2 September 2008
Legendary London Club to close
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The operators of The End & AKA have announced the sale of the legendary venue, which will host its final nights on 23-24 January 2009 - 13 years since the club began.
In a statement, club founders Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin said:
"Everyone will want to know why we’re closing. Are there problems? Is everyone leaving fantastically rich? What's happening? The reality is simple. We began in a kitchen with a conversation and a dream. The club has been our life for thirteen fantastic years, but key people in the team were ready to move on, this coincided with being made an offer on the building, and we felt it time to pursue different roads. To be able to walk away now after such a journey means that the timing is right. It’s been a dificult decision, and of course we’re sad, but The End is, and has been, the most amazing experience, and we want to thank all those who made it possible and all those who have shared in our dream.
Layo added:
"We’ve had offers for the club before, and yes, this was the best one. But I wouldn’t say that it’s so good that it makes this a purely financial issue – it’s a circumstantial issue, coupled with financial. If it was seven or eight years ago, an offer like this wouldn’t have been accepted. It’s a lot to do with the timing."
Read the full interview
From: Night Online
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That's redick. The guys' an idiot
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Tha kind of thing happens a lot in Vegas. We spent over 100k on my stag night .
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We took 50,00k on a bottle of a bottle of napoleonic cognac.If people have that money to spend then good on "em,.
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