The ‘Buddies’ Expertise Is Coming to Las Vegas — What to Know

Cue up The Rembrandts and seize your besties to bounce across the well-known Buddies fountain, “The Buddies Expertise” is establishing a West Coast flagship location in Las Vegas to assist have fun the present’s thirtieth anniversary.  

Dubbed “The One in Vegas,” this Buddies Expertise — very similar to the touring variations — will put guests proper on the recreated units of the hit present. Visitors can chill in Monica’s condo, loosen up within the Central Perk coffeehouse, and chill, actually, in Chandler and Joey’s black lazy boy recliners. And, in true homage to Sin Metropolis, Buddies followers can reenact Ross and Rachel’s iconic wedding ceremony scene and bust via the marriage chapel doorways.  

“Las Vegas is the right vacation spot to debut The Buddies Expertise’s second U.S. flagship location,” Stacy Moscatelli, CEO of Authentic X Productions, an organization recognized for its immersive experiences, mentioned in a press release. “Not solely does the town appeal to tens of millions of Buddies followers yearly, however Las Vegas performs an integral function within the collection that includes among the present’s most iconic and hilarious moments.”

Along with the nostalgia-packed units, followers will get a behind-the-scenes peek into the present’s manufacturing and have the ability to view props and costumes. 

Within the 5 years because it launched, “The Buddies Expertise” has traveled to 24 cities checking off eight nations alongside the way in which. Its first everlasting location was in New York Metropolis, the place the collection was set, with Las Vegas and London getting their very own anchored activations. 

Calling Buddies “nothing wanting phenomenal,” Peter van Roden, senior vice chairman of Warner Bros. Discovery World Themed Leisure, mentioned in a press release: “We’ve seen followers from everywhere in the world embrace the possibility to relive their favourite moments and join with the present in a complete new method. With Las Vegas premiering because the West Coast flagship, there’s much more to stay up for as we proceed celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Buddies.”

The all-ages activation opens later this 12 months at MGM Grand — a property with its personal ties to Hollywood. The resort was as soon as residence to a Wizard of Oz attraction and the MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park, a mini model of Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Common Studios that lasted from 1993 to 2002.  

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