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La Bamba Closing!
#75930
11/22/2015 10:46 PM
11/22/2015 10:46 PM
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Posts: 13,143 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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La Bamba in Simpson Bay is closing and this was the last night. No more Category 5 Band and dancing in the sand! I know a few members here will miss this spot. New development coming there soon.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: kccouple]
#75932
11/22/2015 11:43 PM
11/22/2015 11:43 PM
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There is a big new development going to be built on the land there. It has nothing to do with the noise. Maybe more noise will be coming in the future! We will have to wait and see. Several other businesses in the area may be affected as well.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: islandgem]
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11/23/2015 07:25 AM
11/23/2015 07:25 AM
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Any concrete word on what kind of development? Speculation in the past was possibly some type of medical/training facility.
J.D.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: jazzgal]
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11/23/2015 08:48 AM
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Linda, when they first opened a few years ago, they got a big crowd as we have been there and couldn't find a seat. We haven't been there in a while, but they are being forced to close as the land is being redeveloped.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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11/23/2015 08:51 AM
11/23/2015 08:51 AM
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JD, there are several different rumours at the moment, but a medical facility is still one of them. Something will be posted soon I suspect, so stay tuned.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: islandgem]
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11/23/2015 09:13 AM
11/23/2015 09:13 AM
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Thanks for your info Elizabeth. Sad about the band. Really enjoyed them.
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: islandgem]
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11/23/2015 09:16 AM
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What will be, will be, I guess, but if they build that medical facility there, I have no idea what the traffic will be like!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Sick.gif" alt="" /> The food was terrible there, but we did enjoy the band a couple of times. Hopefully they will play somewhere else.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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11/23/2015 09:18 AM
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We missed going while we were there. We enjoyed the band on Sunday nights.They were very good. Sorry to see it end.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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11/23/2015 12:06 PM
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I remember before it was La Bamba, he was serving drinks and renting out jet ski's. Then Hurricane Omar hit and partially destroyed the place in 2008. I don't know if the same person rebuilt to what it is today, but remember the loud music one year, either 2010 or 2011 at the Atrium. If I remember right also, isn't that the location of a boutique hospital coming to the island?
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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11/26/2015 08:41 AM
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Sad to see them go. We're doing a story on the land swap that was / is involved in this. It is unrelated to the American Clinic...but we're also working on an update on that. May be in the next SXM Weekly News if we get the info in time.
Jeff Berger Visiting SXM Since 1978
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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12/03/2015 06:12 PM
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kccouple said: Best news we could of ever dreamed for!!!.Always wondered why that prime piece of beach was not developed. So glad to hear it is gone. Maybe we can enjoy our patio and get some sleep on Wednesdays and sundays now.Thank to whoever shut it down. But what will take its place? What's that saying: the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know?
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
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12/03/2015 08:30 PM
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kccouple said: Best news we could of ever dreamed for!!!.Always wondered why that prime piece of beach was not developed. So glad to hear it is gone. Maybe we can enjoy our patio and get some sleep on Wednesdays and sundays now.Thank to whoever shut it down. Do you remember Indiana Beach when it was in The Greenhouse location? Not sure where "your" patio is but a high-rise might just block your view of anything. How enjoyable would that be?
J.D.
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Re: La Bamba Closing!
[Re: january]
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12/03/2015 09:27 PM
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Sorry, wasn't that what he said?? I remember it. It was kind of a stupid concept, for SXM.
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