Question: To what former nightclub did Tom Savarese turn down the opportunity to become the first DJ?

Context articles: Paolo Mojo
DJ Quixotic
List of DJ Awards winners and nominees
Studio 54
D.J. Mek
DJ Cocoa Chanelle
Joel Dickinson
Tom Savarese
TTM 57 SL
Jules Podell

Paolo Mojo, originally Helens, Merseyside but now based in London, United Kingdom, is an electronica DJ.
 His style incorporates the genres of house, funk, techno, breaks, electro, disco, and acid music.
 He was the mixer behind the Renaissance label's , which was the first DJ mix to be made exclusively for an iTunes release.
 He also compiled the 9th in the Balance series of DJ mix compilations, released by EQ Recordings since 2001.
QUIX05 (formerly known as DJ Quixotic) - is a Los Angeles based DJ/producer most notable in the turntablist/scratch dj scene.
 He was the first DJ from DC to win the Washington, D.C. DMC Regional Championships, thus representing the city in the 2001 United States DJ Finals.
 In 2004, he placed Top 4 in the nation at the DMC USA DJ Championships by manipulating and scratching records by Queen and Jimi Hendrix.
 He qualified that year by being the first east coast DJ to be crowned the Los Angeles Champion.
This is a list of DJ Awards winners and nominees.
 The first DJ Awards ceremony was in 1998 and has run for 19 consecutive editions, the most recent being held in 2016.
 The awards are known internationally as the Oscars of the Electronic music & DJ community.
Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a Broadway theatre, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
 The building, originally built as the Gallo Opera House, opened in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming CBS radio and television Studio 52.
Pete Mescalero, professionally known by his stage name DJ Mek, is an Irish award winning hip hop DJ/turntablist and producer.
 He has won 5 Irish national Disco Mix Club championships and remixed/produced artists like Ian Brown, The Frames, Zig and Zag and Jon Carter's Monkey Mafia.
 In 1989, he became the first DJ from the Republic of Ireland to enter the U.K. DMC Championships, and went on to win 5 Irish national titles.
 He was briefly banned from entering the championships but that decision was later overturned.
 His group ScaryEire were the first Irish rap act to be signed to a major label.
 He retired from competitive mixing competitions in 2000 and contributed a monthly Megamix to RTÉ 2fm from 2000 to 2012
DJ Cocoa Chanelle is an American, award-winning hip hop DJ, rapper and producer best known for being a radio personality/DJ on New York City's radio station HOT 97 and Kiss FM, as well as being the first DJ ever employed by BET (Black Entertainment Television) on its teen talk show "Teen Summit."
Joel Dickinson (born July 7, 1979) is an American remixer, electronic music producer, recording engineer and DJ based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 Joel began creating "bedroom bootleg" mixes in 1997 after discovering an interest in DJ'ing.
 In 1998, he began his first DJ residency at Trikkx in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he played many of his earliest remixes and edits.
 He followed this residency with stints at The Saloon in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2002 and various other clubs and special events in the Twin Cities metro area, throughout the Midwest, and beyond.
Tom Savarese is a DJ best known for his role in the 1970s Disco music scene.
 He was born on April 26, 1944 in New York City, and grew up in the Bronx neighborhood.
 He eventually attended Fordham University.
 Savarese began his career as a DJ in 1969, playing apartment and house parties.
 Over time he became the full-time first professional Disco DJ in the US, and doing remixes for record labels in NYC.
 By the late-1970s Savarese was interviewed as an expert in the Disco music scene by major publications, including the "New York Times" and "Billboard Magazine", calling Savarese the "key New York Disco DJ" in 1977.
 "Billboard Magazine" named Savarese the New York DJ of the Year that year, as well as national DJ of the year in 1976 and 1977.
 Savarese' remixes also charted in the top 20 tracks of the "New York Daily News" Disco charts.
 The clubs Savarese played during this era included 12 west, and famously turned down the opportunity to become the first DJ to play and hold residence at the club Studio 54.
 He was also one of the first DJs to play live during New York City fashion runway shows.
The TTM 57SL is an audio mixer console, also known as a DJ mixer, designed by Rane Corporation.
 Rane and their software partner Serato, also known as Serato Scratch Live, teamed up together to create the TTM 57SL from Rane's prior TTM 56 disc jockey DJ mixer.
 The unique feature of this DJ mixer is that Serato and Rane brought their respective software and mixer hardware to create a hybrid mixer integrating two products into one, thus making it the first DJ mixer of its kind.
Jules Podell (died 1973) was a former nightclub operator who ran the Copacabana nightclub in New York City.
 Although it was opened in 1940 by Monte Proser, Podell was put in place by mob boss Frank Costello, Proser's partner.
 By 1950 Podell was making all the decisions and Proser was gone.
 Podell ran the club until he died in 1973.