In the course of the past week I built, launched and closed the club in District 8. Some people were excited, myself included. I wanted to offer some explanation to what happened, my thoughts and what I learned.

District 8 is off the beaten path. While some people have rentals to call home, the "downtown" area doesn't get much IC traffic. Since nobody would just be walking by, it meant I had to draw people in. We did a bit and had a few people come by for our opening but I wasn't confident that could keep up, not as a club.

Running a small venue with the purpose of holding events would mean holding A LOT of events. I think the special events we have in CD on occasion are great, adding more and more would just detract from how special those events are.

Finally, Chris Devon and I have spoken about bringing people to the area. I have a lot of respect for what Chris has built. The hotel and the club are both spaces to hold events. Having one great place to have events, in my opinion is better than trying to have two.

Lastly, my goal was to create a spot for people to engage role play. I want to put something together that people can utilize to run their own stories. While the club seemed like a great idea, when we opened it showed me that a place like this is very much centric to the person "running the show". That wasn't my intention.

I've learned some valuable lessons and am putting something together which I think everyone can have a lot of fun with. I will continue that thought in another thread.

Lastly, I want to sincerely thank everyone here. From concept to launch, everyone offered great feedback that helped me learn a bit about this process. The CD community is really supportive of one another. I look forward to everyone's feedback.