Incidentally, I was there.

Sometimes these things just happen.  Just like when your car gets a flat tire, or the spike heel breaks off your shoe, or the restaurant runs out of the Speciale Du Jour.  Nobody is perfect.  The air conditioning units had broken only the night before.  It is possible that they were simply unable to get a technician on such short notice.  BTW, there were units that were operating, just not all of them, so temperature control wasn't 100% (did I mention it was also the hottest day of the year so far?  Talk about adding insult to injury!).  Can't say I blame the venue for not cancelling though, because who knew a few blown-out units would have made such a difference?  For one, I don't think the bar expected the massive crowd, having never hosted one of these types of events before.  Quite often first-nights don't sell out, and Dick's being a regularly top 40 type venue, I really don't think they knew quite what to expect.  But live and learn, now they know better!  Incidentally, Atratus & I survived it for at least 4 1/2 hours, some people left after only 30 minutes.  And no, we weren't practically naked.   :P 

I wouldn't say the night was "ruined" nor was it the "worst in my life" - it was very uncomfortable, yes, but not lethal.  I should point out that at any time anyone was bothered by the heat, you could have demanded your money back and left.  Why some people chose to stay, put up with it, and then bitch about it for weeks afterwards is beyond me. You should NEVER "feel bad" or be afraid to ask for your money back, whether it's a movie, a club, or a department store.  If you're not happy, for goodness sakes, do it!

Everything was tickety-boo this past weekend, nice & cool even though the crowd was still pretty hefty.  Not a complete sell-out, but close.  The staff was also much more pleasant, I think they are beginning to understand that although this crowd can sometimes look pretty tough and severe, we're actually all pretty friendly, polite, respectable folks. 

But don't allow one uncomfortable night to taint your overall impression of SinCity - that was one night out of a hundred where something went wrong.  True, it couldn't have picked a worse night to go wrong, but you can bet your butt the club will work double-time to prevent it ever happening again!!

(btw shantideva - thank you for the compliment!! *blush*)

It's always hot at SinCity though.  I think it's all the non-breathable textiles and in general a multitude of already sweaty bodies.  Stick twice as many together and ta-da!  Heat wave.  It's been that bad before, at 23 West, at least a few times in the past 5 years.  Sometimes even when the fans and air conditioning are on, it makes little difference if the general temperature has been maintaining the high 20's/low 30's for several days.  Heck, I've been in some pretty crowded bars in the summer before and it's never that hot - but for some reason, the room temperature at SinCity is always higher.  I kid you not, it's taken years to finally establish that as a fact in my mind.  Although why that is, I have no idea.

I'd have to agree that the night was far from a success in my oppinion. How ever, being a total Burlesqu/pinup nut, the performances made it worth my money(Little Miss Risk...WOW!).

That's a total bummer.  Too bad the night was a bust.