Superclub Plans Cancelled

KILLJOY COUNCIL chiefs have booted out plans to open a 2,500 capacity superclub in the city centre because local residents objected.

Wealthy city residents were last week celebrating a massive victory over the club-going population.

Labyrinth, the proposed name of the new club, had put together plans to hold all night student parties in a car park next to Manchester's iconic Beetham Tower.

Live music and dance events would have run on until 6am for 20 weekends of the year if Manchester City Council had offered a licence to club owners Sankey's.

The council rejected a bid for a licence after more than 60 local residents objected because there were fears crime and disorder could not be prevented.

There were also concerns about safety and it was thought club goers would be a 'public nuisance'.

Beetham Tower flat owners – who include football Phil Neville and his wife Julie – feared that they would be kept up all night at weekends by student party goers.

Labyrinth would have become the second largest club in the city, behind Pure in the Printworks which lets in up to 2,700 revellers.

Sankey's had claimed that the walls were thick enough to absorb most of the noise.

Councillor Pat Karney said that he was delighted the controversial superclub plans had been blocked.

"Let this be a warning to other responsible club owners not to try and create an Ayia Napa in Manchester," he said. "A club for 2,500 people here was unbelievable."

Carl Austin, who lives on the 27th floor of the Beetham Tower moaned: "The potential noise and disruption that this super-club would cause was worrying."