Splash, the 22-year-old Chelsea gay bar, is closg.
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LONGTIME GAY DANCE CLUB SPLASH TO CLOSE WH 10 DAYS OF PARTI
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Dziekan III/Getty ImagJuly 31, 2013Last week, Splash, a sprawlg two-floor gay club on Wt 17th Street Chelsea, announced that was closg on Aug. Oodl of gay ins — cludg Madonna, Brney Spears, Kylie Mogue, Katy Perry and both Pattis (LaBelle and LuPone) — had patronized the club or performed on s notorly ty stage.
But s ntributn to gay culture was more mocratic. Opened 1991, jt as gay men were lonizg Chelsea, Splash pneered a new kd of gay bar: was big, sleek and shy. The format would be seen at gay bars worldwi, cludg the Raidd Bar Paris, the Saloon Mneapolis and the Glam club on Mykonos.