{"id":32537,"date":"2020-07-23T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-nightlife-insiders-predict-no-more-dance-floors-post-covid\/"},"modified":"2020-07-23T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T22:08:00","slug":"nyc-nightlife-insiders-predict-no-more-dance-floors-post-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-nightlife-insiders-predict-no-more-dance-floors-post-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC nightlife insiders predict \u2018no more dance floors\u2019 post-COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC nightlife insiders predict \u2018no more dance floors\u2019 post-COVID<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n As New York City eased into Phase 4 of reopening Monday, the life of the party remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Nightclubs were supposed to be among the businesses coming back in this wave. But with Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announcing that indoor activities \u2014 including malls and museums \u2014 are still off the table, insiders are scrambling to figure out the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on a dance floor used to be hot. Now it feels scary,\u201d said Francesco Belcaro, who has hosted nights for the Alley Cat Amateur Theater in the Beekman Hotel downtown and the Paradise club in the Edition Hotel in Times Square \u2014 which closed after falling victim to the economic perils of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

At the buzzy Bushwick club House of Yes, co-owner Anya \u00adSapozhnikova sees other places potentially becoming more \u00adexclusive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dance floor is where you make out with strangers,\u201d she said, adding that being out there with fewer, social<\/a>ly distanced people would defeat the purpose. \u201cMaybe nightlife becomes smaller events and [clubs resemble] speak-easies like in the 1920s.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beekman Hotel downtown<\/span>Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That in itself could be a draw: A tighter door and small guest list could lead to nightlife feeling like a true luxury commodity, which could also lead to clubs being able to charge more.<\/p>\n

Anthony \u201cDoc\u201d Shnayderman, an independent promoter who helped fill the dance floors of hot spots such as Up & Down and 1OAK, says higher prices could come into play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how the clubs can operate at reduced capacity,\u201d Shnayderman explained to The Post. \u201cOperating at 50 percent capacity is a loss or break-even. It\u2019s almost better to be closed than to open under capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belcaro thinks the scene could move underground and predicts a boom in illicit, after-hours spots \u2014 like \u201980s clubs Save the Robots and the Continental that stayed open until 8 a.m. and drew the starry likes of David Bowie and John Belushi.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are not afraid .\u2009.\u2009. There will be demand for people who want to go to crowded places,\u201d said Belcaro, adding that he operates only in the legal realm. \u201cI also see it going back to private clubs, where you have to be a member and you know who you\u2019re hanging out with.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Zero Bond, opening this fall, comes in. Although it won\u2019t have a dance floor, the members-only Noho social club, headed by former Butter co-owner Scott Sartiano, will showcase levels of safety that traditional nightclubs likely couldn\u2019t pull off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are investing in thermal technology<\/a>,\u201d Sartiano said, adding that members will receive branded face masks. \u201cAn eye in the sky will tell us if you have a fever. If you do, you\u2019ll not be able to come back for two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others are just trying to provide as much room to socially distance as possible.<\/p>\n

At House of Yes, a DJ plays music Thursday to Sunday for sidewalk tables, with signs that say: \u201cThis is not a dance party.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anya \u00adSapozhnikova<\/span>Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are renovating our yard,\u201d said Sapozhnikova of House of Yes. \u201cWe\u2019ll have some cover from the rain and a redone shipping container that will serve as a cocktail lounge back there\u201d \u2014 but, alas, no alfresco dance floor. \u201cI\u2019m putting together a list of my favorite buskers from the neighborhood\u201d to perform in back.<\/p>\n

The idea, she added, is that \u201cit will feel like a small block party.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the question remains: What about dancing?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the million-dollar question,\u201d said Belcaro. \u201cNobody knows if dancing will be allowed [anywhere]. But you can\u2019t seal off a dance floor \u2014 automatically, people who have a couple drinks and feel cozy will start dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure: None of the insiders expect to see New Yorkers fleeing to the suburbs to party.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see New Yorkers ever becoming the new bridge-and-tunnel crowd,\u201d said Belcaro.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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