Club Tropicana and Vogue have opened at 7 Renfield Street in Glasgow. The new retro club promises clubbers and music lovers a night of nostalgia in its 80s and 90s music rooms.
Venue manager James Kelly, comments, “It’s just about bringing to Glasgow an energy and enthusiasm for good service and good customer experience. It’s an attractive proposition for clubbers even outwith the age group who normally club. It lends itself to a broader audience than other clubs.” The club also offers drinks that were popular in the eighties and nineties including Hooch and alcopops. James comments, “Hooch, Red Stripe, vodka and alcopops have been the biggest sellers so far. Whereas in most other clubs and places these brands maybe wouldn’t have fitted into the style of the place here they fit with our retro theme.”
James reckons Club Tropicana and Vogue gives people an excuse to let their hair down properly and relax like Frankie used to say.
Says James, “I like the feeling that when people come here they don’t have to act a certain way to fit in here. In some other clubs in this town you have to act a certain way, dress a certain way and you have to feel a certain way. It’s too cool for school. The dress code is smart casual. We’re not going to go down the line of the hipsters. We’re not looking for that sort of idea. It’s hip to be cool but not cool to be hip.”
The age range is eighteen to forty plus from hen parties to stag parties. We had about seven hen parties in at the weekend. We play everything from Footloose and Flashdance and the movie songs that every generation knows because they’ve all seen them with their mums. We also play the 90s dance tracks like Insomnia that people don’t play in clubs anymore because they are too far gone.”
Glasgow welcomes nostalgia club!
Category: Bar & Pub
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