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[PREVIEW] Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2013 With Over 100 Guests, Including Shatner, Brooks, Mulgrew, Takei

PREVIEW: Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2013 With Over 100 Guests, Including Shatner, Brooks, Mulgrew, and Takei
PREVIEW: Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2013 With Over 100 Guests, Including Shatner, Brooks, Mulgrew, and Takei

Next week, thousands of Star Trek fans will descend upon Las Vegas, Nevada for the world’s largest Star Trek convention as Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention returns to the Rio Suites Hotel & Casino.

Kicking off Thursday, August 8th, the convention runs through Sunday, August 11th with over 100 celebrity guests. Announced guests include William Shatner, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Alice Eve, Terry Farrell, Nicole de Boer, Alexander Siddig, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, John de Lancie, Robert Picardo, Linda Park, Denise Crosby, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonis, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Chase Masterson, and many more.

TNG reunion panel from STLV 2012

TNG reunion panel from STLV 2012

Kate Mulgrew at STLV 2012

Kate Mulgrew at STLV 2012

Fans attending this year’s convention will be able to purchase tickets for a wide variety of meet-and-greets, autographs, and photo ops. Some of the special food funtions include a Voyager/Enterpise lunch with Tim Russ, Jennifer Lien, Linda Park, Dominic Keating, Garrett Wang, Ethan Phillips, and Robert Picardo, along with a 20th Anniversary of Deep Space Nine luncheon with Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Nana Visitor, Terry Farrell, Armin Shimerman, James Darren, Aron Eisenberg, Nicole de Boer, Casey Biggs, Chase Masterson, Jeffrey Combs, Marc Alaimo, Max Grodenchik, and Andy Robinson.

Restored Enterprise-D Bridge

Restored Enterprise-D Bridge

In addition to the guests, the dealers’ room will be filled with vendors from around the world and will give fans the opportunity to purchase a wide variety of Star Trek and sci-fi memorabilia. Huston Huddleston’s restored Enterprise-D bridge will also be on display for fans to sit down and take photos, thanks to a fundraiser spearheaded by our friends at Trek Radio.

Fans during the 2011 Guinness World Record attempt in Las Vegas

Fans during the 2011 Guinness World Record attempt in Las Vegas

This year, the fans in Las Vegas will attempt regain the world record for the most people in Star Trek costumes in one place. The current record of 1063 was set at least year’s Star Trek London event.

TrekNews.net will be updating and tweeting live from the convention. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date with all the happenings, sights and sounds live from the show floor.

Will you be attending the Las Vegas convention? Tell us what you’re most looking forward to this year, in the comments below.

To purchase tickets and to see a complete schedule of events, visit Creation Entertainment.

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Founded TrekNews.net in 2011. UX, visual designer, and published photographer based in the Boston area. Connoisseur of Star Trek, sci-fi, '80s horror, synthwave sounds, and tacos. You can follow Brian on Twitter @brianwilkins.

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