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[Neil]

Not sure if any of you saw today's P&J but it appears that CPL (the people behind the Glasgow Cathouse, Garage among other clubs and venues) intend to open a new club and live music venue in Aberdeen in time for Freshers week this year. The club/venue will be modelled on the look of the Glasgow Garage but it's location in Aberdeen has yet to be revealed. They reckon it will create 30 new jobs so I assume it is going to be a pretty big and active place.

Once again another live music venue and club hits Aberdeen. Should be interesting to see how the current live music venues and clubs deal with this new entrant...

[Dallas]

Will this mean bigger bands?

[Ross]

The venue is a 500 capacity and I`m 95% certain that it`ll be in the old Esko (eskoteque) on Bridge St.

They plan to create 50 f/t jobs which is rather a lot.

Scaffolding work started today on Esko...

[Chris]

the articles I read said 800 capacity.

[Neil]

Yeah, I can't see it being Esko if it is meant to have a capacity of 800 and live bands playing as well (which would suggest a stage needs to go somewhere). Found the original article in the P&J online here:

http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk...tentPK=8831490

[Camie]

Yeh I read this last night in the Evening Express. Can't wait for it to come.

nah it is esko

i reckon they will bash in the walls between the arches and throw a stage in, there are rooms all the way up (underground) bridge st that are part of esko, they only used two of them though, i reckon they will make it open plan

i think its bad news for aberdeen, other venues will suffer, the garage are out to make a quik buck, and thye comprimise their playlist+drinks policy to reel punters in, it will definetly affect places like exodus, moshulu i reckon will be fine

[Keilan 303]

Cheers again to cleartone and Risactonia for supplying the backline

oh yeah and 750 is the capacity of esko

i work for the pr company who used to print flyers for them and give them flyer staff

[soundian]

Originally posted by stuartmaxwell:
oh yeah and 750 is the capacity of esko

i work for the pr company who used to print flyers for them and give them flyer staff

I've only been in Esko once and rather the worse for wear I was, but as I recall, there isn't a space in that building which would be fire regged for more than about 350 tops. Lots of floors, no big spaces.

It is similar to the Cathouse though.

Plastic glasses, pay to play, techs even stricter than me. Aberdeen ain't ready.