A big new amusement sophisticated in downtown Kelowna that opens nowadays was presently creating news a year in the past. And once again, previously this thirty day period.
Revelry Food items+Music Hub could even more strain law enforcement sources dedicated to maintaining downtown Kelowna safe, a nightclub operator told metropolis councillors on Sept. 12.
“We don’t know the result of that 685-particular person capacity establishment,” Dave Habib, proprietor of the Liquid Zoo, claimed. “What’s it heading to increase to the RCMP’s load, with all the stuff that comes with a liquor principal establishment?”
Habib and a different downtown business enterprise proprietor ended up principally addressing council to protest the achievable conversion of the Craft Beer Market’s licence from food items-principal to liquor-key. Such a swap, if allowed by the province from the council’s advice, could gas complications all over social disorder and late-night drunkenness, they instructed council.
As the longest existing holder of a liquor major licence in downtown Kelowna, Habib could be seen as a businessman simply trying to protect his commercial passions from new competitors.
And his characterization of Revelry, at 1383 Ellis St., as little extra than another nightclub is one particular firmly turned down by Lee Simon, owner of the new small business. He says the concentrate at the two-storey establishment will be on reside leisure and foods, not marketing as much alcohol as achievable.
“We have worked diligently to create a distinctive variety of environment for the intake of foodstuff and live audio – with each other,” Simon claimed Thursday in an electronic mail. Law enforcement done a walkthrough of the organization this 7 days, he mentioned.
“I think they ended up the two impressed and pleasantly surprised by what they observed within, specially with regard to the actions we have taken to downplay the purpose of alcoholic beverages within just our principle,” Simon mentioned.
Revelry has both of those a foodstuff-primary and a liquor-primary licence, “just like a hotel”, Simon explained. It’s revolutionary a new principle in Kelowna, he mentioned, a single that will be welcomed as a substantial addition to the downtown main.
“New housing in Kelowna will carry lots of new people, and they will be searching for additional entertainment possibilities,” he said.
That was an argument Kelowna metropolis councillors discovered persuasive final 12 months when they unanimously endorsed Simon’s application to the province for a liquor-primary licence. “At the end of the working day, I do really think this is strengthening our cultural district,” Coun. Luke Stack reported.
Revelry will open Friday at 11 a.m. with live music established throughout the day and into the night Monday via Saturday. Closing times will fluctuate.
