Tropicana Cinemas

frankasu03 on November 15, 2012 at 1:07 am

When many of the bigger Vegas Theatres were loaded with Summer Blockbusters, My family and I saw a few oddball flicks here, including “UHF” and “Bingo” (from 1991). Glad to see it’s still open. There was this amazing promotion back in February of 1995. The first interactive movie, “Mr. Payback,” had a brief run here. Won the tickets on KLUC 98.5, and the theater was fitted with a built-in remote that let you vote on various outcomes while watching the 30 minute (or maybe 45 minute) film. It was a disaster, to say the least. But, I did have fun picking Robert Englund to appear on screen, instead of the “Riddler” from TV’s “Batman.” Time Warp, indeed.

coffee4binky on May 13, 2012 at 9:32 am

While I did visit this theater location in the 80s and 90s, I don’t recall what I may have seen.

I do know I saw Scary Movie at this theater, then drove to the Walmart up the street and bought it. I also saw Marmaduke and one other film. And you can find me, every first Saturday of the month, doing the Rocky Horror thing! Let’s do the Time Warp again!

phantomhillbilly on September 18, 2009 at 10:30 pm

This theater originally opened in 1985 as the Paradise 6 (presumably because of its proximity to Paradise Park) and was a first run cinema. I remember seeing odd movies such as “The Ninth Configuration” and “Dr. Caligari” there as well as awesome events like the 1988 restored “Lawrence of Arabia”. Also, I saw “Aliens”, “RoboCop” and “Prince of Darkness” there among many, many others. Later it became a second run. As recently as 2007 I saw “Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny”. It is, as far as I know, the ONLY movie theater left in Vegas not connected to a casino (excepting the Drive-In) and the last theater left (again with the exception of the drive-in) from before the 90’s.

jesseeu on February 27, 2009 at 10:23 pm

I saw Yes Man there last weekend. It’s open, but seems to be under renovation. From what I saw, it’s going to be greatly improved. New seats and the place was actually clean. Also, the movie wasn’t in horrible shape like before. There was only one girl working though. She ran both the ticket and refeshment booths. Heck, she might have even been the one that started the movie. The food was priced about the same as a regular theater. But they have to make money somehow and I’d rather the food be expensive than the tickets. Overall a good experience. I really hope they survive.

ctwlvn on December 4, 2008 at 10:57 pm

The Tropicana Cinemas in Las Vegas have reopened as of November 28, 2008. They said they have done no local advertising and have no sign on the building. Movie information is available by calling 702-438-3456 or at their website www.regencymovies.com They are still a discount movie house with a $3.00 admission. They now seem to be a part of a small chain of theaters out of California.

lostmemory on February 16, 2007 at 12:23 pm

This is a 7/27/2002 article about the opening of Cine Latino.

“Theater now caters to Hispanics.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

The closed Paradise Cinema, 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., has reopened as Cine Latino, showing subtitled and dubbed versions of first-run Hollywood studio releases.

Spanish-language releases from Mexico, Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, with English subtitles, also are featured on two screens at the six-screen multiplex.

Cine Latino’s current lineup includes a Spanish-dubbed version of “Stuart Little 2,” plus subtitled versions of “Eight-Legged Freaks,” “Scooby-Doo” and “Windtalkers.” The Spanish horror movie “El Arte de Morir” and another Spanish-language feature, “Cha Cha Cha,” both with English subtitles, round out this week’s program.

The theater’s new operators have refurbished the multiplex, upgrading to digital sound in four of the six auditoriums. New chairs, new carpeting and new air conditioning also have been installed.

Admission prices are $6.75 for adults, $3 for children 3 to 11, $5 for matinees before 6 p.m. and $4.50 for groups of 10 or more".