The self-managed space LaCueva, a warehouse located on the Santander Highway, will close its doors by order of the City Council, putting an end to 12 years of life in which it hosted more than 300 concerts and numerous activities such as talks, theater or circus.
Officials were the ones who announced on social media that the project had ended last weekend “because [La Cueva] “It does not meet the security requirements set by the city council.”
A statement confirmed by the mayor herself, Miriam Andres, who stated yesterday that this space “does not meet the minimum safety conditions” to carry out the activity she is doing.
After 13 people were killed in a fire that broke out at dawn on October 1 in two popular nightclubs in Murcia, the city council asked the local police for information about the state of the city's nightlife venues. Although no cases of non-compliance were detected in the capital's hospitality businesses, attention was drawn to some buildings that served as concert halls and event spaces.
Myriam Andrés pointed out yesterday that subsidiary civil responsibility in the event that something happens in La Cueva – where the regulations for organizing shows are not adhered to or regarding evacuation exits – belongs to the City Council.
La Cueva officials admitted in their farewell that they could not afford “the huge costs necessary to adapt it and pass the mandatory inspections” and, therefore, had no choice but to “close forever.”
“Another store is closing and another initiative is dying in the city. A city that is turning little by little into a cemetery: without bars, without physical stores, with no alternative entertainment and cultural options for young people,” they say in this farewell post.
