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Shark disco reborn as Star Wars
PATONG: The Shark discotheque, closed for more than a year after allegations of lewd behavior, is to reopen next month under new management and with a new name, Star Wars.
The Patong landmark on the corner of Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd and Soi Bangla has been taken over by Maroot Tainikom, who also manages the nearby Tiger disco and plans a dramatic change of image for the new disco.
“Thais like me will operate the business, with no disgusting dressing, and no drugs,” he said. “Our staff will screen the customers. I really need to build up a new image of this place.”
Governor CEO Pongpayome Vasaputi ordered the Shark closed on January 30 last year following the publication in Thai-language newspapers of photographs showing girls dancing topless in the club, and a game in which male customers knelt with their hands behind their backs, eating ice cream out of cups gripped between girls’ thighs.
On February 15, Canadian manager-shareholder Kevin Radke had his visa cancelled and was expelled from the country after authorities decided his activities were in conflict with Thai morals.
K. Maroot said he hopes people will forget the Shark when they visit Star Wars, with its live band, “millennium” style and capacity to entertain 2,500 people a night.
He is concerned about the government’s new excise tax on entertainment venues that have space for dancing but believes his investment of about 10 million baht will pay off. Star Wars opens on March 15.
PATONG: The Shark discotheque, closed for more than a year after allegations of lewd behavior, is to reopen next month under new management and with a new name, Star Wars.
The Patong landmark on the corner of Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd and Soi Bangla has been taken over by Maroot Tainikom, who also manages the nearby Tiger disco and plans a dramatic change of image for the new disco.
“Thais like me will operate the business, with no disgusting dressing, and no drugs,” he said. “Our staff will screen the customers. I really need to build up a new image of this place.”
Governor CEO Pongpayome Vasaputi ordered the Shark closed on January 30 last year following the publication in Thai-language newspapers of photographs showing girls dancing topless in the club, and a game in which male customers knelt with their hands behind their backs, eating ice cream out of cups gripped between girls’ thighs.
On February 15, Canadian manager-shareholder Kevin Radke had his visa cancelled and was expelled from the country after authorities decided his activities were in conflict with Thai morals.
K. Maroot said he hopes people will forget the Shark when they visit Star Wars, with its live band, “millennium” style and capacity to entertain 2,500 people a night.
He is concerned about the government’s new excise tax on entertainment venues that have space for dancing but believes his investment of about 10 million baht will pay off. Star Wars opens on March 15.