After a closure for financial reasons in the 1847/1848 season, the theatre was sold to the city and thus became a municipal theatre. After the Ringtheater fire in 1881, the house was closed as a theatre due to lack of fire safety and from then on was only used as a ballroom. In 1893, the building was completely rebuilt according to plans by ; only the outer walls of the old theatre remained. When the theatre reopened, it had an enlarged stage, an enlarged orchestra room and a total of 500 seats.