Some inner city Newcastle residents have expressed concern over the Kensington night club proposal for Hunter Street.
But the developers are still pushing ahead, in the hope their liquor license application will be approved.
text will be replaced
Some inner city Newcastle residents have expressed concern over the Kensington night club proposal for Hunter Street.
But the developers are still pushing ahead, in the hope their liquor license application will be approved.
Please Newcastle!! PLEASE!!!
When will this towns residents, it’s council and indeed this state govenment pull it’s head out from it’s backside!!!
The Kensington night club isn’t going to be the downfall of this city!!! Who is pushing this agenda?? Here we have a city centre in such great and urgent need of stimulation and re development in order to drag it, kicking and screaming into the 21st century but for a select group of ‘elitist’ inner city residents jumping up and down trying to stop it. Give me strength!! A city is JUST that!! Don’t live in a city if you’re after a suburban lifestyle. I too live near local pubs and I take the good with the bad. My family and I love where we live and we wouldn’t trade it for the world. We’ve had our precious sleep disturbed by the odd drunken lout in the past and fully expect to have it disturbed in the future!! C’mon people!! You can’t change a culture by forcing venues to close or in this case not even open! To change a culture from the drunken and violent one thats being pedaled here is to have respect! Respect for ones place, for ones home, for ones city! And that is the real issue here I believe. We must respect this fine city and see it grow, embrace change and keep putting one foot in front of the other. We must move forward not backwards. Newcastle deserves better than that. And we, as it’s residents deserve better than that. I believe by stagnating change and progress in this town we run the very real risk becoming a blight on this state and a laughing stock nationally. Wake up people and have a look around you!!
Adam Hills. Merewether.
This is so true I think the council need their heads read,I dont agree with violence,Im an ex vietnam Veteran you will always find idiots,everyone spoke about how bad the Empire hotel was,if you wanted to fight it was the wrong place to go,but for a good time fantastic,the difference was the security and the Karaoke was the best in town and it drew in all sorts of great people of all ages up to 70 years old because it was safe there,I know this is true because of my involvement,the answer is play to the age group you have not to what you want.I personally would like to start a 35 and over Karaoke Club Strictly for that age group because I know there is a market out there we just dont have a venue,whoever wrote about whats happening has my support we need more police involvement like what happened in the90s bring back more Polynesian doorman have management who know how to speak to people public skills Im not European but still bound by the same laws and thats what needs to happen Thank You
I have lived in the inner-city of Newcastle since 1989. Tony Brown & his cohorts do not represent my views, nor those of any of my neighbours. I understand that there are problems after dark in Newcastle – as in thousands of other cities throughout the world. Opening another venue would not exacerbate the problem – if anything it would improve matters. The Kensington is aiming for an older, more mature and sophisticated clientele – people who would be discouraging anti-social behaviour. No, we don’t need another Fannys or Finnegans , but we do need venues for those of us who like to enjoy a night out without ruining anyone else’s. During the 90’s there were many more venues than there are currently, closer together and open later. It was safe to walk down Hunter St because there were shorter distances between crowds and people walking between the various pubs and clubs. The licensing board & police are looking at the problems in Newcastle from entirely the wrong viewpoint – to have less violence in the inner-city we need more venues, not less.
T.K. I remember the Empire well – loved that it was open at 5am and you could walk in and have an interesting conversation with just about anyone.