Downtown Cinemas
450 E. Fremont Street,
Las Vegas,
NV
89101
450 E. Fremont Street,
Las Vegas,
NV
89101
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Crown Theatres LLC, Galaxy Theatre Corporation
Previous Names: Crown Neonopolis 14, Galaxy Neonopolis 11, Eclipse Cinemas, Art Houz Theaters
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
702.836.0830
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News About This Theater
- May 13, 2009 — Fremont Street theater closes
The Neonopolis complex was built in 2001, opening on May 3, 2002. It heralded the beginning of the revival of downtown Las Vegas and featured antique neon signs from the city’s past, together with an open-air shopping mall on ground floor, a food court and entertainment centre, which includes the 14-screen Neonopolis Cinema operated by Crown Cinemas were on the upper level. It was built on land (part of) which had contained the 1972 built, Cinema 1-2-3.
There was a free-standing ticket office located on the sidewalk at the Northeast corner of 4th Street and East Fremont Street. It had signage giving the name ‘Neonopolis 14 but soon after opening, 3 screens were closed and converted into a World Poke center. The Crown Neonopolis 11 was closed by the Crown Theatre Corporation in May 2009. It was taken over by Galaxy Theatres and was later renamed Downtown Cinemas. It was closed in 2011.
In July 2012, it was announced the building would be converted into ‘The World’s Largest Gay Nightclub’, known as Krave Massive. It will also feature a two screen cinema that will show independent gay & lesbian films. Set to open in spring 2013 it was a short lived venture.
On December 8, 2016 it reopened as Eclipse Cinemas which closed on March 16, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It reopened on June 3, 1921 as the Art Houz Theaters. It was renamed Downtown Cinemas again in 2023 and was closed December 7, 2025.
In April 2026 it was being converted into an arts center.
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Recent comments (view all 16 comments)
I hate to hear that this theatre closed. I always stay at the Golden Nugget when I’m in Vegas, so would walk to see a movie. ‘Hancock’ and ‘Under the Same Moon’ come to mind. I didn’t get to make my annual trip last year, so I guess that’s why I had no idea it had shut down. A shame, usually after a busy week of gambling and partying on the strip it was nice to spend an evening at the Neonopolis before my flight home to NC :*(
I saw about four, forgettable movies here with my wife. I enjoyed the theater, though, and was wondering what happened to it.
It’s currently being being renovated as “The World’s Largest Gay Nightclub” to be called Krave Massive. It should be open by early January. Construction pics and a floor plan can be seen Krave Massive’s Facebook page.
The gay nightclub will also contain Guest House Theatres – a two screen movie theatre showing gay-themed movies, so it looks like technically this one will reopen – just with a drastically reduced screen count.
I only ever saw one movie here “War of the Worlds” (Tom Cruise version) The people were rude, the concessions were even higher priced than normal for the time. As a lifetime resident of Las Vegas this place just never appealed to me.
The venue will open in mid June. the Guest House Theatres will primarily(sp?)show films from L.A based Guest House Pictures with other,non-porn,LGBT films mixed in.
The venue closed,again,in late August because its owner failed to get a state tax license and because he owes the city and state money. Its sister club,Drink & Drag,located in the same building,has also closed. No word on when either will open.
I’m not sure where the theater was located in this complex, but it is gone now. This directory on the Neonopolis web site shows a number of vacant spaces along with an assortment of shops, restaurants, offices, a brew pub, a nightclub, and even a gallery operated by the Las Vegas Art Museum, but no movie theater. The short-lived Krave Massive is long gone.
This opened on May 3rd, 2002. Grand opening ad posted. Crown theatres opened three downtown theatres in Las Vegas, Minneapolis and in Florida. All failed.
The theatre had 14 screens originally. The closed 1-3 so it could be used for World Poke in an effort to get people to the Neonoplis. The shopping never took over. When it opened only 42% of the spaces were filled. Of those, more when on the lower level. The food court and theatre was on upper levels. The food court only had 2 restaurants being used of 13 spaces when the shopping mall opened. Neonopolis was never called a “ mall ”, nut that is how Neonopolis was marketed. Crown Theatres pulled out and Galaxy Theatres took over Despite poor numbers Galaxy Theatres wanted to remain at Neonopolis. The theatre closed because the air conditioning has been out for over 6 months. Galaxy Theatres believed the Neonopolis management should fix the issues. Neonopolis said Galaxy Theatres has to make repairs and said it as in the NNNN lease they sub-leased from Crown Theatres. When the Galaxy Neonopolis is was originally was to be temporary. Galaxy Theatres went back and fourth and finally closed the theatre permanently. Neonopolis management, Crown , and Galaxy all filed lawsuits against each other. Downtown Las Vegas does not support movie tgeatres. Neonopolis lasted 8 years and Downtown Cinemas lasted exactly 9 years,3 names and 3 owners. Opening as Eclipse Theatres 12-8-16, closing and not reopening due to the 2020 pandemic. Reopened on June 3, 2021 as the Art Houz Theaters. In 2023 it was renamed Downtown Cinemas, and was closed on December 7, 2025. Now with $22 million spent of this failure of a movie theatre, new owners are spending another $5 million to transform it into an arts center.