UCD Bar to close?

RMD · 17-08-2012 03:43PM

Hopefully they'll stay open for freshers week, they'll make a pile of money then. Black monday with no bar on campus would be pretty disappointing.

Raphael · 17-08-2012 04:41PM

They are currently closed, so it's not a matter of staying open, it's a matter of possibly reopening in september. Long term staff taking redundancy doesn't bode well for that, though - probably means that negotiations are swinging more towards staying closed.

Guess we'll have a bar free campus for the first few weeks of the semester. I cannot say I am upset by this.

OneOfThem Stumbled · 17-08-2012 05:42PM

I suppose this is what happens when you leave financial management of important campus institutions (such as the SU shops, bars, Copy-centre, newspaper, trap, etc.) in the sole charge of students who will vacate their jobs after a single year and have no long-term accountability - using the exercise primarily for CV building and political networking.

The Forum bar is currently gutted - so I will be surprised if it's up and running before October.

T'is a real shame - the only decent food to be had on campus (and the only places to drink) were the campus bars and Elements. Now they're all closed

stepbar · 17-08-2012 05:51PM

I would imagine that this matter would have to be tidied up first - http://www.herald.ie/news/students-union-at-ucd-is-1m-in-debt-3006029.html

The bar should be run by a separate private entity - the UCDSU have already shown that they are not capable of running same.

Raphael · 17-08-2012 09:56PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the SU had very little to do with the bars, they were just behind it. Wasn't there a fulltime bar manager?

UCD Gal · 28-08-2012 12:23AM

Very sad to see the bar go. Many a good nights there.

Feel sorry for the staff. It all seems a bit suspicious to me that the new bar on campus is due to open soon and just before that the student club closes, as if the college wanted to wash their hands with the old bar and just have the new one.

I was reading the article in the Tribune and one staff member basically said it was all out of their hands.

It's shocking that students are basically left in charge of things like this. The quality of Ents has gone down the drain in the last few years. They seem more focused on getting everyone into the nights in town they run than trying to do anything on campus.

I've known a number of people involved in Ents and if students knew how their money has been pissed away they'd be up in arms over it. SU in debt of 1.5 million and it's just been allowed spiral out of control over the past years. Shocking.

OmegaRed10 · 28-08-2012 12:17PM

UCD Gal wrote: »

Very sad to see the bar go. Many a good nights there.

Feel sorry for the staff. It all seems a bit suspicious to me that the new bar on campus is due to open soon and just before that the student club closes, as if the college wanted to wash their hands with the old bar and just have the new one.

TBF, it dosnt make financial sense to have two bars on campus when the old club was nearly empty for most of last year (compared to previous years). The University probably thinks its better to try and make a fresh start with the new bar, which will be aiming to get new business from the sports centre users etc and wont be managed by the SU/bar management who made such a mess of the club.

beardedmaster · 28-08-2012 10:56PM

I just certainly hope that the new Student Centre Bar is more like the old Forum bar than the Student bar - I hope it to be more of a "pub" than a place with only events on, and chart/pop/dance/whatever blaring every night of the week, and a chat to be impossible.

Raphael · 28-08-2012 11:00PM

Likewise, but their facebook posts make me rather worried on that front... =(

beardedmaster · 28-08-2012 11:25PM

We can only hope! I went to the old Student bar a fair amount, but I would've gone even more had there been a better atmosphere re: music playing. Having whatever's on the charts on all the time was more than a little grating, after a while. Especially when, regardless of the amount of people there, it was always quite loud.

sheao · 28-08-2012 11:30PM

I was there once, it is a great spot.

OmegaRed10 · 29-08-2012 11:46AM

Raphael wrote: »

Likewise, but their facebook posts make me rather worried on that front... =(

Ents off to another flyer this year by getting the name of the bar wrong. The bar will be called the Clubhouse, will belong to Sports & Fitness and from what I see, it wont have much to do with Ents or the SU....
http://www.ucd.ie/sportandfitness/about/cafe.html

KillerToaster · 03-09-2012 04:01PM

So I dropped in to UCD today and saw the bar was still closed. I heard it would close for the summer and open up again in September.

