Official word about the closing of the Old City nightclub Catalyst has come down from the club's owners. According to a press release issued this afternoon, financial difficulties forced the club to shut its doors just a week before what they're calling the club's first anniversary on Oct. 17 (the first show I can find any evidence of took place on Jan. 2 of this year):
Hi everyone,
as some of you might have already heard, Club Catalyst has encountered some tough times and while trying to remain open and finish our last few big shows through part of November, we are financially not able to do so.
While our landlord has been very lenient and many of our shows were well attended, the majority of shows simply underperformed and without substantial financial backing it was impossible to sustain losses lasting more than a couple of weeks.
This Press Release is especially difficult to submit since we are all still mourning the demise of the World Grotto and we now have to face the fact that we didn't reach our first year anniversary, which would have been this Saturday, Oct. 17.
It seems that after discussing our situation with other promoters we also found that the entertainment industry as a whole is suffering, making it tougher to compete with a mid sized venue.
The owners of Club Catalyst, Nathan Brown and Randee Maxwell, as well as myself and the entire staff wish to extend our Thanks for all the support we have received from Press, Radio, Artists, Outside Promoters, and of course all those who came to our shows! Knoxville has a very loyal fan base for the kind of music we wanted to continue bringing to this city and I hope we will be able to continue their music elsewhere.
Some of our shows will be moved to either the Cider House or Southbound, among others. We will update you via website.
Tickets purchased for shows we were not able to move within Knoxville will be refunded.
For information on those, or any other inquiries, please send your email to
info@clubcatalyst.com
Thank you all again,
Sincerely,
Andrea Kens
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