Comment by Dan Ehrig on February 29, 2008 at 8:10am

I ran into Richard Trot last night (Launchpad's sound guy) He said the retaining wall between Launchpad and the Golden West was completely gone. He also said that all the electronic equipment was on that wall and was on the receiving end of a huge amount of water before being under the collapse of the wall. He seemed to think it would be 2-3 months at the least before Launchpad can be up and running again.

Comment by Dan Ehrig on February 29, 2008 at 9:19am

Maybe they can kick off the Fall Crawl with a grand-reopening.

Comment by chantal on February 29, 2008 at 9:57am

Great photo.

Comment by once banned twice shy on February 29, 2008 at 10:02am

You know, all I can say about this whole thing is thank goodness this fire didn't happen when all venues were open and having shows.

Comment by Alexis on February 29, 2008 at 10:11am

As much as I'd like to take credit for the rad photo, all kudos should be directed to Ms. Gwyneth Doland.

Comment by Dan Ehrig on February 29, 2008 at 10:45am

Jonny: Golden West was in the process of/had just completed re-finishing their floors. We were speculating that they had left the varnish rags in the basement which could very easily have lead to a flammable gas buildup which in turn could have been ignited by a compressor on any of the refrigeration units.

Comment by Matt on February 29, 2008 at 2:20pm

why would the owner Kathy Zimmer suggest that unless the public sector ponied up the funds via "fund-raising, doations" that this will be the end of the Golden West/El Rey??
Don't they have insurance to cover the losses in a fire??

Comment by once banned twice shy on February 29, 2008 at 2:29pm

My guess, Matt? She didn't have any insurance, or just the bare minimum.

Comment by shotsie on February 29, 2008 at 4:04pm

If I were the owner of the Launchpad, I would offer to buy the Golden West space and expand there, and just have Kathy concentrate on bringing back the El Rey. There's space down the street (Harlow's?) for another small to medium size bar to replace the GW (damn, I hate choking these words out... Sorry to have to think about these thoughts....)

Comment by Matt on February 29, 2008 at 4:25pm

I knid of reminded of the golden inn out on the other side of the mountain. Remember when it was the big place for new and upcoming bands, then a fire, and then....history...

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