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Bottle service is (almost) over in NYC, will that happen in Toronto?
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| Big Boss |
The "models and bottles" lifestyle of NYC's club crowd are evolving as venues seek a more egalitarian atmosphere.
Take the newly revamped Marquee in Chelsea, which has fewer tables and a bigger dance floor.
Sure, the same bankers and pretty girls will flirt around their reserved bottle service table, but there's also a new line for prepaid ticket holders waiting to get in the door and see the DJ, The New York Post's Hardeep Phull reports.
In that line, no one cares what clothes you're wearing, what you look like, or how big your wallet is. You bought a $30 ticket, so you'll get in the door.
"The first time around, Marquee was geared strictly toward the celebrity crowd and the people who were too cool for school," club co-owner Jonathan Schwartz told the Post. "Now it's more of a hybrid where fans can be in the space with the VIPs."
And it's not just in Manhattan. Williamsburg's new club Output bills itself as a place with no bottle service, no doormen, no nonsense.
Via the club's FAQ page: "Output is open to anyone, but is not for everyone. Output welcomes individuals who value the communal experience of music over cameras and bottle service."
Business Insider's Linette Lopez attended the opening of the new club, and described the scene:
There was no hassle at the door. This is an important thing to many New Yorkers, and this is what many of them have been waiting to see at a proper, large-scale club … You do not go to Output to be seen. You go to dance.
The music and dance scenes are now the major selling point at Output, Marquee, and the soon-to-be-opened Space nightclub in Manhattan. It appeals beyond the Wall Street-types and model-esque women to the music nerds, tourists, hipsters, dancers, and club rats willing to shell out $30 to get in and hear great music.
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| Special K |
Of course it will.
Toronto is a copycat city, we don't come up with great ideas ourselves, we wait for other more important / influential cities than us to think of things and then we follow suit ;) so if it's happening elsewhere it will eventually trickle down to us :p
Anyways bottle service is here to stay, but hopefully it leaves the "music" venues. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| we can only hope clubbing goes back to dancing first....drinking second. |
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| CMR |
One club has no bottle service.
Yep, "almost over" indeed. :rolleyes:
I'd say the notion of going to a club "to dance" rather than "to be seen" is easily more prevalent in Toronto than it is in New York (of course, its more prevalent yet in Montreal, Berlin, London, etc).
In any event, clubs & parties with appeal that goes beyond "Wall Street-types and model-esque women to the music nerds, tourists, hipsters, dancers, and club rats willing to shell out $30 to get in and hear great music" is certainly nothing new here. |
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| AY STAR |
the article is somewhat true. i would say at the big clubs like pacha in nyc they are starting to move towards a new direction
more younger "neon/yolo/rage" type crowd and dj's. dont think that crowd is old enuff to drink or has the money to
but at the same time theres still exclusive clubs like marquee,lavo and a few others where big time dj's spin there exclusivly on weeknights to a bottle and model crowd
theres also this new bull thing they are starting to come out with. its a "skip the line ticket" basically you pay a few bucks more to skip the line, i guess its for people with low self confidence and want to be noticed i dunno
my weekend consists of clubs not like those i just listed
tomarrow: driving up from nyc to (((drumcode)))
sat night: driving back to nyc for digweed at output
for those that arent familar with output. its a new club in brooklyn
and they dont want any press,phototaking,neon,2 hour bull pre-recorded dj sets. its a very dark underground club with a killer sound system. def keep your eyes and ears open for it |
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| ItalianPoiSon |
| quote: | Originally posted by AY STAR
i would say at the big clubs like pacha in nyc they are starting to move towards a new direction more younger "neon/yolo/rage" |
Pacha does have that kind of vibe... but the crowd was very young and not too pretty for my tastes lol |
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| feelgood |
| quote: | Originally posted by AY STAR
"neon/yolo/rage" type crowd |
hahaha.. perfect description of that demographic. |
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| bcope |
| quote: | theres also this new bull thing they are starting to come out with. its a "skip the line ticket" basically you pay a few bucks more to skip the line, i guess its for people with low self confidence and want to be noticed i dunno
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lol or maybe they're people who just don't want to spend 30 mins+ standing in line like an . |
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| Shaya007 |
| I really hope so!! |
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| The Highroller |
| I think it will. Sooner or later, people will realize that spending big $$$ on bottle service makes you a chump who likes to waste money, a loser who needs attention, or an . I can understand getting bottle service at a club for a special occasion so that you can have all of your friends in one area, but vanity behind the idea of getting bottle service to make yourself look important cannot be understated. |
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| Mach X |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
I think it will. Sooner or later, people will realize that spending big $$$ on bottle service makes you a chump who likes to waste money, a loser who needs attention, or an . I can understand getting bottle service at a club for a special occasion so that you can have all of your friends in one area, but vanity behind the idea of getting bottle service to make yourself look important cannot be understated. |
I miss getting bottle service when you had 5 or more people at FW when it was at the back where coatcheck is. Was a good homebase away from the people, easier to talk, sit down for a few minutes, grab a drink and head back to the floor.
But bottle service right up at the front is BS IMO... |
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| kotsy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mach X
I miss getting bottle service when you had 5 or more people at FW when it was at the back where coatcheck is. Was a good homebase away from the people, easier to talk, sit down for a few minutes, grab a drink and head back to the floor. |
I hated that. In the winter time, those were the only seats in the club. |
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