{"id":22057,"date":"2019-07-30T18:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T01:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=22057"},"modified":"2019-09-06T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T19:32:13","slug":"cannabition-weed-museum-closes-at-neonopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/cannabition-weed-museum-closes-at-neonopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabition Weed Museum Closes at Neonopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Cannabition, promoted as a &ldquo;cannabis immersive experience, history and art museum,&rdquo; has closed suddenly at Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Cannabition weed museum was billed as home of the world&rsquo;s largest bong, &ldquo;Bongzilla.&rdquo; All 24 feet of her.<\/p>\n<p>The exterior of Cannabition was adorned by massive murals, which will now feel completely random and awkward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22061\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-22061 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"weed museum mural\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/weed_museum1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cannabis museum opened Sep. 20, 2018. In other words, the paint was barely dry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabition.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cannabition<\/a> has acknowledged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0brTuZhbQ8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the attraction is closed<\/a>, they haven&rsquo;t officially announced what&rsquo;s next.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s our thing, thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>We hear Cannabition will relocate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet13lasvegas.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet 13<\/a>, a massive &ldquo;cannabis superstore and entertainment complex, also in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of the cannabis museum was no doubt a blow to Neonopolis. The shopping complex has seen some signs of life in recent months with the opening of Cat&rsquo;s Meow karaoke lounge and Don&rsquo;t Tell Mama piano bar (after a move from Fremont East).<\/p>\n<p>A new restaurant, Taste of Africa, is presumably in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Neonopolis tenants include Nerd Bar, Toy Shack, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/axe-hole-las-vegas-hits-mark-neonopolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axehole<\/a>, Denny&rsquo;s, Heart Attack Grill and Banger Brewing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/fremont-arcade-downtown-neonopolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fremont Arcade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We never saw many people in or around Cannabition, and rumor has it the venue was more of a placeholder pinned on the hopes of marijuana lounges being legalized in Las Vegas. While Cannabition featured marijuana, none could be consumed on the premises.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22060\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-22060 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"White Castle Harold Kumar mural\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/white_castle_photo_op1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gone, too, is one of the best photo ops, ever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the record, we tried to make it through this entire blog post without a weed pun.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, we couldn&rsquo;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll take the hit.<\/p>\n<p>Update (9\/6\/19): Our scoop has been confirmed. The Cannabition Cannabis Museum will be part of Planet 13. Read more.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabition, promoted as a &ldquo;cannabis immersive experience, history and art museum,&rdquo; has closed suddenly at Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas. The Cannabition weed museum was billed as home of the world&rsquo;s largest bong, &ldquo;Bongzilla.&rdquo; All 24 feet of her. The exterior of Cannabition was adorned by massive murals, which will now feel completely random and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-downtownlasvegas","category-vegas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cannabition Weed Museum Closes at Neonopolis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cannabition, promoted as a cannabis history and art museum, has closed suddenly at Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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