NEW DATE is now December 9-13, 2020 and is beaming into Caesars Forum Conference Center Las Vegas, the brand-new state of the art, $375 million facility located in the heart of the famed Las Vegas Strip! Caesars Forum Conference Center features direct access to our new host hotel, the newly renovated Harrah’s Las Vegas!
William Shatner, Walter Koenig and more guests have confirmed the new date, and we are currently working on more confirmations. Please check the website for updates!
If you wish to hold your same seat or general admission, as well as a la carte autograph and photo op tickets, you do not need to do anything. Your tickets and same seating will be transferred to the new date and updated tickets will be sent to you via the email address you used at the time of purchase within a few weeks. Your original ticket will no longer be valid.
Attendees must cancel their hotel reservations at this time. We will have revised booking links shortly so you can re-book your hotel reservations for the new date.
As for flight cancellations, many air carriers have amended their policies and procedures during this health crisis to accommodate customers. Please contact your airlines directly for information.
If you’d like a refund for the Star Trek Vegas Convention, please contact customer.service@creationent.com. The deadline for refund requests for the convention is June 19, 2020 (please include your invoice number and the convention name/city in your email).
If you do not request a refund by the deadline, your admission passes and a la carte photo op and autograph tickets will be transferred to the new date. Refunds will begin to be processed after the deadline date. Please allow up to 8 weeks from the deadline date for your request to be processed.
We appreciate your patience and continued support and look forward to seeing everyone in December!
Like many of you, we’re still debating if our team is going to attend the Star Trek Las Vegas convention this year — as much as we want to, the ongoing pandemic situation has yet to be anywhere near resolved — so we’ve got a few more months now to make that decision.
Keep checking back for all the latest Star Trek convention news!