themed hotel · $$ · since 2007
The Curtis Hotel
Pop-culture themed floors across the street from the Arts Complex, recently renovated.
A DoubleTree that behaves nothing like one: every floor at the Curtis has a theme, from horror movies to one-hit wonders to big hair, and the elevator lobbies commit to it. It sits directly across Curtis Street from the Denver Performing Arts Complex, which makes it the practical choice for a show night when Hotel Teatro is booked or over budget. The whole property was renovated recently. It is not a quiet, tasteful hotel and it is not trying to be one, which is either the reason to book it or the reason not to.
Why go. Theater-district location at a price the boutique hotels down the block do not offer.
Ask which floor theme you are getting when you book; the difference between them is the whole point of staying here.
A short walk from The Curtis Hotel
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
$$$Opera Colorado and Colorado Ballet play inside the 1908 Municipal Auditorium shell.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 1385 Curtis Street
Garner Galleria Theatre
$$A 210-seat cabaret room with table service and long-running comedies.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 1400 Curtis Street
Hotel Teatro
$$$Downtown's original boutique hotel, in the 1911 Denver Tramway building.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 1100 14th Street
The Nickel
$$$Seasonal American cooking off the Hotel Teatro lobby, across from the theaters.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 1100 14th Street
Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
$$$Where the touring Broadway shows land, 2,800 seats under the glass galleria.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 1350 Curtis Street
Understudy
Free 700-square-foot art incubator tucked under the Convention Center on 14th.
Downtown, a few blocks over · 890 C 14th Street