A recent report has highlighted 65 nightclubs have closed this year, raising concerns about the future of the industry. Do you or did you have a favourite nightclub and what factors are contributing to their decline?
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00:00I've kind of a vested interest in this because I actually own a bar just around the corner.
00:05But I think over the last decade really, drinking trends have moved away from
00:11kind of a lot of the drinking you'd associate with nightclub-like venues. So like people are
00:17drinking less but kind of maybe willing to spend more on that experience.
00:22Back in the day when I did go out, if I did go out on a night time,
00:27it was, there was no trouble, it was lovely. You could go out, have a few drinks and
00:33just really enjoy yourself. There was Mr Craig's, I'm not sure if that's still open.
00:39A lot of the clubs are going more franchises, more chains now, so I think it'd be better if
00:43you're sourcing individuals. I mean one good one is the Prism here in Leeds, that's been shut for
00:47two years. Why has that not been bought out by someone to, I don't know, open Stanley and maybe
00:51there's, I don't know, maybe that's something to look into. But yeah, I think it needs to be
00:55back to standalone clubs, more interesting, diverse, different clubs.