Is NYC’s Roxy About to Make a Comeback?
Break out your John Blair membership card (yes, we still have ours), ’cause famed NYC roller disco-cum-gay nightclub The Roxy appears to be aiming for a grand return.
Applications for a liquor license for the W. 18th Street spot are under review, signaling owner Gene DeNino may be reversing course after shuttering the venue in 2007 under fiscal disaster.
Since then, the city’s gays have really only had Splash Bar and mr.Black, along with a few more underground parties, to dance their boney butts at en masse.
But DeNino appears to be looking to team back up with Blair, if you believe the rumor mill.
The only remaining issues: Securing that liquor license from the community board, and finding the cash pay $60,000 a month in rent. Then again, The Roxy has been saved once before: After closing in March 2007, wrecking balls were supposed to tear the thing down, but they never came. (Photo via)
Good luck getting the community board to approve a liquor license.
All I see in that photo is a mass of men showing off their torsos. Puh-lease, can’t we do better than that? How sad that our community has been reduced to appearance fascism by queens who are more interested in finding a quick fuck than in fighting for gay marriage rights!!
Awww… I loved the Roxy.
@jason:
All I can hear while reading your post is the sound of water slowly dripping.
LOL @ Kevin B
I mean seriously,Not all of us gay folks are interested in living the same kind of boring “traditional” life style heteros lead.Not all of us are interested in reducing ourselves to getting married and adopting or having 2-3 kids and driving around in a Dodge Caravan car pooling kids to school everyday and working 9-5 boring jobs to support the needy children.So,cut the crap!We all want our civil right and we all want our relationships recognized by state laws,but dont go calling every gay person who doesnt think like you an “appearance fascist” because your bald fat ass cant get out and enjoy life.
Despite what all the negative douche-bags say about the Roxy,it was/is a legendary nightclub in which has served and brought the community together for many years and has had its fair share of celebrities.If it is to reopen it would not be a bad thing.As long as they dont make the same mistake and hire John Blair to book the DJs.Gays in the New York dance scene dont care to hear d-list circuit cheese DJs who want play anything more than circuit dance pop song that is way past their prime and nobody want to hear.In New York clubs like that,people want to hear cutting edge House Music.Take a cue from Pacha and Cielo.
I really miss that club!!! one of my favorites club! wish they can do something about backstreet in Atlanta too!
That’d motivate me to figure out a way to move back to NYC if true…!