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LAS VEGAS TITANIC EXHIBITION OFFERS NEW PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ON GRAND STAIRCASE

18/07/2000

July 18, 2000
LAS VEGAS (JULY 18)- "Titanic: The Exhibition," presented by SFX Entertainment, Inc. and RMS Titanic, Inc. exclusively at the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino, is now offering a photo opportunity on its famous Grand Staircase for exhibit guests.

Visitors can now have their pictures taken by a professional photographer while standing on a magnificent reproduction of the Grand Staircase, considered the Titanic's "crown jewel." The reproduction includes the first of four stories, the glass dome and crystal chandelier. The golden oak staircase is complemented by a tiled floor, the pattern designed specifically for the Titanic.

Prices start at $16.95 (which includes the optional wearing of a period costume).

The exhibit also features newly arrived artifacts recovered from the depths of Titanic's wreck site, 2 1/2 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic. The newly arrived artifacts include a porthole; gold wristwatch, blue porcelain saucer and cup, double water faucets; tool handle; silver dish, three rivets, handwritten and typed letters, ceramic fuses, hardware brace, fragment of a comb; and hand mirror.

Throughout the exhibition, Titanic's artifacts are interspersed with multimedia displays that place them as they would have been seen and used by those aboard Titanic. A featured element of the exhibition will be the never-before-seen D-Deck door - used by first-class passengers to board the Titanic. The door weighs 1,600 pounds.

"Titanic: The Exhibition" brings back to life the unforgettable tale of the world's most famous maritime disaster, from the grandeur and spectacle of her design, to the personal stories of her passengers, to the tragic night of April 14, 1912, and to her subsequent discovery and the recovery of her artifacts on the ocean floor. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to re-live her mighty construction, preparation for sailing, launching and final farewells, while experiencing the human stories behind the artifacts recovered from Titanic, 2 1/2 miles beneath the ocean's surface.

In addition to the D-Deck door and the newly arrived artifacts, "Titanic: The Exhibition" also displays a pedestal for the ship's wheel, a ship's whistle, an unknown passenger's suit of clothes, pair of shoes, reading glasses, a corked champagne bottle, ceramic floor tile, silver dinnerware, fine china, gold coins, jewelry, and dedicate paper objects such as personal letters and paper currency.

Reproduced rooms include a first-class hallway, the Veranda Caf? (the Titanic's splendid a la carte restaurant, finely decorated with rattan furniture and potted palms), a parlor, and second-class sleeping quarters. The efforts of RMS Titanic, Inc., in its capacity as exclusive salvor of the wreck of the Titanic, prevents plundering of the wreck site for private individual gain. In a June 1998 ruling, the Court commended the company for "maximizing the wreck's historical value and returning the wreck's artifacts to society for the general use and education of all mankind." During the years 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998, research and recovery expeditions conducted by RMS Titanic, Inc. have recovered approximately 5,000 artifacts from the Titanic wreck site. The next expedition is scheduled for July 20, 2000.

More than 4,000,000 people have attended exhibitions of the company's Titanic artifacts throughout the world in venues such as St. Paul, Minnesota; Zurich, Switzerland; Tokyo and other cities in Japan; Boston, Massachusetts; Hamburg, Germany; St. Petersburg, Florida; Memphis, Tennessee, Long Beach, California and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. More information about RMS Titanic, Inc. is available at its web site at www.titanic-online.com .

"Titanic: The Exhibition" is open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Ticket prices: $15.95 for adults, $9.95 for children under 14. Nevada residents, as well as senior citizens, receive $1 discount with valid I.D. The family ticket, which includes two adults and two children, is priced at $39.95 Tickets available through TicketMaster and at the Titanic Exhibition Box Office. Ticket price includes use of audio-tour headset. Limited engagement. For more information or group rates, phone 702-252-0315.

SFX Entertainment, Inc. is one of the premiere entertainment companies in the world. SFX owns and operates the largest network of live event venues in the United States, and develops and manages touring Broadway shows, among other aspects of its significant enterprises.

The world-class Rio Suite Hotel & Casino is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE-HET) and offers more than 2,500 suites, live entertainment at its best with the famous "Masquerade Show in the Sky," 17 award-winning restaurants, the world's largest public collection of fine and rare wines, shopping and championship golf course Rio Secco. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the most recognized and respected name in the casino entertainment industry operating 18 casinos in the United States under the Harrah's, Showboat and Rio brand names.

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