Club Platinum 21 Sat 28 Dec 2013

02:30 The club is empty! Lights are on and flashing, lasers etc are going, bass is pounding but the venue appears to be devoid of patrons!

Why would you open if no one is in the club?

This week the club's been open on Tue 24 til 03:07, Thu 26 til 04:03 and Fri 27. I'm assuming punters were pretty thin on the ground these nights as well.

Bass is thumping through the window as I type this.

Club Platinum 21 Sat 21 Dec 2013

And like innocent babes in the wood we thought it was all over.

When workmen were spotted removing the supposedly sound blocking curtains on Thu 12 Dec, foolishly I thought finally they are dismantling the venue. Over the next week, my heart sank as cleaning of interiors and recaulking of the glazed west terrace was observed.

The deep rumbling undertow, a sound we have not heard in over a year, was noticed on Wed 18. It seems like the new tenant is running the sound system for a few minutes each night.

Online searches led nowhere, even on Thu 19 Dec, when the dot matrix display read WELCOME TO THE GRAND OPENING OF CLUB PLATINUM 21.

On Fri 20 Dec, www.platinum21.com finally shows up in search results, announcing the venue's opening event of Sat 21 Dec. Interestingly, calls to all three mobile phone numbers listed on the website result in a 'not in service' message.

So the club opens on Sat 21 Dec. It seems more muffled than the i-CLUB was, but the bass is still clear enough that I know they only shut down just before 4am.

i-CLUB Jan 2013

The exterior neon sign has not come on since Sunday 16 December 2012. On Thursday 03 January, every light on the penthouse level, including the fake trees made of coloured lights, and the remaining strings of blue Christmas lights, is off. The venue is completely without illumination for the first time since late July 2011.

Considering the club announced it was 'closing down until further notice' on Sunday 16 September 2012, that's quite a bit of waste of electricity.

Let's wait and see what happens next.....