🕯️ In memoriam

Red Zone

†2000

“The biggest floor in the city.”

Dance Clubs · Downtown · 303 S. Front St.

For a stretch it was the biggest club in Columbus — a cavernous downtown floor that pulled in world-touring DJs and a dress-to-impress crowd. It closed in the summer of 2000, and the space was remodeled for the next wave of club nights.

Did you dance at Red Zone? What do you remember?

The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Red Zone.

Community Memories

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Crazy Louie's

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“A mid-'90s nightlife mainstay.”

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Mean Mr. Mustard's

1979–1998

“AC/DC-Cult Sunday nights and the black-clad crowd.”

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Papa Joe's Draft House

1970–1996

“Beer by the bucket and kegs-'n'-eggs on gameday.”

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Larry's Bar

1938–2008

“Poetry readings and the bohemian corner of campus.”

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