Monsterland, one of downtown Mesa’s newest and hottest haunts, is closing later this month. The business posted on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon:

Three employees of Monsterland Bar and Grill in downtown Mesa are trying to gather the funds to purchase the restaurant since it is due to close down after this weekend.

The Monsterland science fiction and horror movie prop museum is morphing into a bar and grill, becoming the second business in the last month that is working to create a nightlife in downtown Mesa.

Rock out with local bands Future Loves Past, Underground Cities and Tractor Pull Divas at Mesa’s fourth annual Independent Music Project, occurring in conjunction with the grand opening of the city’s first themed nightclub, Monsterland Bar and Grill. There will be an electric guitar giveaway, an art walk and plenty of food.

Downtown Mesa’s Monsterland Bar & Grill is getting ready for its last hurrah Saturday night after announcing abruptly earlier this month that it would be closing. But fans and employees of the establishment that started life as a haunted house attraction and prop museum aren’t ready to say the last rites yet. There is not one, but at least two bids out there to keep Monsterland going — one by dedicated employees of the venue and another by an East Valley businessman.

It’s that time of year to get out and enjoy an entire day picking your favorite pumpkin, eating caramel apples, visiting a petting zoo and ending the night with fireworks and a haunted house. Or, to just take stroll through the pumpkin patch to snap a few photos with your family. Either way, the Valley has it all, and this is your one-stop guide for fall festivities in the East Valley.

It’s that time of year to get out and enjoy an entire day picking your favorite pumpkin, eating caramel apples, visiting a petting zoo and ending the night with fireworks and a haunted house. Or, to just take stroll through the pumpkin patch to snap a few photos with your family. Either way, the Valley has it all, and this is your one-stop guide for fall festivities in the East Valley.

The Chicago Cubs have a $138 million economic impact in Arizona, but much of that money leaves Mesa because the team’s spring training complex doesn’t have a single business nearby.