While we usually focus on Pleasure Island's clubs, let's not forget some of the other amenities that made PI the great place that it was! One example was PI Live Bar, named after the PI Live DJ booth which was across the main aisle from it. It's closed and behind the demolition wall so you can consider it GONE.
Could not immediately find a picture of the PI Live DJ booth itself but did locate this picture of it being demolished. DJ's would play music from up there that was broadcast over speakers across the Island.. It closed with the Island's clubs in September, 2008. Unanticipated by DTD management though was the fact that with everything on the Island closed, the place became a scary dead zone at night. Within months they were forced to reopen the booth and play music to passers by! But it later closed again with the creation of the Celebrate Tonight performances and then was demolished. GONE. |
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It was only 2 or 3 weeks, but I still remember "ghost town" PI with no music playing and barely any lighting down Hill St. Truly creepy, given it was Halloween season.
And I'd forgotten the post-Celebrate Tonight attempt to create an outdoor "ultralounge". With nice patio furniture (that 2 months later was crappy Wal*Mart patio furniture). And cocktail waitresses who lasted, what, a week? (Man, the bartenders ahted them.) Guess people didn't take to having strollers pushed through their "ultralounge."
Seriously, so many laughably bad ideas since the decision to close the clubs--if TWDC had real shareholders rather than Pixie Dust addicts, Wall Street would have Iger by the short and curlys right now.
Jason71, the "ultra lounge" was originally to be titled the "West End Street Bash" but when they finally started it, it went without a name. I think they've done as well as one could have expected under the circumstances. And the Andre Caram Band has been really popular out there. The revenue has been a pittance compared to what PI clubs were bringing in though.
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