(/ˈspeɪs/, Spanish: [esˈpeis], Catalan: [əsˈpejs]) | |
Location | Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza, Spain |
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Owner | Pepe Rosello |
Type | Nightclub, Music venue |
Genre(s) | Dance Music, Live music, Performance art |
Capacity | 5000 |
Record attendance | 5000 |
Opened | 1986 |
Closed | 2016 |
Space (/ˈspeɪs/, Spanish: [esˈpeis], Catalan: [əsˈpejs]) was a Superclub on the island of Ibiza, Spain from 1986 to 2016, owned by STANCA. It was awarded "Best Global Club" at the International Dance Music Awards in 2005, 2006, 2012, and again in 2013.Space was located in Playa d'en Bossa on the outskirts of Ibiza Town, close to the airport.
Space first opened in early summer, 1986. The opening night featured the opening of the water park Aguamar located behind the club, party-goers being able to take advantage of the waterslides at night.
Space in its current form began in 1989 when Pepe Rosello, Ibiza nightclub owner since 1963, took over the establishment, which in the four years since it was built had housed a conference hall with a discothèque. The opening policy agreed with Spanish licensing laws, which state that an establishment must close for at least two hours a day.
The first DJs to shape the venue into its current shape were Alex P and Brandon Block — two British club DJs/Producers and residents of Sunday Space Terrace — Space's outdoor terrace, where airliners roar overhead. This open terrace and the roaring sound of the airliners breaking through the booming dance music has become one of the club's defining features. Since Amnesia and Privilege have had to encase their open-air dance-floors due to noise complaints from their neighbours, Space remains one of the few venues where club-goers can have this experience, and the crowd's greeting of the arriving aircraft has also become a ritual among the club's patrons.