will these downtown nightclubs ever reopen until 6am?

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In downtown Metz, the nightclubs Guess Club and L’Endroit will ultimately remain open until five o'clock in the morningfor at least three months.

A municipal decree required these nightclubs, rue Poncelet and rue aux Ours, to operate restricted hours due to noise pollution denounced by local residents. A curfew at four o'clock in the morning had even been established.

The current order ends on November 30, 2024. The managers were hoping that then, their establishments could close later only five hours. It is ultimately not not the case.

Curfew at 5 a.m. for these clubs in Metz

“For nightclubs, nothing changes,” announces Hervé Niel, deputy mayor in charge of security. The number ofinterventions of the municipal police – posted four nights a week out of the club – has not increased, “so there is no reason to close at four o'clock”.

Hervé Niel recognizes “ efforts » of the Place, but insists on the complaints from local residents which continue to arrive. The brawls and noise pollution would not have stopped.

Return to closing at 6 a.m. one day?

“The mayor’s desire is to not to penalize nightclubs. We leave enough space to work,” explains Hervé Niel.

The “Mr. City Security” does not definitively exclude a back to closing at six o'clock in the morning, but he finds it hard to imagine that these neighborhood problems will ever be resolved. “I believe thatwe tried everything with the boxes,” he confides.

Incomprehensible, for the Place

” It is mind-boggling», exclaims Christopher Vanhoutte, the manager of L’Endroit, when we tell him the news. He ensures that he is present in front of his establishment – ​​alongside bouncers – all evening to prevent his customers from passing by. under the windows of local residents . He clears himself by blaming the Guess Club, the neighboring establishment.

Christopher Vanhoutte pleads for a return to opening hours as before covid, when the Place closed at six o'clockSaturdays and Guess at seven. He warns: “By sanctioning on this side, they are going to kill the nightclubs. »

The financial death of these clubs?

Christopher Vanhoutte explains that if the club closes at six o'clock, all the customers must be gone by six o'clock. “Knowing that the Bar'Latino closes at three o'clock, the time for customers to come to us is three thirty. You close at four forty, that makes you about an hour worked. »

This reduction in working time implies a loss of turnover for the Place, deplores its manager: “They leave us with an IV until we die . »

Christopher Vanhoutte, accompanied by his lawyer, hopes to convince the municipality to change its mind. It highlights the financial compensation that businesses prevented from opening can receive: “Give us a compensationand we don't talk about it anymore. »

The situation could change end of February 2025when the new decree ends and must be renewed.

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