Template:Did you know nominations/Studio 54

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:32, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Studio 54

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Interior of Studio 54 after its conversion to a theater

• ... that in 1979, the Studio 54 nightclub started serving fruit punch because its owners were arrested? Source: "Studio 54 Switches From Liquor to Punch". Newsday. March 2, 1980. p. 18. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022.
  • ALT1: ... that the Studio 54 nightclub became a Broadway theater because of a collapsed construction hoist? Source: Greenhouse, Steven (July 22, 1998). "Construction Collapse in Times Square: the Accident; Scaffold Collapses, Paralyzing Times Square". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that Studio 54 has been described as "the nightclub where the velvet rope was born"? Source: Romeyn, Kathryn (October 2, 2018). "Studio 54's Paradigm-Shifting Design; Hotelier Ian Schrager and filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer discuss the club's untold history and groundbreaking aesthetic impact". Architectural Digest
  • ALT3: ... that the president of Cyprus was once barred from entering Studio 54 because the doormen thought he was the president of a New York City cemetery? Source: Haden-Guest, Anthony (1997). The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night. William Morrow and Company. p. 62.
  • ALT4: ... that at Studio 54, one woman was hospitalized after taking off her clothes to get free admission, while another would-be guest died in a vent? Source: Haden-Guest, Anthony (1997). The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night. William Morrow and Company.
  • Reviewed: Goldfish (Matisse)
  • Comment: More hooks later

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:14, 23 September 2022 (UTC).

• New enough (GA status). Long enough. QPQ done. All the hooks are interesting (we are spoiled for choice), and all check out with the cited sources. All paragraphs cited. Earwig found no issues. NPOV okay. Edwardx (talk) 13:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)