Clubs that didn’t survive
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 1:54 AM
This may have been done but I haven’t been around for a while. So this thread is prompted by a comment by @misterorange in another thread (“Covid changed things here. A few of the best spots didn't survive, and the ones that did just aren't the same.”) as well as something just down the street from me.
I was going to write and submit an article, an obituary actually, for one of my most interesting places that rumor had it did not survive. I asked what happened and always got different answers. Then I saw some lights on in what should have been an abandoned club and two people inside. I had to ask and approached an old gentleman who was the owner. What happened I ask. The club died he said bitterly. What from I asked (as I had heard different stories). Covid he answered. But you have a lighted open sign I pointed out…
The rest of the story will have to wait because (spoiler alert) the club is only “mostly” dead (movie reference) and is illegally (ah yes there is more to the story) operating speakeasy fashion as a shadow of its former self. Will it arise like a phoenix? I don’t know but I can’t risk outing them while they try to sort things out.
On the other side of the world, I have been informed (with accompanying photos) of the Covid demise of a TUSCL listed club in the Philippines and I happen to find it a bit humorous. Master Poseidon was a Korean run club located in a US style strip mall with six to eight other clubs sharing the same strip mall (no pun intended). The Philippines locked the country down hard and the owners locked the front doors to await an eventual reopening.
Construction for these clubs was typical cinder blocks with corrugated steel roofs. The front facing façade of these clubs did not allow the roofs to be seen from the street. For those playing at home, you probably guessed it. The roofs magically disappeared. Wind, rain and sun did the rest . What electrical and plumbing was left was looted and the entire strip mall is unsalvageable. Barring new construction or moving to a new location (unlikely in my opinion) I think we can be confident that Master Poseidon is no more for good.
Any interesting or sad stories?
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