The store called it quits with zero fanfare or news coverage in May 2017 after a liquidation process where fans could purchase zombie and doomsday-inspired tchotchkes at garage sale prices.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t<\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/zombie-apocalypse-store-closes-las-vegas\\\/#arve-youtube-9ygzjzzt_tw\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/9YGzJZzt_tw?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWe’re saddened to learn of the passing of the Zombie Apocalypse Store, an undeniably memorable destination for “biter” fans and hardcore survivalists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17774\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-17774 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Zombie Apocalypse Store\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/zombie_apocalypse_store4.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here’s a photo from 2013, long before the Zombie Apocalypse Store apocalypse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe store housed a wide variety of zombie-related merchandise like emergency water filtration systems and food supplies, ammo, stun guns and roamer-killing weaponry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17771\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-17771 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Zombie Apocalypse Store\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/zombie_apocalypse_store3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not gonna lie, it got a little awkward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Zombie Apocalypse most recently hosted a 3-D zombie photo studio and zombie shooting gallery. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/six-new-things-at-the-zombie-apocalypse-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more<\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter a little more than five years of operation (the store opened in November 2011), the once-brisk zombie business began to decay, so the store’s owners decided to pivot to the booming Bitcoin business.<\/p>\nThat’s right, the Zombie Apocalypse Store has risen from the dead, becoming Bitcoin Central Las Vegas.<\/p>\nBitcoin, of course, is what’s known as an alternative currency, or digital currency. Bitcoin got its start in 2009 as the first decentralized cryptocurrency. There’s been a lot of buzz about Bitcoin recently as the digital currency’s value has skyrocketed.<\/p>\nAs with so many things in Las Vegas, we didn’t realize how attached we’d become to the Zombie Apocalypse Store until we learned it was gone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17772\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-17772 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Zombie Apocalypse Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/zombie_apocalypse_store2.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part tongue-in-cheek, part deadly serious, the Zombie Apocalypse Store was a singular Las Vegas attraction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nZombies in Las Vegas aren’t going down without a fight, however.<\/p>\nThere’s the Zombie Apocalypse Experience at Adventure Combat Ops, a Zombie Hunt package at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therange702.com\/experiences\/zombie-hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Range 702<\/a>, an upcoming zombie attraction called <a href=\"https:\/\/vegasexperience.com\/fear-walking-dead-survival-attraction-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear the Walking Dead: Survival<\/a> at Fremont Street Experience (where we work in digital marketing) and the well-reviewed Zombie Burlesque show at V Theater inside the Miracle Mile Shops.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It came in with an “Aaargh!” and went out with barely a whimper. 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