Fear Farm Halloween attraction seeks new home for 2025

After four years in Glendale, the annual scary attraction will be moving to new digs.

April 18, 2025

Fear Farm will be leaving its current location in Glendale. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group

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Each Halloween season, folks around the Valley look forward to a visit to Fear Farm, the scary attraction that treats guests to multiple haunted houses, a spooky corn maze, rides and more.

But for 2025 and beyond, the popular destination will have a new home.

Fear Farm's owner-operator, 13th Floor Entertainment, recently announced that its lease has been canceled and that the attraction will be in a different location for 2025 and beyond.

13th Floor spokesperson Samantha Beranek said that the company experienced an "an unexpected and early cancellation" of its lease just before the 2024 holidays.

The land at 6801 N. 99th Ave. in Glendale is owned by the Rovey family, who have been farming in the Phoenix area for more than a century. Fear Farm moved to the property in 2021; previously, it spent about 20 years on land near 99th Avenue and McDowell Road in West Phoenix.

Jason Rovey told Phoenix New Times that the decision was made to cancel the lease because "we desire to do multiple events a year there, and the way that Fear Farm was, historically, on its original spot and the way it was for several years on our spot, they have a corn maze, and to have a corn maze, you have to grow corn. So it takes a bunch of the year and it kind of limits how many things can potentially happen on the property."

Rovey also said that the family has entered into an agreement with local event production and management company The Pride Group for it to manage the facility in the hopes of hosting multiple events there each year.

Berankek says that 13th Floor is "currently looking at several potential opportunities. At this time, we do not have a new location to announce.

"In the past, we have operated on roughly 40 acres including both event space and parking. We are looking to maintain that amount of space, but do have the flexibility to operate on a slightly smaller footprint."

For more information and updates, visit the Fear Farm website.

Jennifer Goldberg is the Senior Editor of Culture at Phoenix New Times. She joined the New Times staff in February 2016. In her role, Jennifer writes and publishes profiles of both local and regional musicians, previews upcoming performances and provides guides on the best of Phoenix’s entertainment scene. She also oversees the Best of Phoenix. Jennifer previously worked for Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. During her career, Jennifer has received awards from the Arizona Press Club, the Arizona Newspaper Association and the American Jewish Press Association. She holds a bachelor’s of arts in English from Arizona State University.

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