The capacity is for roughly 2000 people so you always see people you know in there, and the bonus is that it's big enough to avoid people you don't want to see!
The Dome nightclub is located on Horsefair in Birmingham, about 5 minutes walk from New Street Station. It's not in the nicest part of town and you have to either walk under a scary underpass or risk your life crossing a dual carriageway to get there. There aren't really any decent bars nearby to go to first.
There's a lot of dodginess that goes on outside the club, with unlicensed mini cabs, boy racers racing up the dual carriageway, and sleazy guys trying to entice drunk girls into their cars. year.
Queues can get quite long on a Friday or Saturday night so wrap up warm. Bouncers aren't fussy about girls. Large groups of blokes may have trouble getting in.
You *have* to put your coat/jacket in the cloak room, which is £1 per item.
You have to climb a set of stairs to enter the club, so I don't think the club is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
The club, surprisingly, is Dome shaped, with 3 different levels. The dance floor is quite big, with 2 raised podiums. Sometimes you can get away with climbing up into these and having a boogie, other times the bouncers ask you to get down. Some nights they have professional dancers in skimpy clothing dancing on the podiums.
There's lots of toilets, on each level, although by midnight they are usually semi minging, with queues and no loo paper left. The same as any club really, and I have experienced far worse. I have even seen cleaners in the Dome, which is quite a shock!
The ladies toilets in the entrance, next to the cloakroom, are worth mentioning as they are very striking. When you enter you walk into a large domed room, with gilded mirrors surrounding the walls and a Greek looking statue in the middle. Ver surreal when you have had a drink, especially as all the other toilets are perfectly normal.
There are numerous bars, from big long ones to tiny ones with just one member of bar staff. I can think of at least 5, although they are not all always open. They sell all the usual club pints and bottles, at average club prices of about £3 per drink. Waiting times at the bars can be excessive when the club is busy.
There is a "VIP" bar right on the top level of the club, although I have been there so you obviously don't need to be much of a VIP to get in. The top level also has a lot of comfortable seating where you can sit and have a chat.
The music depends on the night. Typical "Dome" music is your average tacky club-fare, chart stuff, dance, trance, RnB, classic 70's tunes, that kind of stuff. The student nights have more cheese music as well as more of a dance feel. The used to have a DJ called Pete Deacon who did really good trance mixes on a Thursday but in general, the DJ just plays there and doesn't really mix.
There's a higher than average ratio of sleazy guys at the Dome.
The lighting system over the dance floor is pretty nice. I don't know technical terms, but they move up and down and have lasers and change colour.
The Dome is nothing special in all honesty, but if you go there knowing what it is, you can enjoy yourself. If you go there expecting class,good mixing and the "beautiful people", you will be disappointed. I would recommend it for a night out in Birmingham because it's cheap and you can have a good laugh there, it makes a change from the bars of Broad Street. But you will get 15 year old boys coming up to you saying "my mate fancies you, will you get off with him"..It's *that* kind of club.
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OMG......what memories this has brought back, even just reading the name of the club again!!! You sum The Dome up perfectly, just as I remember it!! Dan
GR-Design 22.01.2003 15:31
Clubbing never has been my kind of thing, but I've been to a few of them, and this one sounds really cheap! (In prices I mean!!)
Sarah_Louise 15.01.2003 21:03
Well its a bit far for me to travel, I probably still wouldn't get it! Being 19 and still looking 14 doesn't help much! I know you said they let in people who look like they're 12 but I'm still convinced I wouldn't get in! It'd be a laugh just to try though, watch all these 12 year olds passing me when they get let in! :o)
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Advantages: Great Venue, Excellent Music, Cheap Prices, and Great fun for eveyone! Disadvantages: Sometimes can get pretty packed out so it may seem hot sometimes!.
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Advantages: Great Venue, Excellent Music, Cheap Prices, and Great fun for eveyone! Disadvantages: Sometimes can get pretty packed out so it may seem hot sometimes!.
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