Boogie Wonderland in liquidation
The nightclub famously appeared in the film What We Do in The Shadows as the favourite spot for vampires Vladislav and Viago.
Popular Wellington night spot Boogie Wonderland has been shut after being put into liquidation.
The Mr Boogie company, which trades as Boogie Wonderland and operates an adjoining cocktail bar, Alice, was put into voluntary liquidation on Wednesday.
The nightclub famously appeared in the film What We Do in The Shadows as the favourite spot for vampires Vladislav and Viago, played by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.
Iain Shephard and Jessica Kellow were appointed liquidators by the shareholders and were offering the business for sale.
Shephard said the venues were no longer operating but he saw them as ‘‘turn-key operations’’ that someone could start operating immediately.
The business had been propped up by the shareholders for a number of years and was put into liquidation after they withdrew their support, he said.
Mr Boogie directors Mark Guthrie and Ross Kinzett are also the two shareholders of the company, with Guthrie holding the 80 per cent majority.
It was too early to say how much the business owed, how many creditors it had, or how much the business could sell for, Shephard said.
Nick Mills, whose family group owns Bettys, Public, Hummingbird, Boston, Edison’s Superette, The Tasting Room and Spruce Goose, said he had looked at buying the business when it was for sale a few years ago.
‘‘I didn’t go ahead because the rent was ridiculous and the location was not great on that side of the street and it was up a long alley.’’
Boogie Wonderland and Alice only traded on a Friday and Saturday night and a business could not rely on that sole trade, he said.