St. Even
Active Member
Circa's having a fundraiser for the InsideOut film festival on March 27 (that's a Thursday). Haven't been to the club yet, but I really like that it's so mixed.
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unimaginative2
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I'm very pleased with this decision. Unlike some of the other clubs in the area, Circa is most definitely not a problem. It doesn't seem to attract any of the fight-seeking crowd.
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Gatien wins ruling on liquor licence
JAMES RUSK
March 28, 2008
Nightclub impresario Peter Gatien has won another - possibly the last - round in his long-running legal fight waged by the city and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario against his Circa nightclub.
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ontario Divisional Court said this week that the AGCO had made no legal errors when it granted Circa a liquor licence last July, and refused a request from AGCO staff that the court order a new licensing hearing.
Mr. Gatien said yesterday that he is "really thrilled" with the decision, which he hopes will remove the legal cloud that has hung over the massive club in the downtown Entertainment District.
"I would hope at this point they would fold their tent," he said.
"It was a pretty clear-cut decision, brief and to the point."
Mr. Gatien, a native of Cornwall, Ont., who once operated four legendary clubs in New York and who was deported from the United States after serving prison time on charges of income-tax evasion, had an uphill legal fight to open Circa.
Staff of the AGCO initially refused to grant Circa a liquor licence, but the AGCO itself, which operates independently of its staff, overturned that decision last summer after holding a public hearing.
However, before the club opened, the AGCO's chief official, the registrar, appealed the decision on the grounds that the licence approval contained legal error and also sought, unsuccessfully, to get the court to delay the club's opening until the appeal was heard.
Mr. Gatien estimated that the fight cost him $160,000 in legal expenses, about two-thirds of which he expects to recover from the provincial agency.
The $6.3-million, 5,000-square-metre club now attracts 10,000 patrons a week, Mr. Gatien said.
While the Divisional Court ruling could be appealed to the province's Superior Court, the AGCO has not yet decided whether to do so.
"The registrar is reviewing his options," AGCO spokeswoman Lisa Murray said.
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Gatien wins ruling on liquor licence
JAMES RUSK
March 28, 2008
Nightclub impresario Peter Gatien has won another - possibly the last - round in his long-running legal fight waged by the city and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario against his Circa nightclub.
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ontario Divisional Court said this week that the AGCO had made no legal errors when it granted Circa a liquor licence last July, and refused a request from AGCO staff that the court order a new licensing hearing.
Mr. Gatien said yesterday that he is "really thrilled" with the decision, which he hopes will remove the legal cloud that has hung over the massive club in the downtown Entertainment District.
"I would hope at this point they would fold their tent," he said.
"It was a pretty clear-cut decision, brief and to the point."
Mr. Gatien, a native of Cornwall, Ont., who once operated four legendary clubs in New York and who was deported from the United States after serving prison time on charges of income-tax evasion, had an uphill legal fight to open Circa.
Staff of the AGCO initially refused to grant Circa a liquor licence, but the AGCO itself, which operates independently of its staff, overturned that decision last summer after holding a public hearing.
However, before the club opened, the AGCO's chief official, the registrar, appealed the decision on the grounds that the licence approval contained legal error and also sought, unsuccessfully, to get the court to delay the club's opening until the appeal was heard.
Mr. Gatien estimated that the fight cost him $160,000 in legal expenses, about two-thirds of which he expects to recover from the provincial agency.
The $6.3-million, 5,000-square-metre club now attracts 10,000 patrons a week, Mr. Gatien said.
While the Divisional Court ruling could be appealed to the province's Superior Court, the AGCO has not yet decided whether to do so.
"The registrar is reviewing his options," AGCO spokeswoman Lisa Murray said.
Tewder
Senior Member
Has anybody been lately? Is the place still busy?
smuncky
Senior Member
sure is. this place isn't going anywhere.
JasonParis
Moderator
The gay-ish Mirror Ballroom on Friday night is no more. Apparently it was getting more popular than the main room and they've closed it.
Royln Chambers is also out of a job.
Royln Chambers is also out of a job.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Damned queens try to take over everything.
JasonParis
Moderator
CiRCA has cancelled Randomland and has announced they will now be programming music "in line" with the rest of clubland.
They have also booked a homophobic act -- Elephant Man -- for one of their Caribana parties and are taking a ton of heat for it.
They have also booked a homophobic act -- Elephant Man -- for one of their Caribana parties and are taking a ton of heat for it.
Dilla
Senior Member
Usually I'd say that sucks, but after A.D/D. screwed everyone by massively overselling that Cut Copy show, I'm feeling some schadenfreude. I'm a petty man in some ways...a small petty man.
deerparker
Active Member
According to Matt Thomas's facebook group page set up to protest Elephant Man's CiRCA show, Elephant Man has been removed from the line-up... 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108381864284
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108381864284
Patriot
Active Member
The reality is Circa doesn't want to isolate its core crowd: the straights. If the Mirror Ballroom was indeed becoming too popular, then maybe they thought it would potentially threatened their core crowd clientile. I think it was working harmoniously; I guess they thought otherwise.
Is the Mirror Ballroom closed permanently?
Is the Mirror Ballroom closed permanently?
JasonParis
Moderator
You are probably right, but that doesn't sound very Peter Gaiten to me!
Roy G Biv
Senior Member
Jesus Christ, I felt like cattle at that show. Terrible.
unimaginative2
Senior Member
I actually enjoyed that show...I was right up against the stage and the crowding made it quite exciting.
ShonTron
Moderator
CDL and I noticed a sign posted on Circa - the liquor licence has been suspended from 11AM August 11 through 2AM August 15 (Saturday night!) by the LLBO (or whatever they call it now) for "serving intoxicated persons".
voxpopulicosmicum
Senior Member
Gaiten is gone. Happened sometime in the spring.