Worker's Stadium Nightlife to Close for Olympics

Come the Olympics, Beijing is going to turn into one huge party, but it seems that some venues right at the heart of Beijing's nightlife scene, aren't being invited. According to today's China Daily report, about six businesses inside the Workers' Stadium will be ordered to suspend business for 20 days during the period of the Olympics for security reasons.

Operation Manager of The Bank, Jimmy Liu, was quite positive saying, "We are proud to be in the vicinity of the Olympics, I think our business will only benefit from this. Yes, we'll loose some money but in the grand scheme of things, we'll get great exposure." When asked how he felt about the news, owner of Kro's Nest said, "You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf."

For many businesses, this means big revenue loss especially when your business is attracting 800 customers a night like Mix. In the end, it’s mainly the hundreds of employees who will be hurt the most. According to the manager of Le Quai, the 130 plus employees will not earn their monthly 600 kuai paycheck due to the Olympics.

It also makes us wonder what will happen to the venues that plan to rent their space out to corporate companies. Will they get preferential treatment?...