Now I hear they might be closed for good.

Anyone know what's going to happen on this front?

Raphael · 03-09-2012 10:24PM

It was closing for the summer to be reviewed in September. From sounds of things, that review decided to not reopen it.

kkumk · 04-09-2012 02:26AM

So what's to become of Black Monday?! :O where will everyone drink?!

UCD Gal · 04-09-2012 09:37AM

Bar is officially closed for good.

OmegaRed10 · 04-09-2012 01:58PM

I think they might try to run something in the Astra Hall in the student centre as an alternative...but that would depend on being granted relevant licences etc. I'd presume

stop · 06-09-2012 11:43AM

Just passed by the Forum/Clubhouse bar there. Construction work seems to have stopped

susie99 · 07-09-2012 06:45PM

Does that mean there are no bars open on campus at present? I was going to walk around for a trip down memory lane tomorrow afternoon and stop for a pint...is there anywhere? :eek:

beardedmaster · 07-09-2012 07:56PM

No-where. It's awful...

bnt · 08-09-2012 11:20PM

According to the SU Observer, there are unofficial events being organised on Faecebook, involving trips to the off-license and the sports fields ... :cool:

beardedmaster · 08-09-2012 11:22PM

This thing?? Hadn't heard of it..

Raphael · 09-09-2012 12:45AM

For any freshers considering going to one of those unofficial events, be aware that drinking on campus, outside of designated areas (bars or rooms with an alcohol license) is against the Student Code, and as such can get you reprimanded, fined and/or suspended/expelled.

Neeson · 09-09-2012 04:44AM

Why would someone go drinking there and get it confiscated? That's a thick enough idea.

Muir · 09-09-2012 11:00AM

Raphael wrote: »

For any freshers considering going to one of those unofficial events, be aware that drinking on campus, outside of designated areas (bars or rooms with an alcohol license) is against the Student Code, and as such can get you reprimanded, fined and/or suspended/expelled.

Hope freshers pay attention to this, don't go getting yourselves into trouble the second you start college for the sake of having a few drinks. Not worth it.

charliehotel · 09-09-2012 11:25AM

Muir wrote: »

Hope freshers pay attention to this, don't go getting yourselves into trouble the second you start college for the sake of having a few drinks. Not worth it.

So would it be worth it just not doing anything Black Monday-orientated on the campus tomorrow? Go out at night instead ?

gebbel · 09-09-2012 11:48AM

I will never forget the place, great memories from 1994 - 2000.

Muir · 09-09-2012 12:56PM

charliehotel wrote: »

So would it be worth it just not doing anything Black Monday-orientated on the campus tomorrow? Go out at night instead ?

Yeah. It's the first day of class so you should go to class & meet some of your classmates. Also lecturers usually tell you important things the first day, like what sort of exams/assignments will have to be done & how much they're worth, what you'll be covering over the semester, if notes will be given out in class or online, if you need books etc. So go to class. I'm sure there'll be some events organised in some of the nightclubs tomorrow night with it being the first day back, probably with cheap entry & drink. So you could go to something like that.

Blut2 · 09-09-2012 01:32PM

Muir wrote: »

Hope freshers pay attention to this, don't go getting yourselves into trouble the second you start college for the sake of having a few drinks. Not worth it.

Realistically you're not actually going to get in trouble. Even if services do catch you all you have to say is "I'm a Trinity student" and they cant do anything to you - you just get escorted off campus and then make your way back in through an alternative entrance. They have no power to detain or search you.

Neeson · 09-09-2012 01:56PM

They've the power to take alcohol of you - alcohol is expensive. Imagine a massive field with everyone getting their alcohol thrown into a bin. They wouldn't be long getting up and leaving if they saw that was about to happen.

UCD Bar to close?

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