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Haunted-as-Heck Hotel from The Shining Wants You To Design its New Hedge Maze

Don't even think of changing the carpet, though. That's perfect just the way it is.

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He’s so over these fan designs.

The Stanley Hotel, a historic and MAD HAUNTED landmark in Estes Park, Colorado that inspired Stephen King’s The Shining, is now holding a public contest to help design a massive hedge maze in honor of the Kubrick film.

Applicants must plot a 61,500-square-foot maze to be built on the Stanley Hotel grounds that will incorporate 1,600 to 2,000 Aspen currant hedge bushes and be capable of withstanding assaults from telepathic mischief makers.

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The deadline to enter is January 31st; if you need some inspiration, the Stanley has provided a template and prototype maze. (Séances may also prove fruitful.)

Although the winner won’t receive a monetary prize (so forget about adding to your hedge fund; yes, I’ll see myself out), their name will be “placed on a recognition placard in the center of the maze.”

As Gizmodo points out, entering the contest will at the very least give applicants an excuse to road-trip to Colorado and see the Stanley for themselves–rumor has it The Shining plays constantly on channel 42 of the guest room TVs.

(via Gizmodo)

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