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Jake Newby of SH Mag reports that Attica Shanghai, once a reigning destination on the Bund, is going to shut down on September 14. As he heard from Attica CEO Neil Hardwick:
"We've been hearing these rumors for 15 months, but this time there might be some truth in it. We will be selling Attica. It will be closed for a set period of time and will undergo renovations and re-open as something else. We've been here for two years so the place needs a refurbishment."What we'll miss: The spectacular views of the Bund (which, quite frankly, can be had in a dozen other places)
What we won't: Attitudinal door bitches and wait staff, preposterously priced weak drinks, and oh, the text messages they've been sending us twice a week for the last two years that we've had no way to opt out of.
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They'll be selling your number to whoever buys them up. You do know that, don't you?
For anyone who misses the "atmosphere" of Attica, I was in Sky Club in the New Factories at the weekend and it is exactly the same as Attica.
Oh yes, weak drinks. The price-alcohol ratio was only good on one day: New Year Ev. Well, the western one ;-)
I thought Attica is going down when I heared that they now sell 2 drinks for one. Not so upper-class style...
Word on the street is that Neil is on his way back to the UK to run a motorway service station in the Midlands...
Attica is selling because they've been losing money since they opened, their rent is astronomically high, and they've failed to make any tangible positive impact on the Shanghai scene. European promoters have known about this for quite some time, no bookings past September. I was under the impression they would limp on until the end of the month. Guess they couldn't make it that far. Actually, I must tip my hat to Attica for being able to keep this quiet and vague for this long. Attica will now concentrate on their Singapore venue and they've got a booking arrangement with MOS S'pore in the works.
Yet another club who thought they could conquer the Shanghai market by hiring a staff comprised of people who had no clue how the local market worked, failed to embrace any of the local music scene, failed to seek help when things went pear shaped, and inevitably got what they deserved. Thanks for absolutely fuck all Attica!
I hated how you weren't allowed to pass the "line to vip" where they had seats for the "privilege" to sit and look at pudong ( uff)while I paid 80 rmb for a mediorcre gin and tonic I went once last year and never went back and I usually give places a second chance, for e.g Bar Rouge which is not so bad now :)
I only went once and that was because a friend from out of town - he lives in Sanya - wanted to go to a big city kind of place. Not my scene, but all the lining up and the door staff being up themselves doesn't live up to the kind of dump it is inside.
Question: Now that Attica is closing where will all the Russian prostitutes do business?
Well, I went to Attica a few times, and there were never any Russian Ho's. They can be found where they always were - at Bar Rouge and Glamour Bar.
@Franki Figgs
Let me just make a guess. You work for Attica?
i had my good times there in 2006 and summer 07
then it just went downhill like with every single clubs here.
^ So where will you do business now, slopgirl?
I though Attica was great when it opened, like all clubs here, it had its moments...westerners in Shanghai are fickle and have a tendency to disappear when the free champagne stops flowing. is the era of the big club over? Attica was great for the big enbtrance it made into the market and had "some" good DJ's and parties, the drinks were shite but the restaurant was good.
R.I.P Attica
@vladivostok
If I did, I can tell you I would have made it company policy to get a load of Russian hookers in the club. It would have drawn a few more big spenders.
And why is it that any one who says anything even remotely positive about a place - which we may not all like but clearly attracted people for a couple of years - has to work for them.
Given your logic, you must work for Mao, or the shelter.