[namdnay]

The fundamental issue with the second type of club is that they’re usually not making money on the drugs. This was true for the Hacienda and its true for most of the clubs now.

I strongly suspect that it’s not the case for the mega-clubs in Ibiza, and that they get their cut somehow

[TheOtherHobbes]

Either the dealers eat the club or the club eats the dealers.

The dealers ate the Hacienda. It's over as soon as the club has to hire enforcers to keep the dealers in line - because the enforcers are also hired by the same dealers. And that gets... complicated.

It's a fair bet it's the other way around for the headline clubs in Europe, and possibly a few US cities (NY, etc).

This may suggest interesting things about who ultimately owns/manages those clubs.

[tin7in]

Mega-clubs in Ibiza know that and charge much higher entry fees compared to clubs with similar lineup in Europe. On top performing nights of the week the entry fee is at least 40-50€. Then you pay 15€ for a bottle of water. On top of that most mega-clubs have bottled service as well.

[randomopining]

Ibiza is the 17Euro waters. 17 euro tiny beers.

[jowdones]

Eastern European here. I remember going to Mallorca and see clubs advertise 20 EUR entry for an all-you-can-drink night. We went there just to see with our own eyes and indeed it was. Vodka + tonic or beer and not even cheap crappy one on tap in plastic cups but bottled beer in small bottles. No idea how it was profitable to them, we drank a lot but couldn't match the Brits there who got totally wasted :P

[randomopining]

Rofl, classic Brits. They really go for it.

I guess Mallorca is younger and more alcohol centered. Ibiza is more drugs and a bit older average age. Costs more, etc. Solid techno DJs though.