Glitter Palace

The Glitter Palace – commonly nicknamed the "G Palace" – is a discotheque in Emerald City. While not the first disco in Emerald City, it is the biggest, having been constructed by the same people responsible for Studio 91 in Hancock City. It attracts patrons from all walks of life.
==History==
Before it became the hottest disco in Emerald City, the building housed the Imperial Theater. However, following a deadly fire that claimed 121 lives during a production of MacBeth, the building remained shuttered for four decades. That all changed when a wealthy foreign businessman named Aziz Quattrocchi offered to purchase the building. Initially, Emerald City authorities were reluctant to sell the building and much preferred that it be torn down, but when Quattrocchi offered 500 million Mobiums for the building, they accepted the offer.
Having been a semi-regular at Studio 91, Quattrocchi was very interested in building a similarly-styled disco in Emerald City. However, there were a couple of challenges for him, principally the deteriorating condition of the structure due to the fire. Second, some people protested the reopening of the building due to the negative connotations and bad memories stemming from the fire. Quattrocchi was undeterred however, and hired the same companies who worked on Studio 91 to convert the old theater into a disco.
Reconstruction work on the old theater was difficult, but Quattrocchi was determined to see it through. After a long and at times costly construction process, the newly-christened Glitter Palace was ready for action. On opening night, the crowd trickled in slowly at first, but word quickly got around about the grandeur of the new club – whose opening party began with "(If You Want It) Do It Yourself" by Gloria Gaynor – and within hours of its opening, it was packed to capacity. For weeks afterwards, the G Palace was a consistent draw and continued to increase in popularity as visitors came from around the world to boogie the night away. Today, it continues to remain one of Emerald City's most popular attractions.
==Architecture==
Like the theater it replaced, the Glitter Palace retains the old marquee, but there is now a set of neon letters spelling out the club's name. In the lobby, a gallery of paintings by artist E.L. Pendelbury are illuminated by blacklights. The front counter and coat check room from the old theater remain in their same spots. Barring a few seats in the balconies, all of the theater's old seats have been removed. The stage remains so that live music shows and other functions can be held, too.
The main dance floor is made of Plexiglas, but a good portion of the original parquet floor remains. The DJ booth and lighting booth are both located in what were once VIP booths in the old theater. All the bathrooms are in the same spots as they were when the building was a theater. There are two staircases on each side of the dance floor that lead up to the balcony, and there are two bars on each side of the room.
The Glitter Palace's lighting effects were installed by Startronics Design Corp. Perhaps the most prominent feature of the lighting system is a 16-point "starburst" on the ceiling, with each point consisting of three differently-colored neon tubes that can flash in various patterns, each protruding from an orange neon ring. Hanging from the center of this starburst is a four-foot disco ball. The area underneath the Plexiglas layer of the dance floor is divided into squares, with each square containing a mini strobe light surrounded by a square neon ring. The strobes and neon rings can flash separately or in sync, again with various patterns available. Each newel of the two staircases leading to the balcony is topped with a two-foot disco ball. On each corner of the dance floor, there is a light pole with two rows of chase lights on the sides. Each pole is tipped with a Tri-Lite Mark XII "police" beacon. There are also various colored lights on the ceiling. All lights are controlled by Litelab controllers.
Ralph Cromwell Audio installed the sound system for the Glitter Palace. All of this is connected to a Jockmaster 4000 mixer. The primary means of mixing comes from three Technics 1200 turntables, or three CD players. As is standard practice for many clubs, DJ sets can be recorded on reel-to-reel tape, but the DJ can also record to digital formats and save his/her mixes to a thumb drive, SD card or MagnaCoin.
==Culture==
Though dressing up is encouraged, it is optional. Nevertheless, people who look exceedingly messy will be denied admittance to the club. On certain holidays, people will be required to dress up a certain way, for example, dressing up in red and/or pink for Valentine's Day. Also, drugs are strictly forbidden at the club, and anyone caught even possessing them will be kicked out. However, people will still be allowed in if they’re already stoned provided they cause no trouble.
==Personnel==
Owner & Manager: Aziz Quattrocchi
Assistant Manager: Rudolf Sarkisian
DJs: Charla Mingo and Kelsey Shafer
Lighting & special effects: Luna Riley, Katya Ruminov and Otis Beverley
Bouncers: Jeremy Ryan, Joe "Lucky" Notaro, Adrienne Hayden, Richard Grbi, Eudora Poole and Chester Adler
Bartenders: Assa Todaro, Malina Del Rio, Cameron Hoshino and Ingrid Gore
Cashier for front desk: Junior Dominguez
Coat checker: Oliver Piazza
Accountant: Jim Bishop
==Popular tracks==
*Silver Convention – "Fly, Robin Fly"
*Lime – "Your Love"
*Gilla – "Why Don’t You Do It"
*Walter Murphy – "A Fifth of Beethoven"
*202 Machine – "Get Up (Rock Your Body)"
*Meco Monardo – "Star Wars Theme (disco version)"
*Cerrone – "Supernature"
*Edwin Starr – "Contact"
*Gino Soccio – "The Visitors"
*Dalida – "Let Me Dance Tonight"
==Trivia==
*The Glitter Palace was first featured in A Dark Birthday, where Silver travels back in time and buys opening night passes for Shadow and Rouge. However, Shadow is unable to attend, presumably abducted by Mephiles, so Rouge attends on her own.
==Other appearances==
The Glitter Palace makes two appearances in Terror At the Olympic Games. On the first day of the Olympics, Sonic, Tails, Mario, Peach and a bunch of other characters head there that night. In its second appearance, on the night of August 1, Sonic is dancing there when Shadow asks to dance with him.
The G Palace also appears in Saving Mother's Day, when Sonic invites Rouge to go there with him after supper at Joey’s Pizza.
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