Mystery surrounds Regal closure (From Oxford Mail)
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Mystery surrounds Regal closure
9:50am Tuesday 20th January 2009 in News By Fran Bardsley
The Regal nightclub in East Oxford has failed to reopen after a planned break over the New Year.
The club in Magdalen Road was due to close for a brief period over the New Year, but was expected to reopen on Monday, January 12.
Today, the club remained closed and no-one from the organisation could confirm if or when it would re-open.
Last week, partner Charlie McCreedy told the Oxford Mail it was due to a change in shareholders and he hoped it would reopen last Friday.
But the club remained shut, with planned weekend events cancelled at short notice, and neither Mr McCreedy nor manager Michael Keel were available for comment.
Comments(13)
cottage2day
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9:56am Tue 20 Jan 09
Joe Chapman
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10:34am Tue 20 Jan 09
cottage2day
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11:20am Tue 20 Jan 09
Joe Chapman wrote:Yes definately, There are no decent live music venues anymore. The regal got full of Chavs.
It's a shame some people complained at the beginning about The Regal being used for live gigs, so instead it was allowed to open more as a club than a live venue. You tend to get more trouble from the kind of crowds that go to clubs than you do with people who love live music. It could have served the local music community well. Now what?
mechcol
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11:59am Tue 20 Jan 09
Hugh Jaeger
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12:11pm Tue 20 Jan 09
All credit to McCreedy, Marsh and their team for spending so much money and time restoring the Regal to its 1930's glory. I hope their ambitious investment hasn't fallen victim to the credit crisis.
Every listed building, however beautiful it may be, has to earn an income in order to be kept in good repair. Joe Chapman and cottage2day are spot on: the Regal should be Oxford's top live music venue. It's bigger and has more character than the Zodiac, which lost all its atmosphere (and any chance of a pint of anything remotely resembling ale) when it became the Carling Academy.
Any millionaires out there fancy becoming East Oxford's fairy godparent? Mr Branson of Kidlington, can you see the Regal from your balloon?
LadyPenelope
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12:32pm Tue 20 Jan 09
The Zodiac has lost all its querkiness since becoming the Carling Acadamy.
cottage2day
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12:45pm Tue 20 Jan 09
LadyPenelope wrote:The good thing about it being a Carling is bigger names gig there now, this is the only venue we have.
I also think it should have been a live music venue rather than a club. The Zodiac has lost all its querkiness since becoming the Carling Acadamy.
Hugh Jaeger
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1:52pm Tue 20 Jan 09
the-truth hurts
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3:53pm Tue 20 Jan 09
cottage2day
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4:13pm Tue 20 Jan 09
Hugh Jaeger wrote:thats the beauty of it, go to a local pub, have a few nice chilled pints of their finest, then roll into Carling for a gig and a dance up... spot on!
cottage2day you may be right about Carling, but I can't bear drinking their lager all evening! It'll always remain the Zodiac to me: the place where I saw The Damned fans chanting that Captain Sensible was a w**ker and someone threw a pint at him! :o)
Andrew:Oxford
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4:49pm Tue 20 Jan 09
It's failed as a Bingo Hall
It's failed as a Live music Venue
It's not really an attracive building either. Why not demolish it and build a pay&display car park instead? Would be far more useful.
cottage2day
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5:07pm Tue 20 Jan 09
Andrew:Oxford wrote:what so they can charge people £4 an hour to visit the ever attractive cowley road? dumb idea.
It's failed as a Cinema It's failed as a Bingo Hall It's failed as a Live music Venue It's not really an attracive building either. Why not demolish it and build a pay&display car park instead? Would be far more useful.
GreenOxford
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2:13pm Wed 21 Jan 09
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