The only thing cooler than an applicant named Pink Ink LLC would be an applicant named Pink Ink Inc. Rising from the ashes of 210 North is 'Rise' nightclub, now moving onto the planning commission. Click here for the official Planning Commission PDF. From the makers of one of Reno's oldest bars the Five Star, Rise night club is going before the planning commission on March 7.
The floor plan for the new club will remain unchanged from the previous tenant, and include three bars (North, South and Diamond Bar), dj booth and dance floor. It's unknown if any of the plush decor from 210 North remains, or if it will be redone.
In a letter to the Reno Police Dept, the Five Star owners listed several reasons why the night club would not increase crime in the area, including a dress code requiring upper scale dress casual, minimum collared shirts and no open-toe shoes for men and no gangster attire for either gender. Security includes six-zone metal detector with hand-wands as backup. They'll install adequate lighting around the perimeter including the alleys.
The only opposition from the Neighborhood Advisory Board level was from a Montage resident whose letter basically amounted to saying 'Please don't play any bass-laden Dubstep.'
Moving on, local residents who live across the street don't seem opposed to it so why should I be? Rise nightclub is better than a vacant red blotch downtown, and their proposed security would suffice even in some of Los Angeles' more questionable neighborhoods.
I don't know about you, but any upscale club that has metal detectors is basically telling me that this is not a safe place to be and I'd rather not go. What do these guys think we're in the Bronx or Long Beach? Bubinga and Edge don't have metal detectors, and the day they start having people walk through one or get wanded is the day upscale people will stop going there and it will get the dreaded "ghetto" label. Seriously, I'm not taking my date to a club where we have to walk through a metal detector. You're just creating a tense atmosphere where people are now paranoid, is this the type of place where people try to bring guns and knives. I'm sorry but I'll have to pass on this and continue going to Edge and Bubinga. I used to love the old 210 North, but I would have a suggestion to the new owners. 210 North started getting low business on Thursdays so they added a free keg of Bud and no cover. Within 2 weeks, the place went ghetto and soon after closed. Don't EVER give away a free keg of Bud to customers. Keep your eye on the brand.