When talking about the amount of money clubbers spend (which is a lot, no doubt about that) you have to remember that the key question for the locals is how much of that reaches them. So when you spend €35 getting into Pacha, how much of that is going into Erick Morillo's pocket? And when you spend €12 on a beer, how much is going into the club owner's pocket? The aggressive attitude of some bar staff when it comes to seeking tips is irritating, but maybe that reflects the fact that they are not well paid? I People who go out there to work for a season will tolerate this because there are other attractions, but it's a different story for permanent residents. Of course, tourism of all kinds is known for low paid jobs and I would argue that the vast majority of money from a golf course would equally go to the owner rather than the local economy, but the Socialist Party has a record of trying to make tourism pay for natives (remember the tourist tax?) and it seems to be a vote winner.
It is disappointing that hours are being squeezed, but the atmosphere in the clubs will be the same, the choice of DJs will still be the best in the world and opening hours will still be immeasurably better than most places (eg Northern Ireland has only two clubs open after 3am and it is illegal to sell alcohol after 1am except in hotel residents' bars). The end of beach clubs would be a bigger loss, but let's see what happens in practice.I probably won't be there this summer, but that was always on the cards and it's likely I'll be back next year. The closure of the Space terrace was supposed to be the end of Ibiza as we know it, but the best night out I had last all year was on the new terrace.
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), so all this will not have a dramatic influence on my clubbing in Ibiza. I will miss matinee the most because I did actually go there a few times as early as when the doors of Space opened, but it was always after a long and peaceful resting the evening/night before. All this seems as bad news though, bacause for so many the daytime clubbing is what ibiza is all about and I'm sure this will have some impact on the amount of people that go there. I'm not sure what they are trying to accomplish with the new law(s), because this will most certainly not do any good for the image of clubbing in Ibiza. I can understand the 12.00 opening ideology in order to stop after parties to an extent and so calm the party masses a bit in making the 24 hours of partying in one day impossible for a good few hours, but this almost kills daytime parties as well. I believe most of the people who do daytime clubbing do not do these 24 hour rows. Daytime parties gathers it's own crowd by far. Ibiza is all about being special, that is what keeps people going