Two big Grand Strand nightspots, Studebakers and Club Kryptonite, closed their doors in the last month. Businesses near them say the departures of the nightclubs are having a ripple effect on their businesses, but replacement options have them and other people excited.
If you stop by Studebaker’s at night, you'll see more cars driving by reflecting off the door windows than you'll see people inside the bar. It's empty.
Myrtle Beach locals and tourists News 13 spoke to seem to agree, nightlife on the Grand Strand hasn’t been lively as of late.
“I would like to go to a more livelier area like where there's more going on. It seems like everything's shut down,” said Justin Tyndall of Woodbridge, Virginia.
“Yes, I would love to see another sort of club with the same focus that Studebaker’s had,” said Rod Downer, of Myrtle Beach.
With Studebaker’s and a few other clubs closing down for good in the last month, businesses who have stayed open say they've been impacted by them leaving.
Business is down 60 percent from this time last year according to owners at Knuckleheads, a bar next to Studebaker’s.
Even Enoch's Barber Center is seeing an affect. They've been a few doors down from Studebaker’s for the last three decades. Owners there say they’ve been slightly less busy over the past week or so.
Potential options being discussed appeal to customers and business owners we spoke to.
According to owners at Enoch's Barber Center, the owner of 2001 Nightclub asked for contact information to get in touch with the landlord of the Studebaker’s building. The landlord says several businesses have inquired about the property but she would not name any of them.
There was also an announcement last week that the Pat Boone Family Theater will be opening in the heart of Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach city spokesman Mark Kruea says he does not know what building they're moving into but the building vacated by Club Kryptonite could be a possibility.
Burroughs and Chapin owns that building.
A B&C representative says they have been actively hearing from potential suitors but aren't able to say who they've been talking to.
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