Originally posted by Liquified
Well the time has come for Wetbar to call it quits. As of September 27th they will be closing their doors so we only have 3 more weeks to party there before it is gone. Its a shame considering what a great venue it is. So come out the next 3 fridays and lets send the place off proper. Kazell will be playing their next week and we are trying to come up with some special for september 19th.
We are currently working on a couple of new projects so keep your eyes open for that.
Thanks!
Horrible news. I will miss that place.
Sep-05-2008 12:09
enydo
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Sep-05-2008 12:19
Liquified
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA & Los Angeles, CA
I was making my way over here to post this as well.
Yeah, the gay community had stopped supporting them because they were doing some straight nights and the straight community was scared of the place because it was a Gay club. Go figure!
Originally posted by Liquified
I really hope everyone comes out the next few weeks with their full support for the club. The owners of this place are top notch people who were truly commited to having the best space in the city. Always willing to accomadate us in anyway and always open to our ideas. But after being open for 3 years and losing on average $80K a month they finally decided to close the doors. They have even been gracious enough to tell their entire staff 3 weeks in advance of the closing and also setting up Severance pay for every employee to accomadate them in the transistion. Thats something you really don't see for bartenders and staff of a club.
Reposting from lunar again because everyone should hear this. And here was my response there.
quote:
Originally posted by Iammesol
Wow. I felt that toward the middle of the Swerve nights that the staff began to get really nice too. Aside from the dumb "sit you in line to make it appear busy" thing, I have nothing but good words to say about all my experiences with the staff from that point on.
edit: And before that, they were very genial as well minus pockets of dumb people. When I was doing my interview with Prydzy, they sent a guy to show his manager and me upstairs, and then left the spot to just us. They trusted us and gave us privacy. That's respectable if anything!
Last edited by iammesol on Sep-05-2008 at 15:18
Sep-05-2008 12:56
Liquified
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA & Los Angeles, CA
quote:
Originally posted by iammesol
So what about BT?
Working on a different venue for the night, should have something together here in the next day or so. I actually have a lot of stuff booked that I need to find new homes for in Atlanta but it shouldn't be a problem at all.
I never could get any of my friends to go there because it's a 'gay club'. People are so stupid, this really sucks
At least I'll leave with some good memories of the place... and some bad ones.
The best one ever is watching 2 lesbians make out directly in front of me.
The worst memory... watching 2 dudes make out in front of me. Rofl
RIP Wetbar.
Last edited by CyclonesWorld on Sep-05-2008 at 15:08
Sep-05-2008 13:16
iammesol
Burnt out and grown up
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Atlanta, USA
quote:
Originally posted by CyclonesWorld
I never could get any of my friends to go there because it's a 'gay club'. People are so stupid, this really sucks
At least I'll leave with some good memories of the place... and some bad ones.
The best one ever is watching 2 lesbians make out directly in front of me.
The worst memory... watching 2 dudes make out in front of me. Rofl
RIP Wetbar.
Good times.
quote:
Originally posted by Liquified
Working on a different venue for the night, should have something together here in the next day or so. I actually have a lot of stuff booked that I need to find new homes for in Atlanta but it shouldn't be a problem at all.
Good news.
Sep-05-2008 15:19
PVDfan07
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2007
Location: Alpharetta, GA
I liked the place and will be sad to see it go. Two of the better shows I have been to were there, Ferry Corsten and Deadmau5. I thought it had a couple of advantages over Opera including the dj booth that wasn't 10 feet above the crowd. I'm kind of surprised it is closing. I didn't realize there was such a big problem with gay people not wanting straights there and vice versa. Of course I never liked seeing the guys making out, but it never bothered me it was originally a gay club. I went there to have fun and hear good music. I guess Opera will be the main club now. What other clubs could events be held at besides Opera? I've never been to any others.
Sep-05-2008 16:12
DiscoStew
Nees more cowbell
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Dirty South
quote:
Originally posted by Liquified
I was making my way over here to post this as well.
Yeah, the gay community had stopped supporting them because they were doing some straight nights and the straight community was scared of the place because it was a Gay club. Go figure!
Sad and ironic that the prejudice goes both ways.
You know if they plan on liquidating their assets and selling their equipment to the public?
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Sep-05-2008 16:37
iammesol
Burnt out and grown up
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Atlanta, USA
quote:
Originally posted by PVDfan07
What other clubs could events be held at besides Opera? I've never been to any others.
I'm going to Seth Troxler @ Bazzaar tonight. It's beside The Fox. There is also The Mark that used to be good (and I believe still is, but they suck at promoting and telling us what is going on there). Masq can do well in Hell with good edm shows.
Nothing will ever top Wetbar though.
Sep-05-2008 17:05
DiscoStew
Nees more cowbell
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Dirty South
quote:
Originally posted by iammesol
Nothing will ever top Wetbar though.
*Sigh* yeah.
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