Webster Hall To Begin Interior Demolition

EAST VILLAGE, NY — The iconic East Village music venue Webster Hall will begin to demolish its interior this month, according to permits filed with the city.

The longtime area concert hall will be remade and remodeled under its new owners, who bought the venue in April before announcing plants to change the iconic space. New permits were filed with the city on Monday so contractors could begin demolishing the interior of the building and making other upgrades to the structure. EVGrieve was first to report on the new permits.

In April, Webster Hall was bought by the AEG Presents and Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment. It's been closed since August for extensive renovations. The hall's new owners have not responded to questions about how long the renovations will take or what they will entail, but the club's outgoing general manager Gerald McNamee has cautioned that the venue will "close as we know it."

"Sad but true, the legendary and world-famous Webster Hall has been sold and will close as we know it for its final club night on Saturday August 5th, 2017," McNamee wrote on Facebook. "It will be closed for an undisclosed period of time for demo, reno and transition to corporate ownership under Barclays/AEG/Bowery Presents. I highly recommend that you all stop by before the end of this era to pay your respects to the Ballingers and the building for providing us with a lifetimes worth of memories."

The landmark venue venue has been open and hosting entertainers since 1886, according to its website. In total, the massive space can host in 2,500 people throughout three different venues.

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