Though owner Victor Syperek denied it to Shoptalk two weeks back, he confirmed to CBC today what everyone already knew: The Marquee Club is toast as of the new year. “I just constantly lost so much money, it got to the point that if I carried on in business it would jeopardize everything else I have,” he told CBC News.
Yes, this has happened before, but never with such a strong undercurrent of legitimate-sounding rumour attached: the building will be torn down, and a — WAIT FOR IT —
NO
SERIOUSLY
WAIT
FOR
IT
— condo will go in its place. Of course.
Here’s some even worse news: we’ve heard the final show will be headlined by The Trews. See you at the second-last show, then.
This article appears in Nov 13-19, 2008.
I bet those condos sell for more then market price just because you get to live where the Marquee used to be
So sad! The only place I really enjoy going out to in this city…