Gatecrasher One FIRE AT GATECRASHER ONE SHEFFIELD Yesterday (18 June) at approximately 1700 our nightclub in Sheffield, Gatecrasher One, caught fire. The club was not open to the public at this time and only several members of staff were inside. The club was immediately evacuated, as per our fire procedures and no-one was injured or hurt. However, within a few hours the building had collapsed. The fire service was called immediately the fire was found and arrived on the scene within minutes. At this time we have no confirmation as to the cause of the fire and we are working with fire investigation officers to determine how it started. Simon Raine, Managing Director of Gatecrasher, said: “True to our own motto of “Never Stand Still” we will be moving forward to scope out how we put on our planned club nights in Sheffield during the summer. We will also be looking at how we rebuild the Gatecrasher One club, one of the cornerstones of the UK nightclub scene and our spiritual home, as quickly as possible. Gatecrasher One will be back…bigger, brighter, louder and more brash – it will always be with you.” Gatecrasher’s 14th birthday celebrations in September will also be going ahead (see notes to editor). Other Gatecrasher venues in Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham and Watford are not affected by the fire in Sheffield. Following a multi-million summer makeover Media by Gatecrasher in Nottingham will reopen as Gatecrasher Nottingham on September 6. Fresh on the success of the sell-out Gatecrasher Summer Sound System during Bank Holiday weekend in May we will be releasing the album from the legendary weekend at the end of June, which will be accompanied by a series of global tours. Further announcements on the rebuild of Gatecrasher One will be made in due course.
When i heard about this i was shocked just been looking at some of the pictures on the bbc news website. hope it can be rebuilt
Re: Re: Gatecrasher One If it wasn't a sell out is was damn close. I left at about 11pm and it was almost full to capacity. They didn't give away that many tickets either (any more than all festivals seem to do).
Re: Re: Re: Gatecrasher One Jesus, the slating it was getting I thought it wouldnt of been any where near sell out!
3 threads about the same thing? wow - like thats never happened b4. this must spell the end of the world as we know it.... it is a clubbing messageboard, and this is a legendary place - so why not? i'm sure i remember similar turmoil about foundation
Operating nightclubs is a high risk investment but if you get it right the returns are huge. It is my opinion that Gatecrasher (most of the time) get it right. I think they will lose a great deal of money due to this fire, even if they do decide to use the space for something else I would not take that to mean the fire was part of some scam.
nah its the mecca of club land lol but serious this was shocking when i first seen it bet the be more sympothy if it had of been foundation few years back
