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Originally Posted by MichaelChampion
I would love for us to get a mega club, something along these lines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Sound
Heck, even a poor man's version of that, somewhere people go to dance that plays the right music for it. Our "top" clubs are pretty lame, top 40 music and dudes in shiny shirts grinding whatever they can. The Storyeum space, or even part of it, would be perfect for a world class club. |
Making a high-end venue doesn't make the people who frequent it automatically become high-end. This has been tried time and time again in Vancouver - think of the poor guys who licensed LA's Skybar and launched it to much hype and huge expense on Smithe / Granville, a few years back. Lovely 3-floor building, open-air patio, 3 bars, food service, great VIP area...3 years later it's now an Irish Pub!
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. It's gonna be many a decade before the Average Joe Vancouverite wants to take off his working man's cap, put on some shoes instead of trainers, pull up his pants from around his bum and not get so drunk he punches-out the nearest person who looks at him and shouts "WOOHOO!!!" and dances the hick-dance in celebration. Geez...it's so "Wild West" going clubbing down Granville, I weep for the days back at MoS and Fabric and Cargo.