NEW YORK — The Big Apple is set to be turned Upside Down.
“Stranger Things: The Experience,” an immersive adventure for fans based on the hit Netflix sci-fi show, is coming to New York and San Francisco in the spring of 2022.
“This groundbreaking experience takes fans of the global hit series inside some of its most iconic settings on an intimate guided new adventure alongside their favorite characters before the chance to hang out and explore all the major locations from the show,” Netflix announced Tuesday in a joint release with event company, Fever, which teamed up to co-produce the experience.
The 1980s-set series follows Eleven, who has psychokinetic powers, and her pals in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, as they fight off evil creatures from the Upside Down, an alternate dimension.
That includes demogorgons. But the kids — Will, Mike, Dustin and Lucas, among them — also contend with corrupt humans from Hawkins Laboratory, which experimented on Eleven and is also where secret paranormal work created the portal to the Upside Down.
Those with tickets to the upcoming experience “will first embark on a perilous adventure through the darker side of Hawkins, including venturing into the infamous Hawkins Lab and the Upside Down,” the release reads. “This brand new storyline developed exclusively with the show’s creators will see guests propelled into a parallel universe where they will have to run the gauntlet of the terrors lurking in the dark and unlock their secret powers to help save the town.”
Tickets will start at $54 and be available starting July 8 at strangerthings-experience.com. Additional cities are expected to be announced in the future.
Next year’s event follows the “Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience” in Los Angeles, which kicked off last October and ran until June, selling out every day of its multi-month run and entertaining more than 300,000 guests over that time span.
As for the upcoming New York and San Fran events, the streaming service promises “mind-blowing audiovisual effects,” themed locations, demogorgon encounters in the Upside Down, and themed food and drinks.
“We know our 'Stranger Things' fans will embrace the chance to be the heroes of the story, working alongside Eleven, Mike and the rest of the gang to escape the evil threatening to consume Hawkins,” Greg Lombardo, head of experiences at Netflix, said in a statement.
Season 4 of “Stranger Things” is currently being filmed after being delayed due to COVID-19.
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