Indigo Lounge

 From what I have heard, the police had to close down the Indigo Lounge the Saturday night of Homecoming weekend, due to overcrowding. Lines waiting to get in extended about a block east and west of the door at about 9:30 that night and the number of people inside made it a potential fire hazard. After the Indigo closed, the partygoers migrated over to a house party in the student district between University and Poplar but, again, so many people went there they were blocking streets and making so much noise that even other students complained, so the police got called again.

From there, the remaining group traipsed over the the Towers residence hall, making such a mess in the building lobby and overflowing to the grounds outside that the police got called yet a third time, finally getting the crowd to wander off early Sunday Morning.

Indigo Lounge and Event Space

 Indigo Event Space and Lounge had its ribbon cutting on Oct. 1st . Nice looking facility with a bar, small stage and a one table pool room. Look as if their primary focus will be on booking receiptions, birthdays, parties, etc. with the lounge aspect a secondary focus. The big problem, I see, is the same problm that has plagued all of the busiensses that have opened in that location over the past decade:  lack of parking. Bistro 51 delt with the problem successfully by offering and promoting their valet parking, which also served to enhance the image of the business. Curbside tried the same thing but not as successfully  and the Icebox had an arrangement with the Methodist church across the street to use their parking lot when the church was not using it. . Probably working out some sort of lease arrangement with the church is the best way to assue parking for Indigo's clientile.