Yesterday, Ink Entertainment, the company that owns the two-headed beast that is Toronto's Guvernment Entertainment Complex, announced that the venue would be closing its doors in January. The facility is home to both the Guvernment nightclub and concert venue Kool Haus (previously known as the Warehouse). The complex first opened in 1996.
So far, not too many tears are being shed over the announced closure, and we get that. It wasn't the biggest venue in Toronto, or the most storied, or the coolest. (If you're wondering, those honours would go to the Rogers Centre, the Horseshoe Tavern and, as of right now, either the Hoxton or Adelaide Hall.) From the outside, it still looks like an actual warehouse. It's a hard place to get sentimental over.
That said, we're really going to miss the place. It occupied an important place in the city's music ecosystem, and we're not sure what's going to fill that void. Here are five reasons we're going to miss the Guvernment/Kool Haus.
by Chris Dart via Electronic RSS
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