After a 3-year run on Thursday nights, CityWalk is pulling the plug on their 80's Night at The Groove event. The event premiered on January 29, 2009 which was just a few months after Pleasure Island clubs closed and was designed to draw 8TRAX fans. It featured DJ Doc Wells from 8TRAX. There were a lot of crowded Thursday nights but there were also a lot of duds. Groove management tells the Blog that even with the duds the night was pulling in more revenue than they used to make on Thursday nights. And to be fair, the duds were usually off-season and on cold or rainy Thursday nights. About a year ago they introduced a few 70's Disco tunes into the mix but it was minimal and the night never did draw many 8TRAX patrons.
The final 80's Night will be on March 15th. Big thanks to our roving reporter Thommy who alerted us to this cancellation.
Citywalk has never come close to being what PI was.
ReplyDeletePoor Judgment Crew will be there!
ReplyDeleteNo one will ever do what PI did!! the Groove is HALF the size of Mannequins!! 1/8 (or less)of the lights! and maybe 1/4 of the sound system!
ReplyDeleteI frankly think they should have 80's nights on atleast Friday night, or Saturday nights.
ReplyDeleteI think the attendance will be great.
Think about it.
OH heck NO I think that would KILL the Groove! if you did a 80's night on a Sat nite! they need a OLD SCHOOL NIGHT on Sat night (late 80's (86 on)early to mid 90's)
ReplyDeleteyou know early Mannequins days!
ReplyDeletePoor Judgment Crew?
ReplyDeleteI'm told that CityWalk clubs helped finance the Harry Potter expansion a couple years ago which is why there was no reinvestment in CW itself. Now that Harry Potter is paying off big time, we're seeing some money put back in; i.e. new flat panel monitors in The Groove. No new clubs coming at this time though.
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