Some quality journalism right here! I think you hit the nail on the head with a lot of things especially the overhead that forces us nightlife operators to run things a certain way. It’s an unfortunate reality of running a business in downtown Vancouver..

I manage Cabana and we’ve made it a point to offer lots of ways for people to have a night out without breaking the bank and so far people seem to be pretty receptive to it!

I actually forwarded this video to the rest of our management team so we can make a point to listen and educate ourselves on what people in our city are looking for. We always appreciate getting an outside perspective!

Also if you or anyone in the comments has questions about the inner workings of a “generic club” like Cabana (no argument from me there lol) I’d be happy to answer 😊

AMA!

Gen Z didn't kill nightlife. We'd love to go out, but the last bus leaves at 11:40pm and a beer costs as much as my rent

This is basically the "Why don't kids play outside anymore? The outside we built:" meme but for adults.

So many problems come down to "no more cheap spaces". Fun got priced out.

In Chicago: if you call the police for a noise complaint against an establishment the cop will ask you to your face who was there first (the club or the condo). The answer is often the club.  And the police tell you “welcome to city living” and walk away. And I mostly agree with that sentiment.

Ill never get the people who live in the heart of a city and seem annoyed that they are living in the middle of a city.

Imagine moving to a place next to nightclubs then complaining about the noise like no shit there be noise you choose this spot

My partner and I before 2015 we could go out, get drunk Uber home with $50. Now $50 is just the Uber ONE WAY

a couple of things I think you're missing.  One, we've made the staying home experience so amazing.  When I was a teenager, there were only three TV channels.  We had an uncomfortable couch, and you couldn't get anything delivered.  We went out, every chance we got.
The second, phone cameras.  All the embarrassing, stupid, dangerous, humiliating shit we got up to at night just fuelled legendary stories.  They were allowed to exist in our muddled memories as epic moments.  We wren't forced to face the reality of it captured on video.  A video that anyone, your parents, your teacher, your boss, your girlfriend, your girlfriend's parents, might see.  You can't have fun while you're under surveillance.

In Sydney Australia, people started moving in apartment buildings adjacent to an amusement park called Luna Park, an Australian icon. After moving there, the new residents immediately began complaining about the noise the park made. The park's operating hours were shortened, their days were limited, and now, half of the park's land has been sold off and it has half the rides it used to. Luxury apartments destroyed a 100+ year old icon, built for children.

The cost of going out is so prohibitive that people are staying home in droves.

Classic example of culture creating value that gets bought up by capital and displacing the culture that created the value.

How are people even going out? I wake up, work, and go to bed

moves to the entertainment district surrounded by clubs

"I WISH ALL THESE CLUBS WERENT RUINING MY NEIGHBORHOOD!!!"

As someone from the nightclub industry I have to say that the scene died in most cities in 2010. The high cost of leases are the main culprit. Operationally it was impossible to keep a club alive when it cost us $110K per month in rent. My friends has to close their places because their leases doubled over night. Some of the club owners who owned their properties ended up selling to condo developers for at least 4 times the amount they paid. This was inevitable.

As a working DJ, thank you. This best of 2010s era crap is killing my soul. I try to switch it up and then the management and crowd come for my neck. So I play beauty and a beat for the 4th time of the night and it’s like all of sudden everyone is plugged back in to the matrix. Pacified.

As someone who pretty recently did security in nightlife, I totally noticed the music never changing. Literally feels like music stopped evolving. I'm 31 years old and it's the same songs from my early 20's playing

Montreal is passing new laws to protect nightclubs from new condo residents complaining.

Cliffnotes: Private Equity ruins everything. The end.

"Malls are dying"

They kicked me out for using heelys when i was a teen. Of course I stopped coming.