New nightclub Sanctum to open in a church in Bournemouth
A new nightclub is set to open inside a church in Bournemouth this May, the Bournemouth Echo reports.
Billed as Bournemouth’s “ultimate nightlife experience”, Sanctum will open its doors for the first time on Friday, May 2, on the same site as now-shuttered club Halo.
“Something exciting is coming your way,” Sanctum announced on Instagram over the weekend. “We can’t wait to show you what’s next.”
The new venue promises quality sound and visuals alongside “world-class DJs”, opening up at the Church of Saint Andrew on Exeter Road in Bournemouth city centre.
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Nightlife entrepreneur Jeremy Gordeno is behind the opening of Sanctum, who was handed a suspended prison sentence in 2021 after owing and failing to provide his ex-wife with a £20,000 sum, the Mail reports.
Per Companies House, each company Gordeno was involved with through 1996 to 2012 has now been dissolved, which includes national nightclub company Summit Clubs and Grand Atlantic in Leeds.
In 2024, the Law Society Gazette reported that Gordeno was bankrupt and had filed a negligence claim against Irwin Mitchell Solicitors two years prior in 2022, alleging that the firm offered him incorrect advice on the sale of his £3.8 million house.
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Gordeno’s new venue is opening on the same site as former club Halo, which was closed in 2024 following problems with cash flow, according to the Bournemouth Echo.
Club owner Ty Temel had pinned the reason for its closure on the cost of living crisis and Brexit, amongst other issues. Parent company Triangle Bars Ltd reportedly owed close to £400,000 at the time of closure.
Another £100,000 was owed to a debt collection company, and a further £80,000 to a commercial lender, per the Bournemouth Echo. Temel blamed cash flow issues on a “dying” club scene.
[Via: Bournemouth Echo]
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