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04/06/2014
Stiff Kitten Closes
Belfast's popular Stiff Kitten nightclub is to close following a decade in business, the owners have confirmed.
"It is with heavy hearts that we have decided to close the doors of the Stiff Kitten for the last time today, and move on," a statement said. "We have so many happy memories associated with this place and the wonderful nights we've put on there over the last decade."
The rising popularity of Belfast's city centre and Cathedral Quarter, along with a general decline in activity in the Shaftesbury Square/Dublin Road area, have been cited as contributing factors in the club's closure.
"The Stiff Kitten site has always been a problematic location to do business in, and this has only became more of a challenge in recent years with a general shift towards the Cathedral Quarter," the statement continued. "This coupled with the many other projects our associated businesses have to focus on, has meant that we cannot give the Stiff Kitten the attention and considerable investment it requires to thrive again. It was very much a club of its time, and that time has now passed."
But, the club's owners told followers on Facebook that they had "some exciting new projects in the pipeline."
A statement said: "In the meantime to all who danced, worked and performed, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to do what we love for a living."
(IT/MH)
"It is with heavy hearts that we have decided to close the doors of the Stiff Kitten for the last time today, and move on," a statement said. "We have so many happy memories associated with this place and the wonderful nights we've put on there over the last decade."
The rising popularity of Belfast's city centre and Cathedral Quarter, along with a general decline in activity in the Shaftesbury Square/Dublin Road area, have been cited as contributing factors in the club's closure.
"The Stiff Kitten site has always been a problematic location to do business in, and this has only became more of a challenge in recent years with a general shift towards the Cathedral Quarter," the statement continued. "This coupled with the many other projects our associated businesses have to focus on, has meant that we cannot give the Stiff Kitten the attention and considerable investment it requires to thrive again. It was very much a club of its time, and that time has now passed."
But, the club's owners told followers on Facebook that they had "some exciting new projects in the pipeline."
A statement said: "In the meantime to all who danced, worked and performed, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to do what we love for a living."
(IT/MH)
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