Club Narked to Deliver "Natural Intoxication"

Posted Jun 26th 2006 3:15PM by Willy Volk
Filed under: Clubs

vault Club Narked is an alcohol and drug-free club with a top-secret location, due to open in the next 18 months. Claiming to intoxicate clubbers naturally "via Nitrogen Narcosis," the £5 million club will be nestled inside a converted bank vault. Once inside, clubbers will breathe compressed air in the pressurized vault, which will create "the safe high known as being 'narked'." Explaining that "complex reasoning decreases 33% and manual dexterity decreases 7.3%" when someone is narked, the owners maintain that this is a safe way to get trashed, because "once the pressure is returned to normal, the intoxication wears off," meaning it's safe to drive home. Or go get a drink at a real club. What do you think?

Personally, I don't like the idea of being locked inside a bank vault with a bunch of sweaty, trashed people. However, if you think it sounds cool, you can request Opening Night tickets on Narked's website.

[Thanks, Simon!]

Reader Comments

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1. Ugh... Think of the number of bent drinkers if someone had to open the vault to use the restroom!

Posted at 4:54PM on Jun 26th 2006 by CharlieK

2. I really think this is a joke. Here are a few reasons why:

1) No one spends five million dollars to build a nightclub like this and then gives it such a cheap, shoddy website full of layout bugs.

2) No one in their right mind is going to use an infant (as per the website) as a test subject.

3) The insurance costs involved in this venture strike me as likely to be outlandish. It would probably also violate fire codes, as there is no way to rapidly evacuate the space if a fire were to break out. Depressurization would be another risk.

4) Most bars and clubs make their money by charging for drinks, not on cover fees... Unless the club charges a very high entrance fee, and attracts high-profile acts, I don't think it will be a very big draw for anyone other than divers and one-time novelty seekers. I doubt anyone would be willing to finance such a venture.

Posted at 11:27PM on Jun 26th 2006 by Bjorn Townsend

3. Bjorn, I'm very skeptical, as well. The photos on the website were my first clue. You'll notice I quoted a lot from their site -- far more than I usually quote. We'll see how this pans out.

Posted at 5:41PM on Jun 27th 2006 by Willy

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