![]() ![]() "I don't get the zombie thing honestly," said Krauss, "but, you know, what's the biggest show on TV right now, right?" ACO went to the local community college to find young actors willing to play zombies four times a day. He found a large warehouse and began construction, including $250,000 spent on special effects. ![]() ![]() Krauss raised the first $1 million and then managed to raise $1.5 million more, including $400,000 from the Bank of Nevada. After a trial run in Miami, he discovered the setup and breakdown exhausted his staff, so ACO settled in a permanent place about as far away from Iraq and Afghanistan as you can get: Sin City. "One day, one of the guys that works with us said, 'Hey, why don't we make something like this for fun, for regular Joes off the street to come in and play with us?'"Īt first, Krauss planned to create a mobile zombie battle adventure, moving from city to city. Krauss started Adventure Combat Ops as an offshoot of another business he runs training government personnel for combat. ![]()
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