Aspen Nightlife – The Wheeler Opera House

The Wheeler Opera House has been an integral part of Aspen nightlife, history, and culture since 1889 when Mr. J.B Wheeler and the Conried Company presented The King’s Fool. While the building started out as an Opera House, it was only used for town meetings and such by 1893, when the silver mines had played out.The Wheeler Opera House remained open until 1912 when it was gutted by not one, but