What was the biggest attendance?

2,000 - 3,000

i know when i went the end of an era you couldnt move in there but i was just wondering how people were crammed in that venue

please no sarky comments..

regards

mark

What was the biggest attendance?

2,000 - 3,000

i know when i went the end of an era you couldnt move in there but i was just wondering how people were crammed in that venue

please no sarky comments..

regards

mark

I know these numbers always get hyped but realistically I am not sure you would have got 3,000 in the place. Probably 2,200 tops.

What was the biggest attendance?

2,000 - 3,000

i know when i went the end of an era you couldnt move in there but i was just wondering how people were crammed in that venue

please no sarky comments..

regards

mark

One of the books about the Casino actually gives the venue capacity, main room and Mr Ms but i cant remember what it was. I can remember it having over a 100,000 members. Glad they didnt all try to go the same night.

Steve

What was the biggest attendance?

2,000 - 3,000

i know when i went the end of an era you couldnt move in there but i was just wondering how people were crammed in that venue

please no sarky comments..

regards

mark

I would say 2000 tops (and I spent a good 150 nights there)

The last night(s) were for me the busiest, also when Martha Reeves played.

Cheers Paul

One of the books about the Casino actually gives the venue capacity, main room and Mr Ms but i cant remember what it was. I can remember it having over a 100,000 members. Glad they didnt all try to go the same night.

Steve

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Done this before!we all had 20+ memberships i would allways forget mine just join again

Edited January 27, 200718 yr by ken

This will always receive a subjective answer with figures ranging between 2,000 and 3,000. Truth is, 1st anniversary you couldn't move let alone dance and second was similar.

I went from '73 and, 74/5 were manic getting in every weekend, so somewhere in the 2-3,000 is about as close as we will get I suppose. But knowing these forums, somewhere will quote a number!

not sure of the capacity but I do remember buying one of the last tickets for the 3rd aniversary and I`d swear the ticket number was 299- something , just remember discussing it thinking I was lucky to get one of the last 5 tickets for sale. there must have been 3000 there on the 3rd an. remember not being able to find a space to sit on the floor anywhere! good days indeed.

As a regular at The casino over the years the early years (and more commercial) always seemed to be rammed solid.

But the busiest night I can recall was the 2nd oldies anniversary (Feb 77 I think) , just totally wall to wall even when they opened Ms up it stayed full everywhere !!

Rob

As a regular at The casino over the years the early years (and more commercial) always seemed to be rammed solid.

But the busiest night I can recall was the 2nd oldies anniversary (Feb 77 I think) , just totally wall to wall even when they opened Ms up it stayed full everywhere !!

Rob

I think that is the only night i can remember when you couldnt move in Ms corridor or up on Ms balcony. I remember not being able to get on the balcony dance floor it was that packed..........great times!!!

i was at wigan when betty wright performed live the only word i can use for that night was sardines...soulie55

ps-plus it was a brilliant night

i was at wigan when betty wright performed live the only word i can use for that night was sardines...soulie55

ps-plus it was a brilliant night

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thanks for the replys guys...

im still after betty wright live at the casino on tape...im sure some one must have it

steve whittle told me this night was one of the best ever..

regards

mark

Someone said to me at the NSC on Saturday that toward the end, the last year or so, the numbers were well down. Whether that was just to make me feel better because I was only old enough to go when it shut I'm not sure

Someone said to me at the NSC on Saturday that toward the end, the last year or so, the numbers were well down. Whether that was just to make me feel better because I was only old enough to go when it shut I'm not sure

Yeah it really did struggle in the last year or two, down below 500 on some nights, and by about 5 am the place looked quite empty. It was really sad really, but what you were told was right.

Someone said to me at the NSC on Saturday that toward the end, the last year or so, the numbers were well down. Whether that was just to make me feel better because I was only old enough to go when it shut I'm not sure

I remember one saturday night after the friday oldies nighter there was just over 100 in..

You could get alot of people in that club, main room, Mr M's. The lobby just before M's could hold 60-70 on it's own. I can remember one nite there so many turned up that they stopped people coming in the main venue and opened the Beachcomer all niter. Most of the main room DJ's went down and did a set there as well.

Rammed as it was for anyone of the last nights, could well have been 2500-3000 in

Yeah it really did struggle in the last year or two, down below 500 on some nights, and by about 5 am the place looked quite empty. It was really sad really, but what you were told was right.

Your right Steve, even more sad as they played some of their best music then, Richard Searling, Dave Withers, et all

I feel better that I didn't miss anything now then - in it's heyday I would have only been around 10

I feel better that I didn't miss anything now then - in it's heyday I would have only been around 10

You missed Richard etc playing,

John & Weirdest

Cecil Washington

Imaginations

Little Ann

Admirations

Damon Fox

William Powell

Daybreak

numbers may have been down but the music was top quality...

