Interactive crime scene exhibit coming to MGM Grand

Las Vegas tourists will no longer need to stay in a seedy hotel to enjoy the rush of visiting a crime scene.

There are plans to launch CSI: The Experience, an interactive exhibit focused on the science of crime scene investigation, later this summer at MGM Grand.

It's a collaboration between CBS Consumer Products, the company that licenses Star Trek: The Experience, and event marketers EMS Exhibits and MGM Grand.

According to a description from CBS, CSI: The Experience, is based on the popular CSI television franchise, includes the “CSI: Las Vegas” series.

The attraction presents visitors with several crime scenes and clues they can use to crack the case without leaving the comfort of MGM Grand, a nice touch for tourists unwilling to tolerate oppressive Mojave desert heat to pick through real crime scenes in the Las Vegas area.

One scene called, "A House Collided," depicts a car that crashed through a living room with a man slumped in the driver seat. In the room are muddy footprints, drops of blood, a stain near the sofa and a bloody handprint on the hood of the car.

The second scene, "Who Got Served?" presents a young woman found dead in an alley behind a Las Vegas motel. Clues include a tire tread mark on her abdomen, a handbag and a torn photo of the woman.

The third scene is called "No Bones About It" and presents a hiker who has stumbled across a partially exposed skull in the ground. Clues include a hole in the cranium and remnants of a coat and possibly a backpack.

Ticket prices are not yet set. Here's a link to the site for a touring version of the exhibit: http://www.csitheexperience.org/