Bind.

Richard on Seymour, the new club is

open for business!

Arts culture gets a boost in Vancouver; that’s right, a boost!

By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor

t’s been several months in the

making, but finally, Richards

on Richards has a new home:
Seymour Street.

Vince Alvaro, Vancouver club
owner since the mid 1980s has made
his return to the scene by opening the
biggest and most elaborate club in
this city’s recent history. 560, the new
club at 560 Seymour street promises
to be a major improvement to the
downtown arts scene.

Location was everything when
Alvaro was looking to open his new

in this city could meet and mingle

or even talk shop with one another.”
The club was given a few test runs to
private parties during the Olympics,
but now that the finishing touches
are on it, it was good to go after last
Saturday’s opening.

The club is anything but the
norm when compared to other places
like it in Vancouver. For the most
part, venues in this city are one large
room with the bar at one side and
a stage on the other. 560 already
has many artists lined up, including
everything from big name DJs to
lesser-known local rock groups.

The big thing that makes 560 such a hit is its 6,000 square foot
unisex bathroom in the basement. This European touch turns the
bathroom into a party place, and when you’re done taking care of
business, there’s a bar and a dance floor right outside your stall.

club, which now operates under
Dicks on Dicks’ old liquor license.
The idea behind this social house
was to be off Granville, but not so
far away that it will get torn down to
put up condos. Located in the same
building, and right around the corner
from notorious Railway Club, 560 is
in line to be a huge success.

You may remember it as the old
A&B sound building, but several
floors of empty space was bought and
converted into four lounges, three
large dance floors, an art gallery, and
a unisex bathroom.

“The idea,” Alvaro said, “was to
have a place where the artistic people

 

The gallery will feature local artists’
works as well as visiting exhibits.

The big thing that makes 560
such a hit is its 6,000 square foot
unisex bathroom in the basement.
This European touch turns the
bathroom into a party place, and
when you’re done taking care of
business, there’s a bar and a dance
floor right outside your stall.

Most Fridays and Saturdays will
be loud dance music, but during the
weekdays and on special occasions,
live shows will be booked. Get ready,
Vancouver night crawlers, the party
block just got a little more exciting.