By William Delahunty
Nightclubs and other similar venues are continuing to decline in numbers and popularity throughout Leicester.
Over the last two decades, many of Leicester’s late-night venues and clubs have been forced to close their doors or reduce their hours.
Following this trend, Mosh Leicester has made the decision to temporarily reduce its opening hours, restricting trading hours to Fridays and Saturdays.
A spokesperson from Mosh said the decision “was to help reduce financial pressures on students and prepare for a relaunch of a new style of Mosh Tuesdays.”
As well as this, Tønne Bar has increased its opening hours, remaining open later to directly compete with clubs.
Data shows the number of licensed club venues has fallen whilst the amount of bars has roughly stayed the same.
Iconic clubs in Leicester have felt the shockwaves and the impact of the change in habits.
Leicester’s nightlife scene is clearly changing just as the national data would suggest.
“People just don’t want to drink loads at a club anymore I think,” said Mosh floor supervisor and bar worker Jamie Wandless.
Many indicators point towards people becoming dissatisfied with high entry prices and instead preferring shorter nights out, instead opting to arrive much later and stay a shorter period of time.
Looking to the future, a change in the makeup of night life and recreation is to be expected with big long-standing names losing their significant leads and advantages.
It will be only through shrewd decision-making that nightlife in Leicester will remain in its current structure.
“Something has got to change all or else there’ll be none of us left,” claimed Jamie.
As the landscape continues to change and develop, only time can tell how the industry will respond to this mounting problem.
