Saratoga Winners burns to the ground![views:2551][posts:9]__________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 6:55pm - dertoxia ""] I'm sure there's some people on here who've made it out to Albany for shows here. This place was my first metal show and a ton of good memories from here. Yeah it was a fuckin shithole and everyone loved to hate it. But i'll really miss the place. It's been closed for a couple years though. Someone bought it and was doing renovations when they got slapped with a bunch of improper permit fines so everything was halted. Apparently the electricity was cutoff to the building so that's ruled out. This screams insurance fraud but who knows. http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_storie...troys-saratoga-winners/Default.aspx that fucking beam on the stage is the only thing still standing [img] ...the running joke around Albany is the firefighters could have saved the building but they had to sell 50 tickets before they could start putting it out |
| ____________________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 10:34pm - grizloch‘slaptop ""] just heard about this, I'm bummed, I was hoping that the new owners would have made something decent out of it and kept it's rustic aesthetic, although in reality they probably would have turned it into another northern lights... |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 30,2009 10:55pm - the_reverend ""] wow.. |
| ____________________________________ [May 1,2009 2:06am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] R.I.P. bennyhillifier |
| _____________________________________ [May 1,2009 2:28am - quintessence ""] Oh shit. I've been there a few times waaaay back in the day. Saw Opeth there once, Suffocation a few times. Morbid Angel. Satyricon. Man crazy that fuckin beam... that was like its signature. So funny its the only thing standing. |
| _____________________________ [May 1,2009 2:54am - BSV ""] WOW. That's fucking crazy. I saw some awesome shows out there. Sucks it closed down cause it was always well worth the drive. |
| _________________________________________ [May 1,2009 8:36am - largefreakatzero ""] Wow. I remember we did a NY weekend with the first Life at Zero line-up. We played Friday night at Castle Heights (now defunct) in Queens with Mortal Decay, Internal Bleeding and Pessimist (Pessimist was mad that they had to play with an unsigned band -- haha, fags). We then drive from Queens to upstate (staying at the shittiest motel EVAR) and played an all-day fest @ Saratoga Winners. We waited ALL day through mostly shitty metalcore bands and then went on 2nd to last (Internal Bleeding headlined). LOOONG ride home that night. Anyway, it was a cool place for shows. |
| _____________________________________ [May 1,2009 11:36am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] I think I was at that show. |
| __________________________________________ [May 1,2009 12:05pm - largefreakatzero ""] Which one -- Castle Heights or Saratoga Winners? What was that, 7 or 8 years ago now? |
| _________________________________ [May 1,2009 3:51pm - dertoxia ""] 4/30/09-Never forget! [img] |