Gazela Opening Night

First, let me just say that the new club is beautiful. But, the opening night was a disappointment. I arrived after 1am to find the streets in front of the club filled with people. At first I thought it was so crowded that we would not be able to get in. No, that wasn't the problem. There were electrical problems. This being the Dominican Republic, everyone waited and milled around in front of the club waiting for them to get the generator running. Then it starting to rain lightly. It didn't seem that they would be able to get the generator running, so people started leaving. We decided to do the same. Then maybe 15 minutes after we leave I get a text message that the lights are back on and the show is about to start, and that we should come back.

We go back and it costs RD$300 pesos for the entrance, even though it was after 2am and the place was closing at 3am (!!!!). The show was in full effect and it was really very good. But to be honest, there was nothing that you wouldn't see at Cha. To make matters worst, they have a smoke machine and it got so bad at one point that I could barely see my friend standing next to me. Which also meant that most of my photos came out very dark.

Gazela has tremendous potential. Upstairs are different rooms where you can go and lounge about, which is very nice. I will definitely be going back to see how they're doing. The execution of tonight's opening was not done very well, in my opinion. Here's hoping that they can work the kinks out and there will be some serious competition amongst the clubs.

Update: Saturday night there was a great turnout and the show was nice with a really nice stripper. Then darkness once again. An announcement was made that the electricity cord had been cut. Now of course there is much gossip about whether it could be sabotage? Hhhmmmm ...