Edited January 30, 200718 yr by Awake 502

You missed Richard etc playing,

John & Weirdest

Cecil Washington

Imaginations

Little Ann

Admirations

Damon Fox

William Powell

Daybreak

numbers may have been down but the music was top quality...

The playlist for Richard's last ever spot at the Casino , September 1981

Pages - Heartaches And Pain

Ike Strong - Your Love Keeps Me Dancing

Embers - Playing The Part Of A Fool

Court Davis - Try To Think

John & The Weirdest - Can't Get Over These Memories

Little Ann - What Should I Do

Eddie Holman - Where I'm Not Wanted

Pierre Hunt - The Thought Of Loving You

Vivian Carroll - Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah

Cecil Washington - I Don't Like To Lose

Combinations - What'cha Gonna Do

James Lewis - That's The Way

William Powell - Heartache Souvenirs

Rock Candy - Makes Me Feel That Way

Leon Bryant - Mighty Body

Curtis - How Can I Tell Her

Deadbeats - No Second Chance

Herman Hitson - Love Slipped Thru My Fingers

Mr Soul - What Happened To Yesterday

Nurons - All Of My Life

Daybreak - I Need Love

Larry Houston - Let's Spend Some Time Together

Johnny Hunnicut - I'm Coming On Over

Eddie Holman - Hurt

Damon Fox - Packin' Up

Emmanuel Laskey - You Know What I Like

Cheryl Berdell - Giving It All To You

Charles Mann - Sho Nuff No Funny Stuff

Gary Glenn - Gonna Give You My Love

Bobby Adams - That's The Kind Of Man I Am

Dee Dee Gartrell - Let's Talk It Over

ZZ & Co - Getting Ready For The Get Down

Vontastics - I'll Never Say Goodbye

Kenni Burke - Let Somebody Love You

Rideout - Someone Special

Now that's how to go out in style .....

Malc

Edited January 30, 200718 yr by Malc Burton

Certainly some top tunes... I think for me, the worst bit about missing out on visiting the Casino, was not being able to dance on that fantastic floor! Still, I can only wonder what might have been for it surely wont present itself as an option now will it

Edited January 30, 200718 yr by ♫ Soulgirl ♫

Certainly some top tunes... I think for me, the worst bit about missing out on visiting the Casino, was not being able to dance on that fantastic floor! Still, I can only wonder what might have been for it surely wont present itself as an option now will it

It is amusing that several of the records chosen by Richard's for his last playlist , were reflective of his feelings towards , and regarding the end of The Casino ; none more so than the first Eddie Holman track on the list ....

The others ? I will leave you to decide for yourselves what they were / are .

Malc

Edited January 30, 200718 yr by Malc Burton

It is amusing that several of the records chosen by Richard's for his last playlist , were reflective of his feelings towards , and regarding the end of The Casino ; none more so than the first Eddie Holman track on the list ....

The others ? I will leave you to decide for yourselves what they were / are .

Malc

The records played in Richards last spot were either big records at the time or like Eddie Holman, records that had been massive for a couple of years. If I remember correctly "Rideout" wasn't supposed to be his final record but the next dj wasn't ready and he had to quickly stick another disc on the decks. A few weeks later of course The Casino was having yet another of it's famous "definate last nighter" and Richard was dj'ing at Wigan Tiffs nighter, crazy situation.

This anorak remembers it well, I posted the last ever playlist on another forum many years ago.....

Darran

Edited January 30, 200718 yr by Awake 502

Russ once told me that the highest number who paid on one night was 2600. It wasn't licenced for that many but several nights-Betty Wright, Jackie Wilson, some anniversaries and some of the last few were rammed.

There were always loads who didn't pay to get in-DJ's and all their mates, people who knew Russ/Richard/anyone else and not forgetting those who got in free for sweeping up after the early sessions or simply hid inside until the lights went down again.

The Council tried to close the Casino from the day it opened-if they'd had today's fire regulations it would have been simple.

It is amusing that several of the records chosen by Richard's for his last playlist , were reflective of his feelings towards , and regarding the end of The Casino ; none more so than the first Eddie Holman track on the list ....

The others ? I will leave you to decide for yourselves what they were / are .

Malc

Now you mention it... it seems like a bitter/sad spot

i was at wigan when betty wright performed live the only word i can use for that night was sardines...soulie55

ps-plus it was a brilliant night

ya right there soulie55 it was chocca i can even remember what colour dress she wore anyone else remember? and yes she was excellent..

Malc

You missed Richard etc playing,

John & Weirdest(Dave Withers spin)

Cecil Washington

Imaginations

Little Ann

Admirations

Damon Fox

William Powell

Daybreak

numbers may have been down but the music was top quality...

ya right there soulie55 it was chocca i can even remember what colour dress she wore anyone else remember? and yes she was excellent..

Malc

Best live artist I've ever seen, saw her on the wednesday prior to seeing her again on the saturday night in the Casino. The Casino was rammed full with loads of people not being able to get in as the place was full. I just about got in draging the future wife with me just before they shut the door on the mass of people left outside, including some of my mates.