Palms' Haunted Inn: Free 21+ Halloween Pop-Up Through Oct 31
Here is a sentence you do not read often in Las Vegas in October: a Halloween attraction with a $0 cover charge. The Haunted Inn at the Palms is a free, 21-and-over haunted-hotel pop-up running on the casino floor through October 31 — roaming ghosts, live seances, live music and comedy, and drinks served in blood bags and skull vessels. Admission costs nothing. Here is the full breakdown.
The Deal
Price: free admission. No cover, no ticket, no reservation mentioned — just walk in.
Dates: September 30 through October 31, 2026.
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 5 p.m. to close. Dark on Mondays and Tuesdays — plan around that.
Age: 21 and over only. Leave the kids at home for this one.
Where: On the Palms casino floor near Scotch 80 Prime, 4321 W. Flamingo Road. Parking at the Palms is free.
What You Get for $0
This is not a haunted house with actors jumping out of closets — it is a haunted-hotel walk-through and pop-up bar. You check in at an antique front desk, wander through a haunted forest and cemetery set, and trade ghost stories with roaming costumed characters. The
evening includes live seances plus live music and comedy sets, so it plays as much like a night out as an attraction.
The food and drink menu leans all the way into the theme: cocktails and mocktails (the alcohol-free options mean designated drivers are welcome), specialty burgers and "bat wings," served in blood bags, skull vessels, and mini coffins. Fun to order, fun to photograph.
The Fine Print (Read This Part)
Free admission does not mean a free night — food and drinks are priced separately, a la carte.
One early review put it well: go for the decor, the drinks, and the roaming characters, not for dinner. Treat it as a themed bar with free entertainment rather than a restaurant, and you will have the right expectations.
21+ only — this is an adults-only concept, no exceptions listed.
Closed Monday and Tuesday. Showing up on the wrong night is the easiest way to ruin the plan.
It is a pop-up on a working casino floor, so expect casino noise and foot traffic around the edges of the experience.
The Deal Math
For context on what $0 cover is worth: paid haunted attractions around town are running $25 to $35 a ticket this season. A couple doing the Haunted Inn instead of a ticketed haunt keeps $50 to $70 in their pocket — enough to cover the themed cocktails and still come out ahead. That is the whole pitch: a full Halloween night out where the entertainment line item is zero dollars.
Timing note: with Freakling Bros. sitting out the 2026 season, this is also the year the Haunted
Inn has the least competition for Halloween-night plans. It will not be a secret for long — go on a weeknight if you want the characters to yourself.
How to Go
Pick a night: Wednesday through Sunday, any time from 5 p.m. Weeknights will be quieter than weekends.
Get there: Palms Casino Resort, 4321 W. Flamingo Road — just west of the Strip. Parking is free.
Find it: on the casino floor near Scotch 80 Prime; look for the antique front desk.
Budget: admission is free; bring money only for whatever you want to eat or drink.
Free Halloween entertainment on the casino floor through October 31. If you go, the blood-bag cocktail is the photo to take — your group chat will thank you.
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