Adelaide City Council puts decision off on Royal Croquet Club’s trading for another two weeks
A DECISION on whether to reduce the trading hours of popular Fringe venue the Royal Croquet Club has been delayed for a fortnight by Adelaide City Council.
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A DECISION on whether to reduce the trading hours of popular Fringe venue the Royal Croquet Club has been delayed for a fortnight by Adelaide City Council.
The Royal Croquet Club, which operates as a pop-up venue in Victoria Square during the Fringe, has attracted criticism from permanent businesses that complain it takes away too much business during the Mad March period.
The council’s Economic and Community Development Committee had voted to reduce the club’s trading hours by one hour on weekends to 1am, bringing forward the lockout to 12am and stopping loud music at midnight.
The move to delay any decision on ratifying that vote at last night’s meeting came after a presentation from Restaurant and Catering Australia deputy chief executive Sally Neville about the impact of large pop-ups.
Ms Neville said the council was supporting pop-up venues at the expense of existing rate-paying businesses.
The final decision on the Club’s trading conditions for 2016 will be decided at the next council meeting on July 14.