A new club opened up on the Seaside road yesterday. This isn’t a post about the club itself but the ridiculous amount of traffic it caused yesterday around 7 while I was going back home from work.
Traffic was insane and people were parking left and right on the road reducing the lanes from 3 to 2 and finally to 1 then none
It’s not enough that there is traffic during the day all the time, but now because of this place there is even more at night…
And apparently White is supposed to open up somewhere next to it soon.
I don’t understand how they can give permits to clubs that don’t have dedicated parking spots! This place has a capacity of 2,500 people. So on a good night, you can expect to have up to 1,000 cars! Where the hell do you park these cars! I really hope these places shut down ASAP.
Passed by it on my way out from Citymall at about 9 30pm, there were about 20 valet guys waiting inline.
Chahe, you encountered traffic at 7, at 9 30 and so on my way up to jounieh, i met no less than 20 cars screaming down the seaside road against the traffic flow… and the %&^$#@@ were driving like the road was empty, a range rover ahead of me blocked the road at the exit of the marina finally in an attempt to get a message through, but still they were squeezing by and accelerating in the face of oncoming traffic. this will triple once white opens because revelers are too damn lazy to drive on the highway and pull a uturn south of Dora…
On another note, there was a helluva lot of traffic police on the Naccashe overpass this morning. is that new interior ministry going to work? oh and they were giving tickets out like it was a holiday
Yes the opening was last night, My sis and her friends were there, she told me it was very crowded like 3,000 people jammed. She also told me that the music was really bad.
Well, I think its good to open more open air clubs so that people have more choices other than Skybar that is overcrowded all week!
@ Ronman, what did you expect? of course they’re gonna go in against traffic, we live in Lebanon, traffic laws do not exist. The cops who try to enforce traffic laws don’t even know them. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “darake” wear a seat belt
@jenjen, I agree, open air clubs are very cool, but if I had to choose between less traffic and go out at night to an open air club, I’d choose less traffic. They could’ve chosen another location for the place
i don’t expect anything but the worse in this rabid country…but despite 30 year of expecting the worst, i still am incredibly perplexed by suicidal maniacs…
ya3ne, if one doesn’t want to think about others and be selfish you’d expect he would want to care for is own life…
wow I can only imagine how horrible traffic is going to be there. Sadly due to all the corruption the club is going to get priority over us regular folks.
I wonder why nothing opens at the Marina Dbayyeh. It’s spacious and empty.
Yeah I’m sure it isn’t a requirement (in Beirut) to have parking spots in order to open up a club. I’m sure management paid someone off.
Apparently, the Pier 7 guys are actively engaged in the recent Metn waste water treatment program… An engineer friend of mine is trying to get the dets =P
Of first of all, why would there be traffic at 7 pm due to the club? People start rushing in to clubs at around 10 – 11?!
I believe it is a bold move due to the garbage mountain & the fumes but I also do believe this is a good way to start something called “balanced development†(translation from Arabic) in all Lebanese areas if I may call it that way.
I’m sorry to say that you guys are shooting at the wrong party (both posts), instead of criticizing why they opened a club next to a garbage mountain & how it’s causing traffic, why don’t you guys try to criticize the ministry of public works to solve the problem of the extremely narrow highways (not to mention the illegal places opening left & right causing bottle necks) & the ministry of environment which doesn’t move a finger to solve the garbage issue next to our main port…
That’s what we need in Lebanon!
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/china-s-jiaozhou-bay-bridge-1309439624-slideshow/photo-taken-wednesday-june-29-2011-released-chinas-photo-110906426.html
Dude, stop being a hater. These venus create jobs and help to promote the country. If you don’t like them, then just stay away from them!