Napoleons Casino and Restaurant closing

I'll definitely miss their early morning full English breakfasts after a night out- always top notch!

Late licencing killed it. Look back to 2005 when people queued as far as the post office just to get in. A bar that was 15m long, 6 deep from 11-3. With the bulk of them eating drinking and then going downstairs to play.

As soon as every bar and pub on Ecclesall rd got either 1/2/3am licences it died on its feet. It went from 6 deep, to 6 people. Hence the refurb that basically removed the bar and put the restaurant upstairs.

Nobody it seemed was going to pay for taxis or walk, to pay a casino premium price for drinks when the bars they were in staying open later.

As for moving the licence I haven't heard of this. They could move it to Owlerton and double their slot machines (only 20 per licence). Sheffield Grosvenor has 2 licences in the same building, that's why it has more slots.

The development in Manchester is true though, but not due to be complete for 2 years. There is also even more competition there, not a market that would be attractive competing again with Grosvenor and Genting that are worth considerably more.

Late licencing killed it. Look back to 2005 when people queued as far as the post office just to get in. A bar that was 15m long, 6 deep from 11-3. With the bulk of them eating drinking and then going downstairs to play.

 

As soon as every bar and pub on Ecclesall rd got either 1/2/3am licences it died on its feet. It went from 6 deep, to 6 people. Hence the refurb that basically removed the bar and put the restaurant upstairs.

 

Nobody it seemed was going to pay for taxis or walk, to pay a casino premium price for drinks when the bars they were in staying open later.

 

As for moving the licence I haven't heard of this. They could move it to Owlerton and double their slot machines (only 20 per licence). Sheffield Grosvenor has 2 licences in the same building, that's why it has more slots.

 

The development in Manchester is true though, but not due to be complete for 2 years. There is also even more competition there, not a market that would be attractive competing again with Grosvenor and Genting that are worth considerably more.

Yes got to agree I remember many times queuing for ages to get in then at the bar to buy awful beer then losing any remaining cash downstairs!

Also the competition is much better these days.