Last year, Forbes Media “secret shopped” the event and named it one of the Seven World’s Scariest Haunted Houses. For longtime organizers, the recognition confirmed what locals already knew: the Irvin is no ordinary Halloween gimmick.
Truth is, nobody does this kind of whimsical civic experience quite like the DECC. Remember their other big swings? The glitzy Bentleyville Christmas village that practically owns our lakefront each winter. The rollicking Oktoberfest.
Organizations send their volunteers to help with the DECC's public purpose — essential event tasks ranging from showing guests their seats to concession stand support. In return, the DECC contributes $10.59 per volunteer hour to these organizations.
By Lucie Amundsen While guests have been touring the beautiful William A. Irvin floating maritime museum this summer, down in the ship’s hold the 2023 Haunted Ship has been morphing into fresh horror. Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) Haunted Ship crew members traveled to St. Louis in February to
By Lucie Amundsen The William A. Irvin has always been an entertaining place for kids, and not just because children ten and under are free with a paying adult. The go-at-your-own-pace vintage freighter tour has always been a wonderful setting for littles to let their imaginations set sail. Now, the
Embracing the spooky season, the DECC offers a special pairing of its beloved Duluth Haunted Ship with two performances of Vampire Circus, a cirque show.
It seems that every week I get a sad email to hello@decc.org. It’s someone bemoaning an expensive error when purchasing show tickets, be that something at the DECC’s Symphony Hall or a blow-out concert at AMSOIL arena or Bayfront Festival Park. What mistake are they making?
