World Renowned Webster Hall is closing its doors on August 5th for a serious renovation. AEG/ Barclays/ Bowery Presents is taking over ownership from the Ballinger Brother's, who have run the venue since 1989. The venue will have 12 more event nights, and then it will be indefinitely closed for remodeling. While it is likely the event space will continue to be operated as a nightclub, the renovation designs have not been fully disclosed yet.
The Current Director of Operations, Gerard McNamee Jr. states on Facebook Post,
Sad but true, the legendary and world-famous Webster Hall has been sold and will close as we know it for its final club night on Saturday August 5th, 2017, which just so happens to be my birthday, which is certainly somehow apropos. It will be closed for an undisclosed period of time for demo, reno and transition to corporate ownership under Barclays/AEG/Bowery Presents. I highly recommend that you all stop by before the end of this era to pay your respects to the Ballingers and the building for providing us with a lifetimes worth of memories. There are only 12 club nights left. Please come celebrate our rich 25 year history of being the biggest, baddestand longest running nightclub in the history of New York City.
Webster Hall has become a major role in the artistic and cultural development of East Village New York since the early 20th Century, allowing it to be a vanguard for social and entertainment events. The building has presented itself as an irreplaceable landmark as many of the most cherished activists, artists, actors, and business men have argued, incited, danced, and embarked on nights to remember.
York's, Webster Hall in East Village is known as the largest, and most prominent historical venue since as early as 1886. The event space consists over 40,000 square feet, perfect for any and all acts. Many die hard music fans consider Webster Hall to be the first nightclub in America. While it was originally built for social and political activist meetings for East Village, but as the prohibition continued it became one of the first speakeasies and event space for extravagantly large Mascarade Balls, from the years of Great Gatsby. The event space continued to hold lavish parties as the prohibition ended, that is, until the top floor and roof were burned down by a cigarette mishap in 1949. As WWII and the depression hit New York City, Webster Hall had closed its doors to the opulent parties to shed light onto the popular Latin American Artists of the time.
Undergoing several different transformations from an RCA recording studio to Orchestra event space, to rock concert venue, and finally nightclub. Webster Hall is renowned as being one of New York City's most historic venue spaces, and over the years it has hosted some of the largest nightclub events with the most renowned artists in the world.
