Zouk’s future: Could it be 3 years or nothing?
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Police arrest seven men after fight broke out near Zouk night club. (Google Street View)
“We hope this would never happen,” said in a tweet posted by Zouk Singapore on Wednesday, after an article was published on The Straits Times about the iconic club’s possible demise by end of this year.
The club, located on Jiak Kim Street and in front of the Singapore River, might “shut down” if it does not receive a three-year extension as requested by founder Lincoln Cheng, 67, it said.
The report added that Cheng is “tired” of getting short lease extensions for the 23-year-old dance club, which is one of Singapore’s most popular nightspots. The venue was also ranked 7th for world’s top clubs, according to music magazine DJ Mag.
The Zouk management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, also expressed their worry over the venue’s possible closure. In a tweet linked to the same article, they said, “We hope that this never happens to our sister club in Singapore!”
Other visitors to the club, famous for hosting popular dance parties and which has attracted star disc jockeys such as David Guetta and AfroJack, also flocked to Twitter to express their sadness.
“What is SG nightlife without the iconic club @zouksingapore,” said a Khalifa Hafiz.
“Hope this is not some PR stunt like how every year would be ZoukOut's last. It's a real shame if this is true,” said an Eddie Niguel on Twitter.
On the club’s Facebook page, a comment by a Shas Lee read, “Please, please, renew your lease… we do not want to lose this iconic place.”
If Zouk Singapore proceeds with its closure, it will join now defunct nightlife venues Home Club and Broadcast HQ that were forced to close in the last year.
Earlier in May, media reports announced that the club was granted a six-month lease extension. While this is the third time an extension has been granted, nightlife veteran Dennis Foo (who owns St James Power Station) reportedly said, in a TODAY report, that this could be the Zouk's last as “the value on the real estate has skyrocketed”.
Zouk’s lease was supposed to end in 2012. However, it received a year of reprieve till June 2013, and another till June 2014.
Under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Masterplan for 2014, the area in which the club is located has been zoned for “residential with commercial at 1st Storey”.
Residents in the area have also complained about the noise caused by party-goers at the club.
They described it as “disrupting” and in need of “more control”, the report said.
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“We hope this would never happen,” said in a tweet posted by Zouk Singapore on Wednesday, after an article was published on The Straits Times about the iconic club’s possible demise by end of this year.
The club, located on Jiak Kim Street and in front of the Singapore River, might “shut down” if it does not receive a three-year extension as requested by founder Lincoln Cheng, 67, it said.
The report added that Cheng is “tired” of getting short lease extensions for the 23-year-old dance club, which is one of Singapore’s most popular nightspots. The venue was also ranked 7th for world’s top clubs, according to music magazine DJ Mag.
The Zouk management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, also expressed their worry over the venue’s possible closure. In a tweet linked to the same article, they said, “We hope that this never happens to our sister club in Singapore!”
Other visitors to the club, famous for hosting popular dance parties and which has attracted star disc jockeys such as David Guetta and AfroJack, also flocked to Twitter to express their sadness.
“What is SG nightlife without the iconic club @zouksingapore,” said a Khalifa Hafiz.
“Hope this is not some PR stunt like how every year would be ZoukOut's last. It's a real shame if this is true,” said an Eddie Niguel on Twitter.
On the club’s Facebook page, a comment by a Shas Lee read, “Please, please, renew your lease… we do not want to lose this iconic place.”
If Zouk Singapore proceeds with its closure, it will join now defunct nightlife venues Home Club and Broadcast HQ that were forced to close in the last year.
Earlier in May, media reports announced that the club was granted a six-month lease extension. While this is the third time an extension has been granted, nightlife veteran Dennis Foo (who owns St James Power Station) reportedly said, in a TODAY report, that this could be the Zouk's last as “the value on the real estate has skyrocketed”.
Zouk’s lease was supposed to end in 2012. However, it received a year of reprieve till June 2013, and another till June 2014.
Under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Masterplan for 2014, the area in which the club is located has been zoned for “residential with commercial at 1st Storey”.
Residents in the area have also complained about the noise caused by party-goers at the club.
They described it as “disrupting” and in need of “more control”, the report said.
