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Ibiza calls time on after-hours raves
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| TheVrk |
By Graham Keeley in Barcelona
Published: 07 January 2008
| quote: | Time has been called on the party in Ibiza. From next season "after-hours" dance clubs on the island where the party never stops will be banned.
The Consell Insular d'Evissa, or regional council, said these clubs, which operate between 6am and 10am, after normal club hours, were causing a disturbance for residents and less nocturnal holidaymakers. And local authorities in Ibiza Town want to close the clubs between 6am and 6pm, putting an end to afternoon raves.
The clampdown was prompted by continued problems with drug-taking among clubbers and the deaths of three people in shoot-outs between rival gangs in the past two years.
For many it marks the end of an era for the island which invented chill-out music and which was famous for its hedonistic, anything-goes attitude.
Hundreds of thousands of young people flock to the island every year and it has also become the playground of celebrities from Kate Moss to James Blunt. But now the famously laid-back locals, worried that the clubs and drugs are getting out of hand, have had enough.
Last summer's season saw 720 arrests for drugs-related offences.
Exasperated by activities of drug dealers inside the major clubs, authorities took the unprecedented decision last summer to close three of the biggest venues. Amnesia, which attracts clubbers from across Europe, was shut for a month and fined ¿6,000 (£4,000) for its "lax attitude" towards the problem. Bora Bora and DC-10 were forced to close their doors for one and two months respectively. Both operate after-hours clubs.
In 2006, police launched a crackdown after becoming worried that a new, more violent, breed of British gangster was operating on the island. It followed a shooting in which two holidaymakers from Northern Ireland, Gareth Richardson and Niall Hamilton, were wounded in crossfire between British drug gangs.
The resort town of San Antonio, a mecca for clubbers at night, banned after-hours clubs some time ago. And now Sant Josep, home to clubs such as Space, DC10 and Bora Bora, is to do the same.
Vicent Ferrer, head of tourism in Sant Josep, said: "In an urban space, an after-hours club is a danger and we have to stop it." Paquita Ribas, a local councillor, added: "We know the clubs are attractive internationally but we want tourists and residents to live in a better way."
Pepe Rosello, owner of Space, said: "The new rules mean some of our morning sessions will have to be moved to afternoons. But it also opens the door to more illegal parties in houses and on the beaches."
Last year, 4.5 million tourists spent their holidays in Ibiza, a 6.6 per cent rise on 2006. |
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I'll be the first to say that this is just ASS:whip:
Sure it could be worse, but partyin' in the mid-afternoon is one of the essences of Ibiza...ESPECIALLY @ Space and DC-10:eek: |
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| Djsketchbag |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
I'll be the first to say that this is just ASS:whip:
Sure it could be worse, but partyin' in the mid-afternoon is one of the essences of Ibiza...ESPECIALLY @ Space and DC-10:eek: |
Yeah that's that now cool at all....i guess i'll never get the full ibiza expiriance now :( |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
I'll be the first to say that this is just ASS:whip:
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Actually, you won't, since this is really old news and there's been at least one thread on it already. ;) |
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| PurpleHaze |
so the parties will just continue outside of the clubs instead of in a contained environment with many other people doing the same thing
the islanders will get even more pissed now! |
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| activate |
I live in canada and have never been, so I don't really give a what happens in Ibiza :D
maybe now it will be a little easier to book certain DJs during the summer ;) |
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| FunkyCrew |
| oh well, people will have to stop partying at 6am, whoopty doo :) |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
oh well, people will have to stop partying at 6am, whoopty doo :) |
maybe for you its no big deal since your a light weight :tongue3 but for others that could a much larger issue :D |
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| kotsy |
| Let me know when CZ can't open during those times and maybe I'll care |
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| UmmiE |
| quote: | Originally posted by kotsy
Let me know when CZ can't open during those times and maybe I'll care |
LOL.............Plus ing one ahhahahah |
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| Halycon |
| quote: | Originally posted by UmmiE
LOL.............Plus ing one ahhahahah |
+2 here |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
maybe for you its no big deal since your a light weight :tongue3 but for others that could a much larger issue :D |
it shouldn't be an issue (big or small!) for anyone
honestly!:)
6am is enough really
plus as ppl said - there will be plenty of after hours parties around |
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| afterhrsgurl |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halycon
+2 here |
lol +3 |
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