The Odyssey nightclub, a major gay stomping ground for over two decades, is looking for a new home following a joint city-provincial agreement to build supportive housing on its site. "We were given notice May 1," reveals the Howe St club's co-owner Michael Levy, adding he had expected the bar to remain at its current site until 2011. "This is where we were caught off-guard," Levy says. "Now, it's not as if we did not know that this would eventually be coming in 2011. I mean, we knew that because that's when our lease expired and we did not ...

Source: Xtra West Vancouver's Odyssey nightclub, a gay stomping ground for over two decades, is looking for a new home following surprise announcement that construction on the club's current site will be begin quickly, Xtra West reports. The site of the classic and friendly "dive" club that has recently featured dancing along with drag shows and strippers is set to become supportive housing for people with HIV/AIDS "We were given notice May 1," said Michael Levy, the Howe St club's co-owner, adding he had expected the bar to remain at its current site until 2011...(read more) ...