07/09/2026
We are so excited the news is finally public!!!
Evil Intentions Haunted House is returning to Elgin, IL after two seasons in Maple Park, with plans to move into the five-story, 21,000-square-foot Heider Electric Supply Co. building at 80 N. State St. in downtown Elgin. The Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously backed a conditional use permit for the project at its meeting Monday, as reported by the Daily Herald and Dundee Daily News. Owner Mike Fitzpatrick ran the haunt for nearly 20 years at the former Elgin Casket Co. building before relocating, and the new attraction would use all five floors of the 1800s-era building for a roughly 30-minute tour running six weeks from late September, staffed by about 120 actors, makeup artists, and set designers.
Projections presented at the meeting estimate 25,000 visitors per season and about $1 million in local economic impact. City planning staff said roughly 75 percent of guests buy timed tickets online, with a queue area holding about 1,000 people and five to seven guests entering every 60 seconds, peaking at an estimated 2,500 visitors on the weekend before Halloween. Online ticket buyers will be directed to public lots east of the Fox River and shuttled to the building, with 360 backup spaces secured nearby. Fitzpatrick eventually plans to operate the venue year-round with escape rooms and a horror-themed bar on the first floor.
