Clubbers and party-planners alike were hit with some less-than-thrilling news last weekend when the Gay Pride festivities, planned to culminate with a grand finale of revelry, ended in a series of club drug-busts instead.
Police officers have been building the cases for nearly a year, posing as undercover druggies and purchasing small amounts of marijuana, Ecstasy, and Special K inside the clubs, over a period of nearly twelve months.
Thursday, the NYPD legal department gathered enough evidence to sue the owners of Pacha and Marquee, and Friday, the two clubs were shut down. The police have affirmed that the timing was nothing more than coincidental but their sensitivity is nonetheless under attack by many a skeptic from the gay community.
The official parade after party was planned to take place at Pacha on Sunday and needed to be relocated at the last moment. Lucky for promoter Stephen Pevner, who had already spent $40,000 on the one party, Capitale on the Bowery graciously agreed to host it, impromptu.
