aria was EMPTY the last time we were there. kinda sad, really, as i loved danny's extended sets there.

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I echo Malek's sentiments that to explain what happened to Aria is just too long to explain... I have a lot of fond memories of the place though, when it was good it was GOOD!!

sad to see it go to shit.. I kind of hope someone like Charles (Guv, TIL, etc..) would buy the place and give it some new life.. I would hate to see it close eventually and no one come in to make use of the space (other than the University of Montreal).

anyway.. I've been bitchin about the decline of techno in Montreal over the last few years, but I agree the city is in a period of transition.. hopefully we will see new promoters with fresh ideas... and others like Godskitchen continuing to invest in the events here!

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Originally posted by malek I don't feel like writing a novel. But let just say that the management always neglected the look of its venu, keeping it dirty and too ghetto for its own good. In 2001, 'undeground' looking clubs were popular, now its just outdated and repulsive.

its not THAT bad!

its an after hours.....

im not expecting an upscale looking club.

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Aria has attempted to aquire an alcohol licence on many occasions and turn it into a regular 10-3 club. I heard their last attempt succeeded but still haven't seen anything changing.

Aria will never sell that building to anyone else than the University across the street. The University has acquired the whole block minus a couple of minor buildings like Aria. The Universtiy's plan is to level the block and build new pavillions/student residencies. UQAM needs alot of space at the moment even after the builduing of the new 300M$ buildings a couple of blocks away.

My conclusion is that at some point in the future, Aria will be no more, at least not at that spot.

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i only made this thread cause the event thread was kinda slim......

so i check out some club websites and still nadda. looks like a thin summer there.

aria was such a great place! i hope it picks up!

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no swirl this year??? i had a blast at the last one (which had a slim turnout too!)

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Originally posted by TheNeonAlien i only made this thread cause the event thread was kinda slim...... so i check out some club websites and still nadda. looks like a thin summer there. aria was such a great place! i hope it picks up!

the event thread is slim because no one is updating it.

I just started updating the august calendar on edmm, keep an eye on it:

http://www.edmm.ca/component/option...pper/Itemid,15/

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Originally posted by TheNeonAlien no swirl this year??? i had a blast at the last one (which had a slim turnout too!)

there was a shity attempt to redo a swirl this year... but it was nowhere near last years.

partly because the promoters got broke after booking hiphop artists and then asking 80$ entrance to ghetto kids (who obvisouly have not that kind of disposable income).

the techno/trance portion of swirl went great, the hiphop was a disaster which brought the whole 514/aria partnership down.

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How come MTL doesn't have an events forum like TO? Sifting through that thread is such a pain in the ass.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur How come MTL doesn't have an events forum like TO? Sifting through that thread is such a pain in the ass.

because our mod chased away promoters so we don't have that many events in our forum, not enough to create a subforum.

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Originally posted by malek there's so many places in town to have a good time, aria should be the last one on your list.

oh I am sure of it man, thing was, it was reccomended to me to check out cause they played trance. It was pretty electro and house, but yea that place is nothing to fancy to look at, it was an old movie theater.

www.rave.ca has a pretty reliable calendar for Montreal afterhours...

>> Click here for August Events Calendar <<

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