HallOVeen is coming back to the Magical Forest at 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. in Las Vegas this fall, kicking off Opportunity Village's 13th annual haunted-season fundraiser. The event runs from Oct. 2 through Oct. 31, with general admission tickets priced at $24 and children under 3 getting in free.
According to FOX5 Vegas, organizers introduced date-specific ticketing for the first time this year, meaning visitors now have to select their attendance date at the point of purchase rather than showing up whenever they please. Bob Brown told the station that Opportunity Village "opens the HallOVeen gates each October and welcomes the Las Vegas community."
Rides, Slides and a Haunted Forest Walk
This year's lineup includes mini golf, the haunted Magical Forest walking path, and the 50-foot Avalanche Slide, per the station's report. Guests can also wander through Hal & Hally's Slightly Spooky Funhouse, cool off near the Wizard's Wondrous Whirlpool, ride Cheyenne's Enchanted Carousel and the Forest Express Train, and browse the Magical Midway.
The park is open Sunday through Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the outlet reports. HallOVeen has grown into one of Opportunity Village's largest annual fundraisers since it debuted 13 years ago.
Funding Services for Thousands of Nevadans
Opportunity Village supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and events like HallOVeen help keep that mission funded. The nonprofit serves more than 3,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities annually across Southern Nevada and operates as one of the state's largest employers of people with disabilities, according to Opportunity Village.
Roughly 10% of Las Vegas residents under 65 live with a disability, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates cited by the nonprofit — well below the more than 27% of U.S. adults nationwide who report living with a disability per CDC estimates. A 2006 policy analysis from the Institute for Community Inclusion found that Nevada historically placed 47% of participating adults with intellectual disabilities into facility-based work programs, one of the highest rates among states surveyed at the time.
Where the Ticket Money Goes
Testimony submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce outlined Opportunity Village's public-private funding model, showing commercial contract services generate 45% of its operating budget while community fundraising — the bucket HallOVeen ticket sales fall into — supplies another 30%, according to the committee's records. Government grants and fees make up the remaining 25%.
That structure means the $24 admission fee is not just covering a night of Halloween rides — it is helping sustain vocational training, housing and habilitation programs the nonprofit runs year-round.
A 70-Year Las Vegas Institution
Opportunity Village was chartered in July 1954, after seven Las Vegas families came together to create education and vocational programs for children with disabilities who otherwise had no access to public schooling, according to the organization's own history. The Magical Forest venue where HallOVeen unfolds first opened in 1992 as the nonprofit's flagship winter holiday event, and it has run for more than 30 consecutive seasons since, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
In August 2024, Opportunity Village marked its 70th anniversary by collecting community memorabilia for a time capsule, according to iHeart. The capsule is set to be buried at the nonprofit's new Northwest Campus site and reopened in 2054.
Bigger Plans Beyond the Haunted Forest
HallOVeen also arrives during a period of major growth for Opportunity Village. Hoodline reported in February that the nonprofit is building a $59 million Northwest Campus expansion, known as Betty's Village North, featuring 90 accessible homes alongside a workforce hub and day-habilitation facilities slated to open by the end of 2026.
The organization has also leaned on Las Vegas' business and sports community to help drive fundraising, recruiting former Las Vegas Raiders President Marc Badain to its Foundation Board in 2020. Opportunity Village's fall fundraiser has a winter counterpart, too — the Las Vegas Great Santa Run 5K and 1-mile walk, entering its 22nd year in December 2026 as another signature event supporting the nonprofit's programs.
