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“We were 6,000 nightclubs in the 80s in France. Moreover, We are 1,200 today”blows Jérôme Calataba, boss of the iconic High Club located at 45, Promenade des Anglais.
At the dawn of the twenty years of his box. Consequently, the one who is also responsible for the National Union of Discotheques and Leisure Places of the South Region and President of the Disco branch within the Group of hoteliers and restaurateurs wants to defend a suffering sector. Nevertheless, Too often caricatured.
“Voyeoucratie, drugs of drugs or weapons, even pimp. Meanwhile, These are still stereotypes that are associated with disco bosses”annoys the fifties.
His disco is however a company like any other. Furthermore, he claims from his office, at the back of the box, from where he sorts his files, classifies his emails and manages his sixty employees, including many students.
“I have “we remember only when we always made my employees feel good and remain. The proof: some have returned after their studies”welcomes the one who. from Wednesday to Saturday, welcomes a thousand people each evening.
Lack of recognition – "we remember only when we
“We only remember us when we die”deplores the former OGC Nice player. for whom a nightclub is above all a place of life and memories. He quotes the “Grand Escurial”Mecca of Nuice Nights since the 80s closed in 2009 after a fight involving three. hundred people.
If the boxes – last establishments to have reopened after the second confinement – disappear one after the other. it is also due to draconian regulations: “In France, we are subject to the health code. If a client has drunk in a restaurant before coming to my house. even if I don’t use him, I am responsible if he commits an offense. I am for individual empowerment: if you act badly, “we remember only when we it’s up to you to assume the consequences.”
Jérôme Calataba in his nightclub on July 29, 2025.Photo Dylan Meiffret.
It has become almost impossible today. he says, to open a nightclub as the banks refuse to grant loans to a sector deemed “at risk”.
Same observation on the insurance side. which are reluctant to cover this type of activity, forcing certain operators to turn to foreign insurers.
Unfair competition
Not to mention the boom in evenings on private beaches. “open -air nightclubs” But with the much less supervised activity, pleads Jérôme Calaraba: “I assume to pay more than 100,000 euros per year of Sacem, much more than establishments not registered as discotheques.”
Competition to which is added that of night places declaring a different activity in the commercial court. With a classification as a restaurant or bistro, they escape stricter “we remember only when we security standards and more substantial charges.
The boss of the Unions of the Night World now plans to request more controls on these establishments in. order to avoid the “fraudsters”.